Al Tayer Careers Near Me – Associate Planner

Job Description:

The Associate Planner (Merchandise) is responsible for using a data-driven approach and collaborating with buying partners to maximize return on investment via OTB ownership. Focus on driving profitable sales and margin through development of seasonal and yearly product sales plans, including financial planning, budgeting, forecasting driven through a focus on consumer demand, to maximize sales and gross margin opportunity across an initial brand/category ownership.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Forecast accuracy across all key OTB metrics.
• Develop monthly OTB Inventory flow and purchase plans from Inventory planning and present further actions required.
• Provide strategic guidance to buyers and vendors on channel performance and assortment needs to influence future assortment plans.
• Monitor and Identify sales and gross margin opportunities by channel and take appropriate action to maximize.
• Develop management skills to lead the merchandise planning teams.
• Build and present the merchandise strategy and OTB for all brands and product groups as assigned including retail, distribution and digital channels, with forecast accuracy being of critical importance.
• Demonstrate sound OTB and financial planning to optimize in season inventory management as well as seasonal flow.
• Deliver quality merchandise and assortment plans taking into account key KPI’s, trend, customer behaviour, and omni-channel landscape and brand strategies.
• Drive accurate buy planning and projections through regular sales monitoring and identification of merchandise turnover risks along with Inventory Team.
• Collaborate with buying counterparts in the presentation of OTB strategy to leverage opportunities and/or plan for resolution of problems.
• Analyze in-season product performance, focused on channel demand; class/category performance, style performance, and major marketing performance and make suggestive actions.
• Align with buying and execute the strategic direction for all aspects of product pricing including Sale/Promotions/Full Price/Indexing impacts in order to drive profitable sales and value to the customer.
• Ensure the Merchandise Planning team partners with the Inventory Planning Team in order to drive Sell Through and maximize yield management.
• Develop the annual sales budgets and forecasts for the area of responsibility, working closely with the buying and finance teams to gain alignment on sales, margin, and turnover targets.
• Evaluate market and customer information together with historical data and forward trends forecast to develop assortment vision.

Job Requirements:

• Strong stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills.
• Leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to lead, coach, motivate and develop junior team-members
• Ability to build and maintain productive cross-functional relationships to deliver business results.
• Ability to negotiate and influence effectively.
• Advanced knowledge of excel and MS office and financial analysis and planning tools.
• Commercially minded problem-solver with proven track-record of delivering financial targets.
• Product / brand orientation with very good knowledge of fashion industry and benchmarks
• Knowledge of merchandise planning, allocation, replenishment and financial planning systems, tools and reporting
• Highly numerical, analytical and data driven with an ability to decipher highly complex reports and quantitative figures.
• Strong financial modeling & analysis skills.
• A bachelor’s degree preferably in a relevant field such as Business, Finance or Supply Chain is a requirement.
• Minimum of 5+ years’ merchandise planning experience within a multi-channel retail organization
• Stakeholder management skills to build and maintain collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders and counterparts.

Job Details:

Company: Al Tayer

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Application Deadline: N/A

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