Working in Client's Direct business will be rewarding, it'll be challenging, and it'll most definitely not be just another job. You'll be an ambassador of the Client brand - everything we strand for: drive, determination, the unyielding commitment to excellence, these all will be a part of your everyday experience. We're committed to making every consumer's experience a rewarding one, and as a member of our Client Digital and Stores Retail team, your contributions will be a big part of our success.
In this role you'll establish clear merchandise plans that tell a story for the season and helps merchandising to create a line grounded in profitability and consumer centric offering. This will include collaborating with the merchandising and business units to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial plans and product opportunities. You'll create pre-season style plans that support the ultimate goal of Client Direct. You'll recap and analyze the business against the financial plan, and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis. In addition, you'll develop monthly forecasts of sales and inventory for all basic and fashion styles and will develop strategies to meet department financial goals and own open to buy forecasts.
This role will include presenting financial plans, forecasts and strategies in key meetings. You'll proactively report on the health of the business and facilitate smart business decisions, communicate financial results, forecasts, and action plans to managers and cross-functional team members on a weekly basis. You'll collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge. In addition, you'll participate in a team structure that facilitates and maximizes individual and team performance, supporting and fostering an open and inclusive environment that embraces diversity, encourages accountability, and drives toward results.
Key Accountabilities
Support product forecasting & pricing processes by managing reporting tools, analyzing data, & providing actionable insights
Report on forecast variance weekly
Construct and maintain reporting tools for use across the planning team
Manage weekly markdown process across portfolio, in system and alignment with stakeholders
Monitor price positioning across the marketplace and across the product portfolio, taking actions to adjust in accordance with overall pricing strategy
Support monthly and seasonal inventory management activities
Actively manage product; close-out process and aging inventory
Qualifications
Base Expectations
3-5 years of professional experience
BS in technical or semi-technical field such as Economics, Finance, Engineering, etc.
Microsoft Excel at high-intermediate to advanced level
Ability to independently drive toward a clear outcome with an unclear path
Natural tendency to organize information coming from various sources and owners into clean process to drive repeatable, sustainable outcomes
Comfort in working across multiple data sources to deliver an analytical outcome
Highly Preferred
Experience working in a retail environment
Intermediate to advanced data manipulation skills SQL, Tableau, database manipulation tools (e.g., Alteryx), Snowflake
Experience with SAP (or other planning package)
Experience communicating to a variety of non-technical audiences