Overview:The Associate Merchandise Planner for buy buy Baby creates and manages bottom-up item sales and inventory plans for assigned departments. The Associate Merchandise Planner will work with the Merchandise Planner to reconcile these item plans to the overall department financial goals. Responsibilities:
Create and manage sales and inventory targets for identified core programs, ensuring consistent stock levels.
Partner with Buyer and Merchandise Planner to identify high volume key items for potential re-orders.
Partner with allocation team to maximize store level inventory balance on all core programs.
Partner with Buyer and Planner to create sales targets on promotional merchandise, while identifying risk to the overall department sales plan.
Manage and review monthly assortment plans to ensure sku rationality.
Create and manage sales, inventory, and profit targets for assigned cross category product attributes.
Partner with IT team to create better and more efficient reporting based on the needs of the merchandising team.
Run and analyze ad hoc reports in order to react to current business trends as well as anticipate future business trends.
Demonstrate a committment to The Brand House Collective values.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree
2-3 years of experience in Planning, Allocations, Assistant Buying or related field. Store experience is a plus.
Highly motivated and results oriented.
Ability to negotiate with and influence peers and members of cross functional team.
Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships.
Ability to formally present business strategies and action plans.
Demonstrates strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
Must be proficient in Microsoft office.
Ability to sit at a computer for extended periods of time.
