Title: Senior Merchandise Planner
Salary: $95-115K
Location: New York City
Schedule: Hybrid Role (3x a week in the office)
Company Profile: A leading manufacturer and importer of branded and private label apparel is looking to add a Senior Omni Merchandise Planner to join their team. This person will be responsible for leading the internal omni-channel supply chain planning process such as driving the store merchandise assortment strategy, creating financial and unit buy plans that meet or exceed sales & margin expectations, item creation, and sales reporting.
The Senior Merchandise Planner will Be Responsible For the Following:
- Building business financial plans/budgets through data-driven historical analysis, business intelligence, and consumer trends to determine future sales potential (brick & mortar and eCommerce)
- Store Modular and Online Merchandise Assortment Strategy
- Item Creation and Maintenance in internal and customer systems
- Forecasting & reporting of sales, inventory, and margin performance
- Leverage data visualization software and possess strong presentation skills to provide actionable business intelligence that can positively impact P&L
- Collaborate with customer to report sales and track budgets and performance
The Senior Merchandise Planner Should Have the Following Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 5+ years retail merchandise planning experience
- Excellent verbal and communication skills
- Ability to demonstrate strong analytical and conceptual skills
- Strong retail math skills (margin, turn, return on investment)
- Highly proficient in Excel and working knowledge of SQL and PowerBI
- Ability to partner and communicate with cross functional teams