Merchandise Planner

Job Description .

This role is heavily collaborative, working with many cross-functional teams such as Buying, Direct Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP), Merchandise Planning, Finance, and Direct Consumer teams.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Business Planner to partner with Direct Merchandise Planning and Direct Consumer teams to analyze and manage business and operation changes, ensuring all stock and sales plans reconcile and meet channel profitability and inventory management objectives.

You bring:

• 3+ years in business planning, assortment planning, merchandise planning or equivalent experience

• Self-starter with ability to manage through ambiguity in a fast-paced environment

• Strong influencing skills and ability to story-tell data across a diverse range of audiences

• Ability to perform business analysis to build in-season strategies inclusive of markdown recommendations and execution, promo assortment building and Open to Buy reconciliation across tops-down and bottoms-up forecasts

• High proficiency in problem solving and critical thinking skills and able to develop accurate plans that optimize trade-offs and outcomes

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

Working on this team will be rewarding, it'll be challenging, and it'll most definitely not be just another job. You'll be an ambassador of the brand - everything we stand for: drive, determination, the unyielding commitment to excellence, these all will be a part of your everyday experience. In this role, you will drive the in-season offense, partnering with Merchandise Planning and Direct teams to influence and give guidance on weekly and monthly targets, ensuring consistency on driving the actualization of One Plan.

You will:

• Drive CC productivity analysis and seasonal CC target setting by partnering with Buyers and ND Consumer teams on investment strategies for optimal assortments to maximize profitability in Direct Digital Commerce (NDDC)

• Influence Open to Buy activities through incorporating NDDC KPIs and use trend analysis to develop scenarios to empower teams to better forecast the shape of the NDDC business

• Develop product life cycle management guardrails to optimize full price realization and manage inventory through markdown and promo pricing actions and cancel/closeout/chase recommendations

• Support the weekly business offense activities, including reporting, analysis and in-season action recommendations and executions

• Partner with cross-functional team to drive the ND Marketplace Offense, creating consistency and optimization across broader business where relevant

• Continue to build and optimize an Omni offense and in-season strategy with ND Store team

Desired Candidate Profile:

Minimum required years of experience: 3+ YOE in Planning

Education requirements: Bachelors or equivalent

Must have skills:

Strong understanding of planning - managing planning admin tasks, running demand planning processes

Building up foundational work, managing deliverables

Nice to have skills:

Experience with digital merchandise planning

Comfortable with day to day operations forecasting

Has experience with “in season” management of an ecommerce business