Senior Merchandise Planner
Coraopolis, Pa
Lead cross functional merchandising team in the leadership, implementation and execution of business strategies. Bring focus to decisions & strategies that will deliver and maximize sales, margin, turn and GMROI goals.Develop and cultivate effective relationships with their merchant and allocation partners to ensure proper support for the business. Communicate needs to achieve all business objectives.Lead, coach and develop Merchandise Planners to achieve a best in class… Show more Lead cross functional merchandising team in the leadership, implementation and execution of business strategies. Bring focus to decisions & strategies that will deliver and maximize sales, margin, turn and GMROI goals.Develop and cultivate effective relationships with their merchant and allocation partners to ensure proper support for the business. Communicate needs to achieve all business objectives.Lead, coach and develop Merchandise Planners to achieve a best in class planning and merchandising team that will accomplish company and departmental goals.Identify and execute process and system strategies.Create financial plans seasonally, to include sales, receipt flow, markdowns, margin and inventory turn.Leads the development and enhancement of inventory strategies, partnering with merchants to develop strategic vendor and seasonal transitional plans.Partner with merchants to complete a line review process inclusive of analyzing, profiling and constructing assortments to improve the overall financial productivity. Leading the merchandising team in the development & execution of clearance strategiesBuild and manage key item ladder plans to ensure good receipt flows. Execute and manage OTB inclusive of re-forecasting sales, margin and receipts weekly to ensure financial metrics are being achieved Show less