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Free People · 5 hours ago

Free People Merchandise Planning Manager

Philadelphia, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

Free People is a lifestyle brand seeking a Divisional Merchandise Planning Manager to lead and manage the planning team. This role involves maximizing sales and profit by developing sound merchandise plans and collaborating with various departments to ensure alignment with corporate strategies.

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Hiring Manager

Lynn Rodibaugh

Responsibilities

Working closely with various departments to ensure that corporate initiatives and strategies are accurately reflected in the plan and forecast of sales, inventory, and receipts

Clearly communicating, developing, and providing reporting and analysis to highlight important trends and/or support key initiatives

Taking trend and merchant direction and interpreting it into a profitable strategy

Challenging the status quo

Managing, coaching, and developing planning team

Motivating/pushing the planning team to maximizing opportunities

Managing the OTB and inventory for all divisions; ability to break down the business and find profit driving opportunities

Supporting and developing the division through information systems

Aiding in the budgeting process