Sr Merch Planner - Full Price
Core
Lead merchandise planning strategy for Calvin Klein Full Price and Concession stores across EMEA, balancing consumer demand, inventory investment, and profitability to drive sales growth.
Role type
Senior IC merchandise planner (full price retail)
Builds
Seasonal merchandise plans, sales/inventory/stock targets, and allocation/replenishment strategies for EMEA stores
Domain
Fashion retail, EMEA region
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> product features (merchandise plans, allocation strategies)
Required skills
Financial and analytical capabilities, retail merchandise financial planning, forecasting, performance management, inventory management, allocation, replenishment, Open-to-Buy (OTB) planning, end-to-end fashion retail process knowledge, data-to-insight translation
Preferred skills
Coaching/mentoring colleagues, cross-functional stakeholder influence, continuous improvement initiatives, store and market visit execution
Technologies
Planning systems, WSSI process tools, OTB software
Responsibilities
Conduct seasonal hindsight analyses and define forward merchandise strategies, develop store clusters based on type/capacity/grading, build seasonal plans with sales/inventory/stock targets, support buy quantification and budget alignment, present plans to leadership for approval, conduct SKU-level size planning and size distribution, define/optimize initial allocation and replenishment parameters, manage Weekly Sales Stock and Intake (WSSI) process, lead central promotional and markdown planning, conduct store and market visits, mentor junior planners, act as key user for planning systems
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities