Merchandise Planner-Contract

• Manage sales plans and inventory levels for EU digital channel
• Partner with team to understand market trends, nuances, risk/opportunity to achieve business goals
• Analyze and drive business performance/trends to ensure assortment maximizes growth potential, incorporating assortment planning and tiering analysis
• Provide input to Monthly Planning Committee (MPC) meetings with the goal of optimizing inventory across multiple D.C.s and operating models based on merchandise and sales trends
• Partner with Merchants to support assortment goals, product launch cadence, and markdown strategy
• Ensure digital active dates are accurate and information is flowing from the international merchant assortment tool (MAT) and the Digital Active Date (DAD) tool
• Ensure that international exclusives are flowing thru the domestic product development process (PDP) and that all attributes are getting populated and or franchise data handoff
• Develop rapport with cross-functional teams and build credibility through effective communication
• Respond to ad hoc requests from cross-functional teams
• Manage merchandise inventory levels in the EU DC and ensure accurate ring-fencing across channels through inbound receipt tracking and collaboration with Merchandise Planners, Demand Forecasters, and Deployment Analysts
• Continually monitor and adjust inventory in-season to minimize markdowns and deliver end of season mark-out-of-stock
• Align VSGD inventory expectations with the brand deployment strategy through continuous education of inventory management process
• Partner with Logistics and UPS to provide EU DC volume projections

Bachelor Degree

• medical
• dental
• 401(k)
• direct deposit
• commuter benefits