Merchandise Planner

Top must-have skills include the following

• Proficiency in Excel
• Retail/planning experience
• Self starter
• Ability to story tell with data
• Detail-oriented

Desired soft skills

• Ability to work in ambiguity
• Time management
• Ability to prioritize
• Team player

Key Responsibilities

• Nature of the work is focused on planning merchandise priorities to ensure product arrives at the right place and right time for the consumer. Drives financial results that maximize sales, inventory, and gross margin profitability at the SKU level up to the category total, for both Nike and the retailer.
• Manages the financial success of area of responsibility by meeting strategic objectives.
• Establishes clear merchandise plans that tell a story for the season and drives merchandising to create a line plan grounded in profitability and consumer centric offerings Recaps and analyzes actual sales results to plan, and forecast in-season sales and inventories.
• Collaborates with retail counterparts to manage sales / inventory plans that yield maximum sales & profits for Nike and the retailer.
• Proactively reports on the health of the business and facilitate smart business decisions. Drives process improvements.
• Helps establish consistency in the Planning process, both in documentation and implementation Provides retailer information to assist account team in the go to market process. Collaborates with the account team in aligning the product assortment & retailer sales/margin/turn goals.
• Provides selling data from current and previous seasons to assist the account team in assortment planning by location cluster/gender/category/class for the Nike Brand. Evaluates retailer assortment needs versus Nike, Inc. category objectives, provides opportunities and communicates opportunities/risks.

Recruiter Details

Vishakha Singh

Sr IT Recruiter

E-mail: ***email_hidden***

Internal id- 26-11002

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