Responsibilities

• Cultivate the ability to work effectively under stressful and changing circumstances
• Set high personal performance standards that deliver results, convey a sense of urgency and enthusiasm for the business, and help achieve objectives despite obstacles or opposition
• Develop forecasts for new skus and strategize assortment from a financial perspective
• Basic understanding of retail supply chain management inclusive of inventory planning
• Review and analyze business performance trends
• Maintain SKU level forecasts that are updated monthly or more frequently based on needs of the business, inclusive of units, sales dollars, and margin. Identifies trend changes and impacts to business
• Collaborate with Inventory Planners and Inventory Deployment Analyst to ensure plan alignment with Manugistics forecasting
• Work with Central Planning in identifying targets for pre-season and in-season
• Present business trends and forecast to management in monthly MPR (Monthly Planning Review)
• Aid Merchandise Planner in developing long term forecasts to act as basis for seasonal architecture to meet business needs
• Review and provide forecast hind sighting for season for cross-functional team
• Actively pursue growth and development opportunities, continually finding ways to improve
• Communicate openly and directly; accept responsibility and champion ideas despite challenges
• Champion change, taking risks as needed and demonstrating flexibility
• Encourage innovation, creativity and risk-taking through influence in teams
• Foster teamwork by being a valued teammate and building good relationships across functional and division lines