Assistant Planner: Luxury Merch Planning & Growth

060 SAKS & CO LLC; United States; In loco; USD 59.000 - 79.000; Tempo pieno

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Descrizione del lavoro

Exemplar Luxury Group in the United States is seeking an Assistant Planner to support planning and buying teams during pre- and in-season processes. You will help develop financial plans, assortment, and buy plans, and assist with Open to Buy (OTB), receipt management, market prep, and merchandise analysis.

You will work closely with your Planner and buying teams to achieve sales and profit objectives, maintain reports, and provide insights to drive the business.

Competenze

• Post-secondary education or commensurate retail experience.
• Minimum 1-2 years in buying, planning or allocation capacity.
• Fundamental understanding of retail math and inventory management.
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel.
• Familiar with Merchandising systems.
• A natural problem-solver with a financial and analytical lens.
• You are resourceful and understand the value of being proactive and solution-oriented.
• Detail-oriented.
• Experience working across multiple functions to gather various perspectives to solve a problem.

Mansioni

• Supports in monthly OTB forecasts and presentation
• Assists their Planner in developing pre-season sales, profit and inventory targets and identifies opportunities and liabilities in season
• Maintains daily and weekly reports for the merchant team
• Regularly analyze business at vendor, product category, and classification level and make recommendations to drive the business
• Develop and maintain relationships with vendors to align on business goals/needs
• Work effectively with Buying, Planning, Category Growth, and Store Allocation teams
• Prepare pre-market buy recommendations related to style breadth and unit depth by vendor and channel
• Take on progressively increased responsibility and ownership of a piece of the business as you progress in your Assistant role

Conoscenze

Retail math

Inventory management

Excel

Merchandising systems

Problem solving

Proactive

Detail-oriented

Cross-functional collaboration

Formazione

Post-secondary education or commensurate retail experience

Descrizione del lavoro

Exemplar Luxury Group in the United States is seeking an Assistant Planner to support planning and buying teams during pre- and in-season processes. You will help develop financial plans, assortment, and buy plans, and assist with Open to Buy (OTB), receipt management, market prep, and merchandise analysis.

You will work closely with your Planner and buying teams to achieve sales and profit objectives, maintain reports, and provide insights to drive the business.