Merchandise Planner

Our client, a leading international family entertainment and media enterprise, is looking for a professional and dependable Merchandise Planner to join their Glendale team!

Responsibilities: ‍

• Strategize & develop financial plans to achieve growth and profitability that aligns with key product strategies and initiatives for all channels.
• Own pre-season plans that align with grow/maintain/downtrend positioning for merchandise and category initiatives.
• Manage category product releases on all channels to mitigate financial gaps year over year.
• Understand and manage in-season performance and identify trends to inform future seasons.
• Leverage weekly business insights to understand item level performance to maximize in season opportunities and minimize liability.
• Create high-level revenue benchmarks to achieve growth and profitability that align with cross category initiatives for all channels.
• Provide benchmarks with understandable comp to deliver range of products to achieve financial objectives.
• Manage and input retail category plans for Annual Operating Plans
• Develop stratification of items to determine cannibalization, optimize SKU efficiency and ensure inventory management of item/category.
• Own category Profit & Loss; drive the business with full accountability to revenue and cost of goods.
• Re-forecast sales, inventory and margin every month based on category performance through open to buy (OTB) process.
• Understands and uses tools available to purchase, analyze and react to trends in the business
• Proactively provide communication on stock availability.
• Seek understanding of Store Assortment Plans across all channels
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Requirements:

• This is an on-site / hybrid role. Candidates should be based in the greater Los Angeles area to be considered.  
• Must be available to work full time from 8am – 5pm, Monday - Friday.

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Please submit a resume for consideration.

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