Senior Assortment Planner: Optimize Space & Sales

Description Your Role: The Sr. Assortment Planner generates and analyzes statistical data on a multi-million-dollar category with a focus on assortment and space optimization. Responsibilities include revise tier/segment targets for a merchandise area in support of the critical business initiatives and budget objectives, develop a financial view of recommended style and choice count by tier, classification and attribute, and utilizes space productivity measurements to drive assortment decisions. Reports to AVP, Merchandise Planning & Allocation. Your Impact: Report and analyze current tier performance on a floor set, monthly and seasonal basis. Review for opportunities based upon assortment, promotional or launch cadence. Create and maintain tier targets in sales dollars, units and margin at a category level in accordance with each buy milestone. Create a financial view of assortment productivity by tier with recommended style and choice counts. Partner with space planning on productivity benchmarks and association with assortment. Partner with merchants to align financial recommendation with visual impression. Partner with merchandise planning to align chain financial and CC count with tier financials and CC count. Develop and maintain financial benchmarks of style/choice productivity by category and class. Analyze store tier information, making recommendations by store based on volume and space, as well as maintain store lists reflecting store tier changes. Review productivity by fixture and cabinet at the store / store tier level and make recommendations in alignment with capacity requirements. Analyze choice productivity and target weeks of supply to establish choice targets that optimize inventory productivity and sell-through. Evaluate fashion versus basic productivity by tier and provide merchants with guidance on fashion refresh rates to optimize inventory and minimize markdowns. Analyze store and sub-brand productivity to recommend the optimal number of assortment groups, then leverage store-level data to assign localized assortment groups and tier assortments based on customer preferences and store productivity. Champion change, taking risks as needed and demonstrating flexibility Click here for benefit details related to this position. #J-18808-Ljbffr Victoria's Secret & Co.