Merchandise Planner
URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Philadelphia • Pennsylvania • United States
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About the role
- Ensuring the success of one or more departments by meeting or exceeding sales, gross margin, and inventory turn
- Partnering with the merchants to monitor and evaluate sales of current styles on a weekly basis
- Collaborating with planning and merchant team to identify any business opportunities
- Partnering with the buyer and planning manager to effectively manage receipts and inventory
- Maximizing opportunities thru key item programs
- Clearly communicating and providing reporting and analysis to highlight important trends and/or support key initiatives
- Utilizing the OTB to drive business
- Partnering with allocation to understand store level strategies
- Building strong partnerships thru constant communication and collaboration with merchant team
- Taking trend and merchant direction and interpreting it into a profitable strategy
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in a Planning or Allocation Analysis role
- Strong financial and analytical skills
- Results oriented
- Creative problem solver/ “outside the box” thinker
- Strong communication skills
- Works well in teams
- Strong excel skills
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- PTO
- generous employee discounts
- retirement savings
- much more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
financial analysisinventory managementsales analysisOTB (Open to Buy)Excel
Soft skills
results orientedcreative problem solvingstrong communicationteam collaboration