Essential Responsibilities

• Create and maintain weekly sales analysis reports.
  
• Hindsight seasonal product sales at season end; share findings with business partners â?? Ecommerce Merch Team & Product Team
  
• Coordinate, organize and create template of cross functional (ecomm merchants, wholesale sales and product team) review.
  
• Key Indicators of inventory, sales, markdown and lost sales analysis to be reviewed by MID by season
  
• Present findings to cross functional group on a quarterly basis.
  
• Create Templates and power point presentation
  
• Utilize findings from hindsight to drive and influence future season with product teams
  
• Use of seasonal hindsight to drive 12 month future forecasting by MID
  
• Prepare and execute seasonal buys
  
• 4 times per year creation of seasonal buys in excess of 100 MIDs.
  
• Utilize hindsight and trend to partner with ecomm merchant on assortment planning and depth of buys.
  
• Create buys and forecasts that align to company marketing, catalog and product ideas.
  
• Ensure seasonal buys financially tie to budgets that include sales, inventory and receipt plans
  
• Forecast carryover and core products; reviewing monthly to manage inventory needs
  
• Monthly review of sales and inventory needs. Creation of receipt needs, coordination with demand planners.
  
• Weekly review inventory needs weekly and process STOs to ensure in stock position for carryover and core MIDs
  
• Ensure that OTB and in stock service levels are tied to overall budget and forecast goals.
  
• Driver of weekly review of MID performance focusing in on core and carryover as largest part of the business
  
• Recommending drops and adds quarterly to the assortment.
  
• Create, maintain and manage OTB for areas of responsibility
  
• Attend seasonal final line reviews, prepared to speak to business needs
  
• Communicate inventory availability to Ecommerce Merchandise Team for all seasonal product launches and special partnerships
  
• Prepare to lead special projects â?? partnership programs, SMUs, quarterly special events
  
• Build and develop relationships with cross functional business partners to achieve financial results for area of responsibility and total company
  
• Analyze business performance using SAP & BI tools
  

Requirements & Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of retail math and full understanding of merchandise planning
  
• Must possess excellent organizational and prioritization skills with a strong attention to detail
  
• Must prioritize and execute tasks in a fast paced environment
  
• Ability to adapt to shifting priorities, timelines and demands
  
• Strong communication skills - written and verbal, and ability to work with cross-functional teams
  
• The ability to apply planning logic to maximize opportunity
  
• Advanced skills in Excel, Planning/Enterprise Planning systems a plus
  

Education & Experience

• BA or BS in Merchandising, Business or related field
  
• 2-4 years of experience in planning for a multi-channel retail environment (ecommerce and/or direct-to-consumer experience preferred)