Our client, a successful lifestyle brand, is seeking a Planner for their growing team and business. This role will be primarily responsible for analyzing, identifying and communicating sales and inventory opportunities, and providing risk-mitigation recommendations for the category. In addition, the Planner will be expected to meaningfully contribute to broader strategic and resource planning conversations across the company. Responsibilities: Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities by department and category Present financial forecast and supporting action plans in monthly open to buy meetings Manage basic inventory levels and forecast replenishment buys to support sales forecast Communicate financial results, forecasts, and action plans to management and cross-functional team on a weekly basis Provide hindsight analysis and partner with merchandising on future product positioning and opportunities Callout inventory risks and opportunities and work cross-functionally to solve Prepare pre-season plans; financial sales, merchandise margin, and inventory, consistent with the company's top-down goals, to be used in development of the merchandise strategies for the season and to support assortment development and buying needs Have ownership of bottoms up SKU plans and buy quantification across category including key item plans of core programs Prepare monthly merchandise reprojection including analytical activities to understand health of category(ies) and actions leading to profitable inventory management Quarterly hind-sight responsibilities including SKU productivity and sell-through analysis
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