Senior Planner, Omni Merchandise Planning

FashionUnited; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

FashionUnited is seeking a Manager of Merchandise Planning to join their Inventory Management team in New York. This role involves creating financial roadmaps and strategies to drive product category success while focusing on delivering an exceptional customer experience.

Ideal candidates must love Excel and possess strong analytical skills. You will collaborate closely with various departments to develop and communicate strategies and assess business opportunities.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and storytelling skills are essential.
• Ability to develop financial strategies aligned with product opportunities.
• Must be able to handle multiple projects and prioritize effectively.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Merchandising to align financial and product strategies.
• Create preseason sales and inventory plans.
• Identify business risks and opportunities for financial goals.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Communication skills

Job description

About the Role

In this role you will be a part of the Inventory Management team that brings the financial strategy of our product vision to life by managing the largest financial asset of the company: our product itself. As Manager, Merchandise Planning, you and your team will drive the success of one or more product categories by creating a financial roadmap and marrying it to brand strategy and customer needs. You are passionate about using your qualitative and quantitative skillset in a fashion retail environment and find joy and creativity in forecasting and financial planning. You are curious, innovative, and focused on executing an amazing customer experience while delivering/exceeding financial targets. Strong analytical and storytelling skills will serve you well, and a collaborative mindset is a must.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with Merchandising to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial and product opportunities by division and department.
• Create preseason sales, gross margin and inventory plans by division and department that support product strategies.
• Identify risks and opportunities to business and recommend strategies to achieve financial goals.
• Present financial forecast and supporting action plans in open to buy meeting.
• Develop and communicate department level markdown recommendations and strategies, as well as financial results and forecasts to manager and cross functional team on a weekly basis.
• Collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge and create an innovative, results oriented environment.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of cross functional team (Merchandising, Visual, Production, Distribution, Planning and Company Planning), sharing best practices and ways of working.

Who You Are

• Must love Excel, technical skills, and be systems savvy.
• Believe in the Power of Team; builds constructive and effective relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners.
• Possess strong business acumen and strategic agility, able to handle many projects simultaneously while effectively prioritizing workload.
• Demonstrate strong listening, written and oral communication skills, able to present ideas and directions that rally others to action.
• Ability to assess relatively complex situations and analyze data to make judgments and recommend solutions.