Associate Merchandise Planner: Forecast & Inventory Strategy

Lucky Brand; Lloyd's Corners (NY); Presencial; USD 63.000 - 72.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Lucky Brand is seeking an Associate Merchandise Planner to own the plan and forecast processes for the brand, supporting sales, gross margin, and key investments across the product lifecycle. You will partner with cross-functional teams to translate historical data and trends into actionable plans.

In this role you will create seasonal and in-season financial plans, lead open-to-buy discussions, publish weekly planning reports, and help optimize inventory across stores and ecommerce.

Formación

• Bachelor's Degree from a 4-year college or university.
• 2-4 years of Merchandise Planning, Store Planning, Allocation and/or related analytical function.
• Foundational understanding of retail math, merchandise planning, inventory management, and related KPIs with the ability to learn and apply the measurements across Stores & Ecommerce business channels.
• Strong MS Excel skills and exposure to retail planning systems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to partner with cross functional team members as well leadership.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, detail & deadline oriented environment with changing business trends.

Responsabilidades

• Develop, execute and communicate strategic merchandise financial plans and strategies that support the merchandising and financial objectives of the Company.
• With guidance, create pre-season sales, margin and inventory plans by department, class, and/or Style/Program to support product and financial strategies; review with Senior Planner and Director.
• Analyze historical data and current trends to recap business; identify risks and opportunities by department and by class; partner with Senior Planner to align inventory with Merchant partners.
• Collaborate with Merchandising to develop and communicate strategies that align future financial and product opportunities in the area.
• Present in-season forecasts and action plans in open-to-buy meetings; create action plans and lead discussions to management & cross functional teams.
• Hindsight in-season & post-season performance by category; share results with cross functional teams, identify opportunities and implement strategies for go forward season.
• Develop item-level promotional and markdown strategies weekly in partnership with Merchandising.
• Create and publish various weekly Merchandise Planning reports, including ad hoc recaps.
• Collaborate with CFT for replenishment, receipt flow, testing strategies, with direction from Senior Planner.

Conocimientos

MS Excel

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

Retail planning systems

Descripción del empleo

Lucky Brand is seeking an Associate Merchandise Planner to own the plan and forecast processes for the brand, supporting sales, gross margin, and key investments across the product lifecycle. You will partner with cross-functional teams to translate historical data and trends into actionable plans.

In this role you will create seasonal and in-season financial plans, lead open-to-buy discussions, publish weekly planning reports, and help optimize inventory across stores and ecommerce.