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Position Title:Associate Merchandise Planner

Reports to:VP, Planning

Department:Planning

Location:New York, NY

POSITION SUMMARY

The Associate Merchandise Planner is responsible for planning and managing the business through the entire lifecycle. This includes creating pre-season plans, managing in-season forecasting and developing and implementing strategies to maximize the business. The right candidate will have a positive, can-do attitude and is comfortable working through ambiguity in a digital start-up environment.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyze size selling and implement appropriate recommendations.
• Own open to buy process - forecasting sales, markdowns, and inventory levels on a regular basis for owned and dropship businesses. Develop action items to maximize opportunities and mitigate risks.
• Create, run and analyze reports in order to react to current business trends as well as anticipate future business trends.
• Create seasonal sales, inventory, and profit plans at a division, dept. and vendor level.
• Analyze weekly business results. Manage reorders of key products and action slow-sellers with markdowns.
• Work with marketing team to forecast digital metrics – traffic, conversion, aov – that tie back to financial plan.
• Develop meaningful historical sales recaps in order to make more sound decisions on future seasons.
• Build strong relationships with cross-functional team.
• Develop ad hoc analysis and recaps to help guide in-season actions and project for future seasons as directed by manager.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2+ years of retail buying, planning or financial experience
• Bachelor’s Degree

·Strong proficiency of Excel; strong command of retail math concepts and applications

• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous, fast-moving and evolving environment
• Highly motivated and results oriented; sense of ownership and intellectual curiosity
• Demonstrated ability to problem-solve and think critically
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships

·Excellent verbal and written communication skills

·Excellent time management/project skills