Merchandise Planner

Apparel Group; United Arab Emirates; On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the apparel industry seeks a Merchandise Planner based in the UAE. The position involves managing inventory and ensuring effective stock and sales strategies to meet budget and growth targets. This role requires strong analytical skills and collaboration with retail and buying teams to optimize merchandise performance and product availability.

Qualifications

• Experience in merchandising and inventory management required.
• Strong analytical skills for sales and stock ratio analysis.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with retail and buying teams.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing stock to sales ratios and managing inventory.
• Ensuring achievement of budget and growth targets.
• Launching new products and managing product availability.

Skills

Inventory Management

Sales Analysis

Budgeting

Product Launch

Coordination

Job description

Responsible for reviewing stock to sales ratios, responding to changing sales trends, and ensuring plan sales, plan markups, and plan markdowns are achieved by brands.

Ensure achievement of budget and LFL growth for assigned department.

Managing inventory levels of assigned department at the store.

Ensure desired first price sell-thru for assigned department for each season.

Assist planning manager in preparation of buying budget and assortment plan for assigned department.

Ensure the realized margin target for the department are met.

Ensure adequate mix of merchandise at the stores as per the set guidelines.

Ensure all CORE products availability at all times.

Launching of new products and categories at the stores and ensure timely replenishment.

Regularly perform inter-store consolidations to maximize sell-thru.

Coordination and liaising with retail team and buying team.

Weekly preparation and review of reports with buying and retail team and plan out action plan to rectify concern areas.

Flag any sort of inventory concern to planning manager and concerned buying department head so that the situation can be handled efficiently.

Merchandise Planner • United Arab Emirates