Merchandising Planner

Are you a Merchandiser/Merchandising Planner with a strategic mind and the ambition to put your own stamp on a Merchandising department?

Looking for a role where your forecasting skills, abilities to mitigate risk and handle multiple deadlines can propel you towards genuine career progression within a company that puts sustainability at the heart of all it's practices?

If so, we have a brilliant opportunity for a** Merchandising Planner **to join our Craghoppers Merchandising team in our state-of-the-art head offices in Urmston, Manchester.

**The Impact you will have in this role is**:

- Responsible for seasonal product volume forecasting in line with budget and commercial sales plans
- Producing category analysis data (including sell through, profitability, key line performance) and make recommendations to help inform and direct range development that will maximise profits.
- Monitor stock weekly and monthly in line with sale performance, taking appropriate action to report on any sales risk, OTB requirements or potential overstock concerns.
- Own the production and distribution of weekly and monthly sales reports.
- Identify and report on supply chain issues and dealing with problems or delays as they arise
- Liaise with the Export and logistics to ensure stock is available at the right time into the right warehouse to achieve plan.
- Build relationships and work closely with the field, market and channel teams to ensure your plans are executed effectively, that stock levels are communicated and agreed and in line with plans
- Undertake additional responsibilities as directed by Line Manager.
- Undertake such tasks and duties as may be reasonably requested by your manager or other members of the management team

**As our future Merchandising Planner** you wil**l:

- Minimum 3 years' experience at Assistant Merchandiser level or above
- Understanding of supply chain and warehousing
- Understanding of Industry standard Merchandising best practice
- Experience in data analytic
- Ability to communicate effectively both 1-2-1 and in larger groups
- Excellent Attention to detail
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Stakeholder management experience.
- Strong organisation skills
- Knowledge of Microsoft platforms
- Knowledge and user experience of Planning and Merchandising systems
- Familiar with data analytics solutions

**We can offer you**:

- Discretionary profit share bonus
- Pension
- Staff discounts
- Access to company benefits website
- 24 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- An extra day of annual leave for every 3 years service up to an additional 3
- Birthday hours
- Company walks
- State of the art Head Office
- A paid day off for volunteering
- Free parking
- Subsidised canteen and Starbucks
- Cycle to work scheme
- Fitness suite
- Shower facilities including hairdryers and GHD straighteners

**Our Regatta Family**:
The Regatta Group supplies quality outdoor clothing and accessories through our 3 great brands - Regatta, Craghoppers and Dare2b - whether exploring the Amazon rainforest, walking your dog in the local park or cycling the Tour de France, we have what you need.

It’s a friendly, supportive family business - a place where bakers, dog walkers, book worms, students, parents, travellers, movie buffs, foodies, festival goers, musicians and more come together to create experiences consumers really appreciate.

The thing we all have in common, is that we share the same core values of Great Relationships and Entrepreneurial Spirit.

**Our investment in the environment**:
Sustainability is at the core of everything we do, and you will have the opportunity to support our Group wide sustainability committee and put ideas into action and really make a difference to the world we live in