Senior Merchandise Planner Jobs

Department: Merchandising – Planning & Allocations

Work Type: Permanent – Full-time

Location: Vancouver

The Company:

JD Sports is a sports-fashion retail company with the incentive to inspire the emerging generation of globally minded consumers through a connection to the universal culture of sport, music and fashion. Established in 1981, the JD Group is a leading global omnichannel retailer of Sports, Fashion, and Outdoor brands. With our retail stores expanding and evolving all throughout Canada, The Group is continuously finding and developing talent that adds to the inclusive and diverse work culture. JD continuously and successfully sets the global standard for retail experience best through the unique delivery of the world’s most authentic brands to the market. Our commitment to showcasing brands in a premium environment and stores remain a key part of the JD strategy.

The Opportunity:

The Senior Merchandise Planner is responsible for strategic inventory planning and forecasting. This person will work closely with the buying, sales and finance departments to ensure sales goals are achieved by anticipating customer demand, ensuring delivery of product to appropriate stores and analyzing opportunities for improvement.

The Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in assortment development and review, providing data and analysis to support decision-making
• In-season, partner with buyers to provide forecast and develop corrective actions to meet and exceed sell thru and margin targets.
• Manage the development of annual, seasonal, monthly and weekly merchandise strategies in cost of goods and units
• Monitor business climate, application, and competition
• Determine inventory flow through seasons to align supply with financial plans.
• Provide periodic reporting on business performance
• In partnership with buyers, define assortment strategies in terms of brand/category mix, width and depth of assortment, margins etc.
• Analyze brick & mortar and online sales, profitability and conversion to inform and influence merchandising team’s decisions
• Determine Open to Buy and align merchandise financial plans by product classification, planned vs actuals.
• Collaborate on best strategies to address product liabilities and develop action plans to liquidate in a timely and profitable manner such as cancels, RTVs, and markdown
• Work with Brand Managers to develop in-store and e-commerce promotional strategies
• Ensure tailored selection of products for new stores are available for opening to boost sales performance and create demand
• Partner with all cross functional departments outside of merchandising

The Requirements:

• Power Bi experience a plus
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Entrepreneurship – an ability to make decisions and take calculated risks
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Possess an innate understanding of inventory management, merchandise planning and supply chain in a retail environment
• Allocations experience an asset.
• 2+ years of multi-brand retail experience
• Proactive and goal-oriented individual
• Experience in data analysis and Microsoft office software, specifically excel
• 2+ years of merchandise planning experience

The Perks:

To match our culture, focused on creativity, innovation and love for fashion, we offer our employees unique benefits such as product discounts, learning & development allowance and social events!