Merchandising Planner

1 week ago

london city of london, United Kingdom People First Recruitment Full time

Ref: 22791

Your New Salary:£150 - £200 p/day (£39K - £52K equivalent)

Location:Central London

Job status:Temporary assignment until end of February 2025 (4 days a week in office)

Start date:ASAP

Working hours:40h per week, Monday - Friday, 9am - 6pm

Who You'll Be Working for:

World class luxury fashion brand.

What You'll be Doing Each Day:

This position will support all Global Rolling OTB (Open to Buy) activities within the companys Merchandise Planning & Inventory organisation. They will embody the company's values and contribute to a culture of innovation and collaboration.

This role will partner closely with Retail Merchandising, Collection Merchandising, Regional Planning teams, Global Outlet team, Replenishment, Merchandising Planning Operations, Supply Chain, Finance teams, Strategy.

Merchandising Planner -Responsibilities:

  • Communicating and ensuring adherence to the commercial principles relating to Global Inventory management, with strong management and assessment of inventory holding by Channel
  • Supporting the Global Rolling Open to Buy
  • Management of the Global Delist and assessing risk in end of season inventory
  • Optimising Global inventory by coordinating global stock rebalances and highlighting opportunities
  • Responsible for consolidation of the Global Rolling OTB for all Channels (FP Stores, Digital, Outlet, Wholesale)
  • Responsible for preparing insightful analyses on Channel performance relative to plan and identifying risks to inventory targets
  • Alongside Senior Manager, working with group finance to set annual Margin sales target
  • Responsible for preparing insightful analyses on Margin performance relative to target and tracking adherence by product divisions

Option Consolidation & Tracking

  • Assessment of Option Plans into OTB, to assess Revenue per Option and productivity of assortments
  • Responsible for co-ordinating global stock rebalances; rebalance template management and publishing overviews to the wider business of stock moves
  • Highlighting rebalance opportunities for maximising stock productivity, to improve Global sell through and weeks of cover
  • Responsible for maintaining the Global Delist files which provides an accurate view of product life cycle for all mainline products and their exit routes
  • Working with Retail and Collection Merchandising to propose and agree global exit route strategy with the aim to maximize clearing of inventory whilst balancing the need to protect full price sales and brand

Merchandising Planner -The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

  • Demonstrated experience in a planning or analytical role, preparing commercial analyses, supporting global Open to Buy management
  • Solid communication skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships with cross-functional teams
  • Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
  • Excellent / advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
  • Highly analytical, organised, and detail oriented
  • Driven and Ambitious, with aptitude to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Fast study / quick learner
  • High results orientation
  • Problem solver, with an ability to drive results despite ambiguity and obstacles
  • Flexible, willing, and able to manage multiple and potentially competing priorities
  • Creatively Driven
  • Forward Thinking

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