Senior Planner, Omni Merchandise Planning

Gap, Inc.

$90K — $130K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in merchandise planning or inventory management in the fashion retail sector
  • Strong proficiency in Excel and systems management
  • Excellent analytical and storytelling abilities
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills with diverse teams
  • Demonstrated capacity to prioritize and manage multiple projects

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Merchandising to align financial and product strategies
  • Create preseason sales and inventory plans supporting product goals
  • Identify financial risks and opportunities, recommending strategies
  • Present financial forecasts and action plans in meetings
  • Develop markdown strategies and communicate results weekly
  • Share best practices and develop systems knowledge with team members
  • Maintain effective relationships with cross-functional team members

Benefits

  • Collaborative team environment fostering innovation
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Engagement with diverse business partners across functions
  • Dynamic work atmosphere focused on customer experience
Full Job Description
About the Role
In this role you will be a part of the Inventory Management team that brings the financial strategy of our product vision to life by managing the largest financial asset of the company: our product itself. As Manager, Merchandise Planning, you and your team will drive the success of one or more product categories by creating a financial roadmap and marrying it to brand strategy and customer needs. You are passionate about using your qualitative and quantitative skillset in a fashion retail environment and find joy and creativity in forecasting and financial planning. You are curious, innovative, and focused on executing an amazing customer experience while delivering/exceeding financial targets. Strong analytical and storytelling skills will serve you well, and a collaborative mindset is a must.What You'll Do
  • Collaborate with Merchandising to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial and product opportunities by division and department

  • Create preseason sales, gross margin and inventory plans by division and department that support product strategies

  • Identify risks and opportunities to business and recommend strategies to achieve financial goals

  • Present financial forecast and supporting action plans in open to buy meeting

  • Develop and communicate department level markdown recommendations and strategies, as well as financial results and forecasts to manager and cross functional team on a weekly basis

  • Collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge and Create an innovating, results oriented environment

  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of cross functional team (Merchandising, Visual, Production, Distribution, Planning and Company Planning), sharing best practices and ways of working

Who You Are
  • Must love Excel, technical skills, and be systems savvy

  • Believe in the Power of Team; builds constructive and effective relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners

  • Possess strong business acumen and strategic agility, able to handle many projects simultaneously while effectively prioritizing workload

  • Demonstrate strong listening, written and oral communication skills, able to present ideas and directions that rally others to action

  • Ability to assess relatively complex situations and analyze data to make judgments and recommend solutions

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