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This individual contributes to the success of the organization by forging strong cross-functional partnerships, correlating historical and current trends, planning and forecasting multiple monthly and annual KPIs, optimizing inventory, and presenting, articulating, and defending their plan position.\nThe Women’s Merchandise Planner manages a designated book of business, working with other Planners, Sr. Planners, Inventory, Supply Chain, and Merchant counterparts.\nAssociate Responsibilities\nDevelop and cultivate Women’s Planning/Merchandising partnerships to create long-range, pre-season, and in-season forecasts, and align inventory strategies with organizational strategies and targets.\nSupport the pre-season plan review process, in-season reforecasting, and post-season hindsighting. Review category forecast/plan changes in relation to prior forecasts, prior year(s), and targets. Present, articulate, and support the plan or forecast position in relation to global targets.\nPartner with Women’s Merchandising and Inventory teams to identify areas of opportunity within the assortment to drive sales and margin and mitigate inventory liability using historical trends and analyses, coupled with market and consumer insights.\nPartner with cross-functional teams to efficiently manage the product life cycle for the assigned book of business.\nLead and facilitate monthly/weekly meetings with key partners to understand current trends and proactively identify actionable risks and opportunities.\nCollaborate with cross-functional partners to resolve opportunities as they arise. Take a proactive approach to identify potential roadblocks and seek out resolutions in a timely manner.\nIdentify planning process pain points and/or gaps and propose potential solutions to a broad audience.\nChampion the Merchandise Planning process and related calendar. 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