Merchandising Planner

Dolce & Gabbana, a leader in the world of luxury fashion, has an exceptional career opportunity available for a Merchandising Planner based in our Milan HQ.

Main activities and responsibilities:

• Support the Merchandising Planning team in the processes of forecasting, merchandise financial planning, in-season management, open to buy, Continuative, High Rotating items and product lifecycle management
• Contribute to main KPI’s (ST%, month of stock coverage, etc) analysis 

• Support relevant planning and forecasting activities, including Sales Plan and Open-to-Buy 

• Assist with Continuative items & “High rotating Continuative items” management 

• Collaborate with development and roll-out of the evolution of the merchandising planning, when requested  

• Support the Seasonal Buying Budget Plan for DOS according to current needs and category/Region assigned 

• Assist with OTB budgets based upon sales history & projections, and SKU plan 

• Monitor merchandise delivery processes and flag inconsistencies when relevant  

• Create monthly sales reforecasts and analyse sales  

• Provide business reporting assistance, when requested 

• Run standard reports (HQ & Regional) and build ad hoc analysis in order to share information and analyse the business performance  

• Collate weekly/monthly sales/stock analysis for HQ  

• Ensure involvement during the selling campaigns 

Key requirements & competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 2+ years experiences in merchandising planning or business analysis of primary Retail or Fashion company
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong team player
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to build useful working relationships
• Fluency in English

Location: Italy, Milan