Job Description
The Merchandise Planner develops, executes, and maintains merchandise plans and forecasts for a specific merchandise category. The Merchandise Planner will develop plans and forecasts for future merchandise buys based on historical sales, receiving buys, and current inventory levels. The role helps ensure planned sales, planned gross margin, and planned markdowns are achieved in each product division. They will be able to identify risks to the business and develop action plans in cooperation with the Senior Merchandise Planner, the Director of Merchandise Planning, and Divisional Merchandise Managers to mitigate inventory issues and maximize profitability.
Duties/Responsibilities:
• Create and maintain merchandise plans by department and class
• Manage OTB process for specific merchandise categories
• Adjust plans and forecasts as necessary to react to trends and sales
• Analyze historical data and current trends o...