Planner

Job Description:

The Planner is responsible for maintaining in-season Sales, Margin, Receipt, Inventory and Turnover forecasts that reconcile to financial targets at a class level.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage monthly department level open-to-buy activities
• Establish and maintain accurate demand forecasts and execute managing / anticipating product changes, promotions, etc.
• Actively participate in assortment development and review, providing data and analysis to support decision-making.
• Plan and manage the development of annual department/class merchandise financial plans that align with the corporate strategies.
• Build a strong partnership with the merchant counterpart, making business decisions in alignment to the company strategy.
• Develop pre-season plans and recommend purchase/investment quantities and develop accurate receipt flow forecasts
• Reconcile top-down and bottoms-up class plans to department plans and forecasts
• Manage inventory plans from investment through allocation execution, including ongoing evaluation and updates.

Job Requirements:

• Confident and effective communication (written & verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Is adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Post-secondary degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills; a team player who is able to act as both a leader and an individual contributor as requirede
• Highly service-oriented with exceptional organizational and follow up skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Excellent financial acumen, strong analytical skills
• Requires minimum of 5 years’ retail merchandise planning experience. Minimum of 3 years’ experience involving sales and inventory planning,
• sales forecasting, and OTB

Job Details:

Company:  Holt Renfrew

Job Category:  Retail Jobs

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Brampton, Ontario, CA

Application Deadline: N/A

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