✨ AI Summary
The Manager - Planning is responsible for overseeing stock to sales ratios, adapting to sales trends, and achieving plan sales, markups, and markdowns for assigned brands. This role involves managing inventory levels, ensuring desired first price sell-thru, and assisting in budget and assortment plan preparation. The Manager will also ensure margin targets are met, maintain an adequate merchandise mix, guarantee core product availability, and manage new product launches and replenishment. Key responsibilities include performing inter-store consolidations, coordinating with retail and buying teams, preparing and reviewing reports, and proactively flagging inventory concerns to management.
This position requires 7-12 years of experience in merchandising and planning, specifically within category management, and a graduation degree. Essential skills include inventory management, merchandising, planning, budgeting, assortment planning, reporting, and a strong understanding of the retail industry.
Responsible for reviewing stock to sales ratios, responding to changing sales trends, and ensuring plan sales, plan markups, and plan markdowns are achieved by brands.Ensure achievement of budget and LFL growth for assigned department.Managing inventory levels of assigned department at the store.Ensure desired first price sell-thru for assigned department for each season.Assist planning manager in preparation of buying budget and assortment plan for assigned department.Ensure the realized margi