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Merch Planner – Ready to Wear – Maternity & Champion
| Company | Target |
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| Location | Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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| Salary | $71000 – $128000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- Four-year degree or equivalent experience
- 2-6 years of relevant experience
- 1+ years of Merchandising experience
- Strong strategic, financial, and analytical skills; can easily translate data from an array of sources into insights and recommendations
- Strong collaboration skills to partner with cross-functional teams
- Flexible, resilient and comfortable working in “grey areas” that are constantly changing
Responsibilities
- Conduct comparative analysis of holiday or other seasonal performance reports
- Provide insights that inform the Inventory team’s work to ensure that product supports projected sales
- Act as the hub between Merchandising and Supply Chain to create a financial link
- Provide in-season decision support and collaborate on assortment planning
- Recommend localization and channel strategies including cluster types and profiles
- Lead demand forecasting and support divisional strategy through category expertise
- Head up the open-to-buy process and decide on category-level investment
- Conduct root cause analysis for variation between supply and demand forecasts
- Communicate implications to vendors
- Conduct scenario planning, build unit plans, and lead initial set planning and operationalization
- Interpret forecast results and conduct “what if?” analysis to guide recommendations
- Validate the unit promo planning forecast and drive maintenance, risk analysis and decision-making
- Run event forecast creation and flow, analyzing item lifecycles and driving recommendations on end-of-season management
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
