Onsite Vice President, Merchandise Planning

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About the role

  • VP Merchandise Planning leading strategic financial objectives and team management for product life cycle phases. Collaborating cross-functionally to achieve sales and inventory targets while maintaining strong partnerships.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategic financial objectives of the division through accurate and proactive management and forecasting of sales, margin, and inventory levels to achieve targets
  • Provide high-level analysis and business reports to leadership
  • Develop and share merchandise analysis to inform and lead decision-making, including weekly promotional pricing and markdown decisions
  • Partner with merchandising and allocation on the timing and quantity of new and existing product flow into the stores to maximize profitability
  • Demonstrates effective working relationships, building strong partnerships and influencing cross-functional leaders, inclusive of merchandising, allocation, marketing, finance, and production.
  • Drive planning process improvements, standardizations, and best practices aligned to accommodate the complexities of the business.
  • Accountable for leveraging departments to achieve division results
  • Lead, develop, and manage planning team – provide training and career development.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in a full life cycle DTC inventory planning environment with VP or Director level experience preferred
  • Strong leadership presence at all levels; demonstrated experience leading a team through change in strategy or company direction
  • Collaborative in approach, able to develop successful business relationships across the organization
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; demonstrated ability to analyze situations and make recommendations that are consistent with the company vision
  • Experience building strong teams while developing and transforming talent
  • Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities while working in a fast-paced, specialty retail environment
  • Microsoft Office Suite proficiency and strong knowledge of Planning Systems (Foresight/ Micro strategy)

Job title

Vice President, Merchandise Planning

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$158,400 - $288,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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