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Carhartt · 1 day ago

Associate Merchandise Planner, D2C

United States

Full-time

Remote

Entry Level

1+ years exp

Carhartt is a company inspired by hard work and dedicated to serving hardworking people. The Associate Merchandise Planner role involves developing and managing assortment, sales, inventory, and margin plans while collaborating cross-functionally to optimize inventory and forecast key performance indicators.

Consumer GoodsFashionManufacturingRetail

Responsibilities

Ensure you execute the daily/weekly/monthly activities of the Planning & Inventory business process

Develop seasonal assortments with Merchandising for your assigned Channel(s)/Category(s) that can deliver the financial targets for Sales, Margin, Productivity, and Inventory Metrics with guidance from your leader

Build Pre Season plans using guardrails from leadership (but not constrained by) on Productivity, Minimums, Safety Stock, Inv Flow, In Stock, Missed Demand, and Clearance. Partner with Merchandising to present, articulate and defend the plan position in relation to targets, history, and strategy, to gain consensus from leadership in Investment Reviews

Review and reforecast demand to drive the monthly in-season process. Identify opportunities and risk to discuss and explore options to mitigate with your leader/team and Merchant(s). Ensure updates are approved for the next plan version / lock

Provide input on key product misses and drivers to support the Weekly, Monthly, Seasonal D2C Business process cycle. Articulate business trends in relation to prior forecast, budget and last year (Inclusive of all Product / Inventory types for your Category(s))

Use inventory metrics to focus on ‘In stocks’, inv depth, and suggesting options to solve for Shortfall/Surplus. Maintain the signal to drive DC receipts and on hand DC inventory

Identify product clearance opportunities, partnering with others for mitigating actions to exit dropped product in a profitable and timely way

Partner with cross functional partners, primarily D2C Merchandising to identify Sales and inventory risk/opportunity across time

Participate in additional projects as requested

Qualification

Planning experienceInventory managementRetail mathData analysisEcommerce experienceCuriosityCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsTeam player

Required

Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or equivalent years of experience

Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in a Planning or Inventory Management adjacent role

Good communication skills to interact with key partners, and occasionally with senior leaders, convey a message clearly and explain the thought process behind the output

Strong aptitude for learning, curiosity, and organizational skills to ensure deliverables are consistently achieved

Develop collaborative productive partnerships cross-functionally, offering support, questions and a point of view to support decision making

Analytical thinker with good understanding of Retail math and Planning/Inventory methodologies, being open to new ideas and opportunities

Team player who is Self-motivated, passionate and enthusiastic individual ready to bring energy and excitement to lead their business

Data manipulation and analysis skills to operate with accuracy and efficiency (MS Office, Data, and Planning/Inventory tools)