Merchandise Planner 3

Job Summary:

• This role is heavily collaborative, working with many cross-functional teams such as Buying, Client Direct Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP), Merchandise Planning, Finance, and Client Direct Consumer teams.
• We are looking for a Senior Business Planner to partner with Client Direct Merchandise Planning and Client Direct Consumer teams to analyze and manage business and operation changes, ensuring all stock and sales plans reconcile and meet channel profitability and inventory management objectives.

About the Role:

• Working on this team will be rewarding, it'll be challenging, and it'll most definitely not be just another job.
• You'll be an ambassador of the Client brand - everything we stand for: drive, determination, the unyielding commitment to excellence, these all will be a part of your everyday experience.
• In this role, you will drive the in-season offense, partnering with Merchandise Planning and Client Direct teams to influence and give guidance on weekly and monthly targets, ensuring consistency on driving the actualization of One Plan.

Responsibilities:

• Drive CC productivity analysis and seasonal CC target setting by partnering with Buyers and client Consumer teams on investment strategies for optimal assortments to maximize profitability in Client.
• Influence Open to Buy activities through incorporating client KPIs and use trend analysis to develop scenarios to empower teams to better forecast the shape of the client business.
• Develop product life cycle management guardrails to optimize full price realization and manage inventory through markdown and promo pricing actions and cancel/closeout/chase recommendations.
• Support the weekly business offense activities, including reporting, analysis and in-season action recommendations and executions.
• Partner with cross-functional team to drive the client Marketplace Offense, creating consistency and optimization across broader business where relevant.
• Continue to build and optimize an Omni offense and in-season strategy with client Store team.

You Bring:

• 5 years in business planning, assortment planning, merchandise planning or equivalent experience.
• Self-starter with ability to manage through ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong influencing skills and ability to story-tell data across a diverse range of audiences.
• Ability to perform business analysis to build in-season strategies inclusive of markdown recommendations and execution, promo assortment building and Open to Buy reconciliation across tops-down and bottoms-up forecasts.
• High proficiency in problem solving and critical thinking skills and able to develop accurate plans that optimize trade-offs and outcomes.