Manager, Assortment Planning D21
Core
Provide subject matter expertise, project management, and analytical support to assortment decisions for key departments during category reviews.
Role type
Manager, Assortment Planning
Builds
Category Business Reviews (BR) and Product Line Reviews (PLR) for designated departments
Domain
Retail / Assortment Planning
Required skills
Category management, Merchandising planning and analysis, Financial analysis, Data analysis, Executive presentation development, Strategic rationale formulation
Preferred skills
MBA, Merchandise planning software proficiency, Microsoft Access/Excel/PowerPoint, Retail accounting methods
Technologies
Microsoft Access, Excel, PowerPoint
Responsibilities
Collaborate with merchants to determine category review goals and objectives, conduct standard and ad hoc analysis to identify key drivers of performance, recommend assortment decisions that will improve category performance, develop financial plans that reflect category changes, develop executive-level presentations that summarize analysis including historical category performance, strategic rationale underpinning assortment decisions and expected financial impact, report out to all levels of management, own MVP/DMM and Merchant/Associate Merchant relationships for designated department, conduct strategic projects and ad hoc analysis and reporting
Seniority
Manager, individual contributor