Planner
Core
Drive product category success by creating financial roadmaps, forecasting sales, and managing inventory to meet financial targets in a fashion retail environment.
Role type
Senior Merchandise Planner
Builds
Financial plans, sales forecasts, and inventory strategies for product categories
Domain
Fashion retail / Financial planning
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Advanced Excel, quantitative analysis, qualitative analysis, financial forecasting, inventory management, data reconciliation, storytelling, strategic planning
Preferred skills
Systems savvy, business acumen, strategic agility, project prioritization
Technologies
Excel
Responsibilities
Analyze historical data and trends to identify risks and opportunities; Create preseason sales, gross margin, and inventory plans; Reconcile top-down and bottom-up division/department plans; Present financial forecasts and action plans in open to buy meetings; Reforecast sales and manage inventory for basic styles; Communicate financial results and forecasts to managers and cross-functional teams
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC