Merchandise Planner - Remote OK
Located in St.
Louis, Missouri, Soft Surroundings was founded in 1999.
Since that time, the Company has grown from a catalog company into a multi-channel merchant with a large catalog circulation, significant on-line business and over 40 brick and mortar stores throughout the United States.
We attribute our phenomenal growth to the passion our employees who provide our customers with not only high-quality apparel, home and beauty products, but the understanding that our customers are not just purchasing an item, but an experience.
The Planner plays a key role in developing, executing, and communicating strategic merchandise financial plans.
This individual will partner with Merchants in driving and maximizing sales and margin.
o Partner with the Merchant on development of sales, margin, receipt, and inventory forecasts, supporting these forecasts with unit projections and assortment strategies.
Present forecasts at buy review and provide analysis to support recommendations.
o Manage the receipts and inventory against targeted weeks of supply objectives and partner with merchandising to recommend actions that drive sales and maximize gross margin by ensuring best receipt flow.
o Partner with their respective Merchant to develop the ideal assortment to maximize sales and margin for each buy period, ensuring the appropriate costs, retails, and number of customer choices to achieve each period's targets.
o Develop and manage markdown, promotional and exit strategies for seasonal programs with Merchant partner to effectively manage inventory.
o Maintain open and continual communication with Merchandising, Sourcing, and Marketing teams.
o Develop unit sales and demand and inventory plans for major programs and key items to ensure adequate inventory coverage to meet store and Direct fulfillment needs.
Effectively monitor sales and inventory levels to project future inventory needs or to recommend liquidation strategies.
o Partner cross channel with Allocation to ensure optimal inventories to best serve the customer needs.
o Monitor demand needs by style/color to effectively manage back orders.
o Other duties, as assigned.
Competencies:
o Find risk and the challenge of new problems stimulating and respond with action.
o Make quick, action-oriented decisions in response to changing conditions.
o Solve problems through innovative, futuristic thinking.
o Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and projects.
o Focus individual and team efforts on achieving results.
o Identify what needs to be done and does it before being asked or required by the situation.
o Commit to positive results and maintains commitment regardless of obstacles and frustrations.
o Build rapport and relationships focused on achieving results.
o Own the process, plan and the results.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree5
years of specialty retail experience, preferably in Specialty Retail Merchandise Planning.
Additional demand planning and forecasting, and merchandising experience a plus.
Strong analytical and financial skillsBe a leader, facilitate group discussions for maximum idea generation and problem solving.
Work as an effective member of the Merchandise-Planning-Allocation team to achieve business and financial targets that support the business needs.
Ensure tasks are completed on deadline and completely and accurately.
Possess strong organizational and cross functional skillsStrong Excel skills a must Recommended Skills Analytical Apparel Business Requirements Coaching And Mentoring Communication Customer Demand Planning Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Louis, Missouri, Soft Surroundings was founded in 1999.
Since that time, the Company has grown from a catalog company into a multi-channel merchant with a large catalog circulation, significant on-line business and over 40 brick and mortar stores throughout the United States.
We attribute our phenomenal growth to the passion our employees who provide our customers with not only high-quality apparel, home and beauty products, but the understanding that our customers are not just purchasing an item, but an experience.
The Planner plays a key role in developing, executing, and communicating strategic merchandise financial plans.
This individual will partner with Merchants in driving and maximizing sales and margin.
o Partner with the Merchant on development of sales, margin, receipt, and inventory forecasts, supporting these forecasts with unit projections and assortment strategies.
Present forecasts at buy review and provide analysis to support recommendations.
o Manage the receipts and inventory against targeted weeks of supply objectives and partner with merchandising to recommend actions that drive sales and maximize gross margin by ensuring best receipt flow.
o Partner with their respective Merchant to develop the ideal assortment to maximize sales and margin for each buy period, ensuring the appropriate costs, retails, and number of customer choices to achieve each period's targets.
o Develop and manage markdown, promotional and exit strategies for seasonal programs with Merchant partner to effectively manage inventory.
o Maintain open and continual communication with Merchandising, Sourcing, and Marketing teams.
o Develop unit sales and demand and inventory plans for major programs and key items to ensure adequate inventory coverage to meet store and Direct fulfillment needs.
Effectively monitor sales and inventory levels to project future inventory needs or to recommend liquidation strategies.
o Partner cross channel with Allocation to ensure optimal inventories to best serve the customer needs.
o Monitor demand needs by style/color to effectively manage back orders.
o Other duties, as assigned.
Competencies:
o Find risk and the challenge of new problems stimulating and respond with action.
o Make quick, action-oriented decisions in response to changing conditions.
o Solve problems through innovative, futuristic thinking.
o Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and projects.
o Focus individual and team efforts on achieving results.
o Identify what needs to be done and does it before being asked or required by the situation.
o Commit to positive results and maintains commitment regardless of obstacles and frustrations.
o Build rapport and relationships focused on achieving results.
o Own the process, plan and the results.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree5
years of specialty retail experience, preferably in Specialty Retail Merchandise Planning.
Additional demand planning and forecasting, and merchandising experience a plus.
Strong analytical and financial skillsBe a leader, facilitate group discussions for maximum idea generation and problem solving.
Work as an effective member of the Merchandise-Planning-Allocation team to achieve business and financial targets that support the business needs.
Ensure tasks are completed on deadline and completely and accurately.
Possess strong organizational and cross functional skillsStrong Excel skills a must Recommended Skills Analytical Apparel Business Requirements Coaching And Mentoring Communication Customer Demand Planning Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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