Regional Planner Jr

REGIONAL PLANNER JR

The candidate will be responsible for the Regional Planning processes collaborating with the HQ Merchandising Planning Team and the Regional Retail, Finance & Buying Teams for forecasting, merchandise financial planning, in-season management, open to buy markdown and core & high rotating Item management.

Main Activities & Responsibilities:

 Process and analyse all relevant data, monitoring the main KPI’s concerning the Region

 Run all planning and forecasting activities

 Involvement in “Core items” management

 Manage the planning for Carry Overs

 Run the OTB budgets according to the Company guidelines

 Create monthly sales reforecasts and analyse sales to flag risks and identify growth opportunities

 Running standard reports and building ad hoc analysis in order to share information and analyse the business performance within the Region  Consolidate weekly/monthly sales/stock analysis

 Regularly work with HQ Merchandising Planning to understand best sellers/slow movers, to anticipate consolidation strategies, allocation/reallocation and replenishment, etc

 Analyse end of season markdowns and support with the markdown Lists

 Ensure support concerning the Order Review activities from a numerical standpoint during the selling campaigns

 Perform other duties as required

Skills required:

 Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics or related fields

 Strong Excel Skills

 2 years of experience in the Merchandising Planning of primary Retail or Fashion company

 Strong analytical skills and attention to details

 Good communication skills with the ability to build positive working relationships with cross functional teams

 Fluent in Englis