Job Purpose
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our EMEIA planning team based at our iconic HQ. We currently have an opening in our Womenswear department for an experienced Planner looking to further their career within our regional planning function.
As a Planner, your aim will be to drive the business through strategic seasonal merchandise planning, controlled inventory management, actionable reporting, and insightful commercial analysis.
By joining our team, you will support the creation of a world-class, digitally enabled, and integrated end-to-end planning and analysis function that thinks commercially, connects across functions, and delivers efficient merchandise processes.
Responsibilities
* Complete critical category analysis to support pre-market and seasonal reviews, including regional Open to Buy (OTB), product exits, key product deep-dives, and option productivity
* Provide input to seasonal floorset, including recommending volume segmentations for options and working with Merchandising to ensure the fashion buy is maintained
* Offer critical input and recommendations to in-season trading for both fashion and replenishment categories
* Support end-of-season sales forecasting and implementation, including forecasting opening sale inventory based on delists, proposing sale discounts, uploading sale prices/discounts to central templates, and managing price/upload communication to store teams
* Conduct weekly category analysis and re-forecasting, including replenishment, trade analysis, regional OTB, in-stock analysis, and aged inventory across all channels
* Work effectively as a member of a cross-functional team (Merchandising, Planning, Allocation), focusing on team objectives and clear communication
Personal Profile
* Experience as a Planner
* Strong planning and forecasting skills
* Decision-making driven by strategic product and business initiatives
* High proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
* Experience with SAP/BRRS preferred
* Experience with PLM software preferred
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy