Senior Planner, Global Merchandise Planning

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Job Title: Senior Planner, Global Merchandise Planning

 

Primary Purpose: The Senior Planner provides global sales trend analytics that support leadership in making strategic business decisions on the global assortment architecture for Ready to Wear & Lifestyle Accessories categories. This role also supports optimizing global inventory and end of life strategies for the respective categories.

 

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in merchandise planning to handle tasks in several areas:

 

Global Sales Trend analytics:

• Report on global bestsellers and newness launches, noting key variance by region and consumer preferences
• Measure new trends, and apply them to short- and long-range product plans and projections
• Provide analysis and reporting to identify global and regional consumer product trends for Senior Executives
• Present analysis to leadership and cross-functional teams, highlighting key takeaways and future actions plans

Global Assortment Planning:

• Forecast new trends and study sales history to make focused & consumer led investment recommendations
• Provide seasonal global financial framework for assigned categories
• Drive global investments against key product strategies across markets, leveraging strong business partnerships to influence business unit investment
• Continuously leverage analysis, product trends, and productivity to inform global assortment
• Succinctly summarize investments and highlight areas of risk and opportunity

Global Inventory Optimization:

• Anticipate Open to Buy needs to support seasonal newness investment, collaborating with business unit buying partners and global inventory management team
• Recommend shipment re-routing, BU inventory sharing, end of product lifecycle strategies and global chase opportunities based on early reads on newness sales
• Create new models/reports and utilize existing tools to enact product strategies, optimize sales and mitigate inventory risk, all critical for strategic growth in these categories

Other:

• Foster effective teamwork and communication with key business partners (i.e. Global Merchandising, Supply Operations, Business Unit buying teams, Inventory & Brand Operations, Product Development)
• “Think outside the box” breaking from traditional planning practices when needed and demonstrating ability to challenge the status quo

 

The accomplished individual will possess...

• 4+ years of experience in a planning, buying, inventory or business analytics capacity; Equivalent combination of work experience and education will be considered.
• Strong self-starter with action-oriented drive; persistence to drive tasks and projects to conclusion
• Outstanding attention to detail with ability to take initiative and accountability for business 
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Superior written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate with impact across all levels of management
• Excels in fast-paced environments with ability to learn quickly
• Capability to adapt to cha