Merchandise Planner ($7,500 Sign On Bonus!)

The Merchandise Planner is responsible for building financial sales, gross margin, and inventory plans for both pre-season and in-season time periods.

Requirements

• Coordinate the development of annual, seasonal, monthly, and weekly merchandise plans.
• Construct merchandise purchase schedules, initial product deliveries, and in-season merchandise flow.
• Manage monthly department level open-to-buy activities.
• Provide expert analysis on trends and recommendations to influence cancellations, future purchases, and assortment strategies.
• Analyze historic performance to identify areas of opportunity or risk.
• Prepare preseason promotional and markdown strategy through partnership with buyer and merchandising teams.
• Develop, maintain, and update set of tools & reports to support business needs.
• Establish appropriate processes & tools to review product assortments; provide data & analysis to support decision making.
• Maintain business processes and serve as subject matter expert for process improvements.
• Partner with allocation & supply chain teams to implement consistent and profitable in-season replenishment strategies and practices.
• Develop enterprise-wide risk mitigation plans and execute when appropriate.
• Coordinate product assortments and allocations with store needs.
• Manage hot market events by communicating and quantifying opportunities.
• Manage location intensive assortments.
• Manage local/regional relevant assortments and business solutions.
• Support and adhere to all company policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Provide excellent customer service per HW&L policy manual.
• Represent planning and at times present to executives, employees, and partners.

Benefits

• 401k Matching
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Relocation Assistance
• Sign On Bonus