The Sr. Associate Demand Planner will assist the Demand Planning Manager and the Planning team to manage multiple aspects of demand planning and enhance profitability for a department.
Key Accountabilities:
- Assist with the development of product category goals to create seasonal buy plans that tie back to wholesale financial goals
- Consolidate demand for the total wholesale channel and partner with Production to ensure that receipt needs for wholesale channel deliveries are consistently met
- Run internal margin reporting and analysis
- Run seasonal post mortem analysis to drive buys of purchasing to achieve sales goals
- Assist in the execution and development of capacity plans
- Support the management of inventory
- Help analyze quarterly projections for replenishment styles
- Analyze retailer projections to support the creation of processes and timelines for the sales and planning teams in order to hit buying and sourcing deadlines
- Help maintain timelines to hit buying and sourcing deadlines encompassing account needs
- Support system development to enhance planning program functionality
- Special projects as assigned
Required Skills/Abilities/Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Merchandising, Finance or related field
- 1-2 years of related experience required
- Strong communication, presentation, and organizational skills
- Must be a strategic thinker, persuasive and collaborative
- Proficient in Microsoft Office