Planning Coordinator (Charlotte)

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible to project open to buy sales, markdowns and inventory at the department and class level. Identify risks and opportunities and communicate recommendations to merchant partners as well as management. Responsible for the successful development, execution and communication of stores and e-commerce financial plans for assigned areas of business. Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with the allocation and merchant teams. Provide support to Senior Allocation and merchant team.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain weekly open to buy for assigned area of business to identify risks and opportunities by class
• Project sales, markdowns and inventory
• Manage receipt flow
• Present open to buy to management monthly
• Develop markdown criteria
• Project e-commerce sales and markdowns for the assigned area of business
• Analyze sales for risks and opportunities
• Provide merchant team with buy recommendations
• Evaluate e-commerce performance by class and make recommendations to the Senior Planner
• Support the development of pre-season stores and e-commerce financial plans
• Create month to month plans for stores and e-commerce at the class level
• Partner with Senior Planner/Planner to develop style counts by department
• Quarterly Analysis and Hindsight
• Provide quantitative analysis to teams for hindsight and strategy meetings
• Analyze size selling for stores and e-commerce and provide updated recommendations as needed
• Participate in hindsight and strategy meetings with merchant team and management
• Develop the forecasts and recommendations for replenishment items
• Develop sales and inventory plans for key volume drivers and make recommendations to the Senior Planner
• Participate in assortment planning process
• Partner with allocation team to set up monthly Assortment Tools for merchant team
• Review store clustering, style counts and average receipt units per store
• Work with planning team on special projects and analyses
• Develop and maintain relationships with cross functional teams
• Support special projects and cross-functional initiatives as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

WORK EXPERIENCE

1+ year experience in Merchandise Planning/Allocation. Previous retail experience preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Strong verbal, written, communication and mathematical skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Strong detail orientation and problem solving ability
• Proficient at Excel, Word and JDA Enterprise Planning a plus

REQUIRED PRE-EMPLOYMENT/SKILLS TESTING:

• Drug Test/Criminal Background Screen
• Assess