Merchandise Planner, Sleepwear, Cacique

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About the role

Accountable for thepro-active management running of the business by channel pre-season and in-season. Ensuring effective inventory management in total and across channels to maximize sales and margin.

The impact you can have

Development of pre-season/in-season plans:

• Translation of merchant assortment strategies into plans at a subclass/week level that will achieve financial targets

• Understanding of marketing calendar and impact to financial architecture

• Assessment of past seasons and results providing insight to future plan development and recommendations in concert with merchandising partners

• Identifies and reacts to opportunities to increase sales improve margin optimize inventories and decrease markdowns and updates plans accordingly

• Performs analytics to uncover opportunities and deliver insights

Pro-active management of inventory on order positions and margin results:

• Manage and evaluate inventory positions to ensure inventory levels optimize sales and margin and improve inventory productivity including markdown management.

• Partner with allocation on store and channel plans and allocation strategies

Accountable for managing day-to-day running of the business and meeting deadlines:

• Provides cross-functional partners with scenarios that quantify upside opportunities and risks and has the ability to make compelling and persuasive cases for proposals that are grounded in sound facts or assumptions

• Anticipates potential obstacles and works with cross-functional partners to establish contingency plans

• Presents financial information in a concise clear and confident manner in support of the needs of the business

• Synthesizes large complex data sets into major points and issues that readily facilitate decision-making.

• Continually examines product successes and failures to extract key lessons

Youll bring to the role

• Minimum of 2-4 years in retail as a merchandise planner. Allocation financial analyst or buyer experience a plus in addition to merchandise planning.

• Customer-centric focus with understanding of customer needs and ability to understand market trends

• Ability to build strong relationships with a diverse group of cross functional partners and cascade the proper level of information to support decision making.

• Undergraduate degree in finance economics accounting business or related field

• Good systems skills with experience in managing and reporting data in such environments as Excel Arthur Planning Data Warehouse etc.

• Key skills: Strong analytical ability financial acumen business influence and communication change agility

Benefits

• You will be eligible to receive a merchandise discount at select KnitWell Group brands subject to each brands discount policies.

• Support for your individual development plus opportunities for career mobility within our family of brands.

• A culture of giving back local volunteer opportunities annual donation and volunteer match to eligible nonprofit organizations and philanthropic activities to support our communities.*

• Medical dental vision insurance & 401(K).*

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Time off paid time off & holidays.*

*Any job offer will consider factors such your qualifications relevant experience and skills. Eligibility of certain benefits and associate programs are subject to employment type and role.

• Hybrid: This position works in a hybrid model with required days worked in the Lane Bryant office location in New Albany OH as defined by business needs.

Applicants to this position must be authorized to work for any employer in the US without sponsorship. We are not providing sponsorship for this position.

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