Merchandise Planner- Corporate Headquarters, Secaucus, NJ (Secaucus)
1 day ago
Secaucus
Position Summary: The Merchandise Planner will be responsible for the complete financial management of assigned area of responsibility, including the creation of financial and merchandise plans, actualization of results, and a keen ability to identify, communicate, and implement strategic business opportunities at the division, category, and season code levels. The Planner will forecast sales, markdowns, and inventory levels on a regular basis and identify risks to the business and develop action plans in cooperation with their merchandising partner to mitigate risks profitably. Key Accountabilities: • Create monthly financial plans at division and category level for fiscal time periods, • Reforecast sales, gross margin, and inventory for fiscal time periods, • Recap end of season performance at division, category, season, and style levels for merchandise buy period, • Conduct basic stock replenishment (order quantity by style, color, and size), • Key item planning for all basic styles (sales, margin, inventory), • Conduct daily, monthly, quarterly, and seasonal sales reporting, • Manage inventory flow on fashion receipts, • Develop size curve and pre-pack definitions, • Partner with merchant team to support the buy process Education and Experience: • Bachelor’s degree, • 3+ years of experience in retail planning and analysis Skills and Behaviors: • Proven track record of financially astute business management, • Expertise in retail math with strong analytical skills/ learning agility, • Strong problem solving and decision-making skills, • Ability to identify and clearly communicate business opportunities and risks/ analytical and data reasoning, • Good organization and workload prioritization skills/ detail-orientation and accuracy, • Proficient in planning systems and Microsoft Office, • Strong team player/relationship-building, • Proven process of improvement and problem-solving Details: • Full time role located in Secaucus, New Jersey, • Hybrid work model includes in-office days on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday., • Health, Vision & Dental Insurance for full-time employees, • 401K with employer match program, • Generous employee discount