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About the Role
The Associate Merchandise Planner is responsible for the plan and forecast processes for the brand business to ensure company financial objectives are achieved. This position will provide strategic and analytical support to merchandising through all phases of product life cycle and collaborate with cross functional business partners to ensure sales, gross margin, and key investment goals are achieved.
Responsibilities
- Develop, execute and communicate strategic merchandise financial plans and strategies that support the merchandising and financial objectives of the Company.
- Create pre-season sales, margin and inventory plans by department, class, and/or Style/Program to support product and financial strategies.
- Analyze historical data and current trends to recap business, identifying risks and opportunities by department and class.
- Collaborate with Merchandising to develop and communicate strategies that align future financial and product opportunities.
- Present in-season forecasts and action plans in open-to-buy meetings.
- Hindsight in-season & post-season performance by category, sharing results and identifying opportunities for future seasons.
- Develop item-level promotional and markdown strategies on a weekly basis.
- Create and publish various weekly Merchandise Planning reports, including ad hoc recaps.
- Collaborate with CFT for replenishment, receipt flow, and testing strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree from a 4-year college or university
- Minimum of 2-4 years of Merchandise Planning, Store Planning, Allocation and/or related analytical function
- Foundational understanding of retail math, merchandise planning, inventory management, and related KPIs with the ability to learn and apply the measurements across Stores & Ecommerce business channels.
- Strong MS Excel skills and exposure to retail planning systems
- Excellent interpersonal skills to partner with cross functional team members as well leadership.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, detail & deadline oriented environment with changing business trends.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Skills
- MS Excel
- Retail Math
- Merchandise Planning
- Inventory Management
- Communication Skills
Experience Level
- 2-4 years
Education Level
- Bachelors Degree
Salary/Compensations
- USD $62,700.00 - USD $72,100.00 /Yr.
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision
- Term life insurance
- Paid vacation/holidays
- 401(k) with Company match
- Associate discount on all Catalyst Brands merchandise