Senior Omnichannel Merchandise Planner

Lilly Pulitzer

Job Type:

Regular

Brand Strategy
Our Brand mission is to inspire confidence and optimism, inviting everyone to shine bright and stand out. 
Our Brand vision statement is: “Create Your Sunshine, A Resort State of Mind”. 
Our Brand Equities are: Casual Glamour, Sunny & Spirited, and Charmingly Disarming.

Job Description

About the Position 

The Sr. Omni Channel Merchandise Planner has responsibility for building and executing the Merchandise Financial and Assortment Plans that support the company's product strategies, optimize gross profit volume, full-price sell through, and achieve growth in the business.  Doing this well will delight the consumer and lead to the profitable growth of the company.  The Sr. Planner must execute a metrics-based approach to merchandise and assortment planning within each quarter, and match the tradeoffs of projecting upside and taking risk on the downside within the business.   Managing the balance between historical information, current trends and quarterly merchandise strategies, along with having good judgement on risk versus growth opportunities, are key responsibilities for the Merchandise Planner.   

 

A day in the life… 

• Work with the Sr. Manager to develop and execute a merchandise financial plan annually and each quarter at the class and attribute level that supports the company’s product strategies and achieves top and bottom line growth in the business.  

• Collaborate cross functionally to marry the product plan with the channel plans and the company’s financial plan.  Establish targets for sales, inventory, SCP count, AUR, IMU and ST% by category.  Establish targets for surface, delivery (or alternate time horizon), assortment breakdown, end use, and price tier.  Adjust targets each stage as necessary and communicate changes effectively.    

• Work closely with Merchants and Location Planners on projecting SCP unit quantities that achieve DTC needs, Wholesale Bookings Targets, Total Company Net Sales and Full-Price Sell Through  

• Collaborate with partners in product development and production to maximize profitability via costing and unit plans.   

• Provide tools and information as needed for various stages of line development and sign off milestones.  This includes assortment plans, plotting templates, inventory maps, annual and quarterly recaps, sign off decks and exhibits.   

• Marry financial plans to data points generated by other departments (examples include: brand framework, consumers insights, merch strategies and product vision).  Marry financial plans using fashion sense and knowledge of the customer/Lilly Pulitzer® lifestyle.  

•  With the Sr. Manager, take fresh and modern approach to planning process.   Seek opportunities for change and improvement that provide a higher degree of accuracy in our product plans and maximize the strategies we’re developing.  

• The Sr. Planner must provide a high level of attention to Sell Through, AUR and IMU in order to plan future assortments.   

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