Merchandise Planning Manager, Global Merchandise Planning – Calvin Klein Apparel-1

New York, New York
Calvin Klein

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Merchandise Planning Manager will be key partner to Global Merchandising and Global regions/ Regional channels to understand and address product opportunities and challenges. They will be responsible for creating and presenting targets and initiatives to continue to strategically drive the growth of the business. They will develop Global seasonal product plans, analyze sku productivity, perform in-season and post-season hindsight reporting across Regional channels by collaborating effectively with cross-functional partners.

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Product Strategy:

• Own Global regions’ pre-season buy projections for key classifications, programs, Heros/Essentials, product segmentation for all KPIs at Go-to-Consumer milestones
• Develop top-down and bottom-up financial targets and provide planning guidance for all projections and buys to ensure proper penetration by product category and mix
• Engage Global regions/Regional channels’ Buying/Planning/Sales teams to develop strategies, identify opportunities, and address regional needs and voids in assortment and buys
• Compile and analyze quarterly, seasonal, annual actualized shipments, style/sku counts, and margins for Regional channels. Monitor actuals against projections to understand business results and share insights on variances.
• Identify product and delivery flow wins/risks and cross-channel opportunities to drive assortment strategies
• Analyze and identify opportunities to improve sku efficiency by monitoring pre-season development and adoption rates and in-season sales productivity to eliminate unproductive skus and drive selling productivity
• Ensure style/sku planning attributes are consistent with evolving product line architecture

Business Analysis:

• Analyze selling performance across Global regions and Regional channels
  • In-Season/Post-season business opportunity
    • WTD/MTD selling analysis and share out
    • QTD/STD selling hindsights
  • Top line sales and sales trends
  • Best and worst sellers; color selling
  • Assortment updates and learnings
• Provide both qualitative and quantitative analysis at quarterly and seasonal hindsights and investment reviews, drawing insights to affect future product line architecture
• Perform margin and cost analysis to ensure margin targets are achieved, and highlight risks and variances
• Drive weekly business discussions with Global Merchandising and Regional channels to analyze the business, digging deeper into selling trends
• Develop and evolve standardized reports and processes to drive efficiencies and advance the team’s productivity
• Solicit and perform ad-hoc analysis as needed
• Manage, train, and develop Merchandise Planner

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

Experience: 5-7+ years of experience in a retail or wholesale environment, including time as a Planner, Buyer, or as Retail business analyst

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Merchandising or other related field

Skills:

• Demonstrated retail math and business acumen, including elements of markup, margin planning, selling and inventory productivity measures
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills including presenting complex material in an organized and compelling manner
• Strategic thinker who recognizes opportunities and can recommend strategies by building business case and influence senior leaders to move to execution
• High level of conceptual creative ability. Strong product sense with proven experience in driving product assortments and partnering with divisional leaders to lead investment strategies that drive business
• Strong time management skills, attention to detail, problem solving, interpersonal and organizational skills – communication between functional groups is critical
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Knowledge of ACS, SAP, 7th On-Line, MicroStrategy/Lighthouse/Power BI, Miro/Visulon preferred

Pay Range: $125,000 – $145,000
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