Merchandise Planning Manager

Job description

Manager, Merchandise Planning This role will be accountable for driving profitable sales for the region, managing sales and inventory activities by setting SKU sales targets, maintaining a bottoms-up open-to-buy plan, monitoring inventory aging and quality, and providing stock productivity analysis. The ideal candidate blends strong analytical capability with a commercial mindset and collaborative communication skills. What You'll Do: - Develop seasonal financial plans by class, department, and channel, including sales, units, margin, and inventory. - Build and maintain item level or class level forecasts based on historical performance, trends, and merchant strategy. - Translate business strategy into monthly and weekly sales plans. - Own inventory flow, weeks of supply, and receipt plans to support sales while minimizing markdown risk. - Partner with Allocation/Replenishment to optimize initial buys and ongoing replenishment. - Identify risks and opportunities related to overstock, shortages, or flow disruptions. - Manage the markdown in season and closeout/end-of-life process. - Produce style count and SKU productivity targets to govern the region's range selection activity. Mon...