Merchandise Planner 3

• Working in Direct business will be rewarding, it'll be challenging, and it'll most definitely not be just another job. You'll be an ambassador of the brand - everything we stand for: drive, determination, the unyielding commitment to excellence. These all will be a part of your everyday experience. We're committed to making every consumer's experience a rewarding one, and as a member of our Client Digital and Stores Retail team, your contributions will be a big part of our success.
• In this role you'll establish clear stock and sales plans that tell a story for the season and help merchandising to create a line grounded in profitability and consumer centric offering. This will include collaborating with the merchandising and business units to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial plans and product opportunities. You'll create pre-season style plans that support the ultimate goal of Direct. You'll recap and analyze the business against the financial plan, and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis. In addition, you'll develop monthly forecasts of sales and inventory for all basic and fashion styles and will develop strategies to meet department financial goals and own open to buy forecasts.
• This role will include presenting financial plans, forecasts and strategies in key meetings. You'll proactively report on the health of the business and facilitate smart business decisions, communicate financial results, forecasts, and action plans to managers and cross-functional team members on a weekly basis. You'll collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge. In addition, you'll participate in a team structure that facilitates and maximizes individual and team performance, supporting and fostering an open and inclusive environment that embraces diversity, encourages accountability, and drives toward results.

• Minimum required years of experience: 2 - 3 YOE
• Education requirements: Bachelor's degree is required

• Must have planning experience (weekly business reviews, buyer reviews, and later planning)
• Natural tendency to organize information coming from various sources and owners and shape clean processes to drive repeatable, sustainable outcomes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to curate and share out actionable insights from multiple data sources

• Microsoft Excel at high-intermediate to advanced level
• Data analysis and data manipulation skill set (power BI, tableau)

• Support product forecasting & pricing processes by managing reporting tools, analyzing data, & providing actionable insights
• Report on forecast variance weekly
• Construct and maintain reporting tools for use across the planning team
• Manage weekly markdown process across portfolio, in system and alignment with stakeholders
• Monitor price positioning across the marketplace and across the product portfolio, taking actions to adjust in accordance with overall pricing strategy
• Support monthly and seasonal inventory management activities
• Actively manage product lifecycles across seasons through close-out process and aging inventory

• Base Expectations
• 2-3 years of professional experience
• Bachelor's degree in Business or an equivalent
• Microsoft Excel at high-intermediate to advanced level
• Ability to independently drive toward a clear outcome with an unclear path
• Natural tendency to organize information coming from various sources and owners and shape clean processes to drive repeatable, sustainable outcomes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to curate and share out actionable insights from multiple data sources

• Experience working in a retail environment
• Proven track record in retail planning, merchandising, inventory management or related operational disciplines
• Intermediate data manipulation and visualization skills (i.e. SQL, Snowflake, Tableau, PowerBI)
• Experience communicating to executive and a variety of non-technical audiences

Jaffer.s@sunrisesys.com