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We’re proud to be a place for passionate people to learn, grow, and build empowered careers.\nPOSITION OBJECTIVE:\nThis position is responsible for the development of annual, seasonal, monthly, and weekly plans utilizing current sales and trend information.This position is primarily responsible for translating the Merchant’s vision into viable plans and profitable results across Omni channels.\nFUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:\nPartners with the Merchants on the development of pre-season sales, markdown, margin, receipt and inventory.\nDevelops projections and inventory flow for key items/collections. \nProvides other analysis related to driving business goals (e.g. hindsight’s, color-selling, etc.). \nForecasts monthly and seasonal plans, to ensure all orders fall within approved financial targets. \nAnalyzes and reacts to performance of strategy based on actual sales and current trend performance. \nPrepares and participates in Merchandise Review meetings (MBR, seasonal hindsight).\nPartners with Merchant to develop and propose tactics in response to current business trends, such as: Makes recommendations for key financial meetings/decisions in order to maximize sales, margin and inventory productivity Monthly plan review process: develops sales, markdown, receipt and inventory re-forecasts \nManages and executes promotional and liquidation strategy \nCommunicates revisions within the team and cross functionally \n\nPartners with cross functional teams to utilize seasonal selling curves by region, climate, and store attributes. \nExhibits initiative to look beyond the everyday business to look for opportunities to maximize sales potentials.\nQUALIFICATIONS:\nBachelor’s degree in finance, operations, or business preferred \n4+ years of experience in: retail merchandise planning, demand forecasting; inventory management, allocation or replenishment; financial planning or financial analysis experience \n3 years of retail experience in merchandising/buying or allocation \nStrong problem-solving and analytical skills; strong aptitude with numbers; retail math skills, understanding of forecasting methodology \nMakes decisions with limited information but also able to synthesize large quantities of data to drive business decisions \nStrong communication and presentation skills:concisely presents complex information/recommendations in terms meaningful to various audiences \nSystem proficiency with strong emphasis on Excel \nBuilds collaborative partnerships cross-functionally; identifies/influences critical stakeholders \nThis position may be found in multiple brands. 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