Associate Merchandise Planner

The Associate Planner supports the Merchandise Planning Team, while maximizing the financial plan of our business by respecting the category & brand objectives and direction. You will be responsible for anticipating potential problems and risks, and generating ideas, insights, and solutions to resolve potential problems. You will also partner with all operational and analytical divisions to achieve objectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Merchandise Planning Team in building dashboards to forecast and to define the new KPIs (BUY, SALES, INVENTORY, MARGIN, AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE, AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE, AVERAGE COST)
• Work closely with other departments to align on seasonal strategy with a direct impact on sales and margin
• Provide weekly reporting on sales and margin for decision making and assortment |pricing improvements
• Build strong relationship with cross-functional buying teams and review frequently their investment versus the plan
• Follow-up samples evolution for financial purpose
• Support the Merchandise Planning Team in sharing sales forecast
• Prepare ad-hoc analysis to support the CMO as required
• Initiate|participate to business development projects
• Build clear presentations which include financial information and business strategies while delivering a clear message

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• A minimum of two years of experience as in Planning within a Retail or eCommerce environment
• Experienced with managing an open-to-buy (OTB)
• Proficiency in Google Suite
• Highly analytical way of thinking, strong numerical|retail math skills
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills
• BA|BS degree in Business or Finance strongly preferred, or equivalent work experience.
• English, additional language(s) an advantage.
• Schedule of this position: Monday – Friday | Core business hours | Onsite