Manager - Merchandise Planner

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Inviting applications for the role of Manager - Merchandise Planner
The Merchandise Planner works in close partnership with the management team and the buying team to set seasonal divisional merchandise sales, margin, and inventory parameters and manage the business to achieve sales, turn, and return-on-investment goals. This position synthesizes her/his knowledge of Customer’s business and open to buy metrics to make pre-, in, and post-season sales plan and inventory management recommendations/decisions. The Merchandise Planner manages the seasonal open to buy, advises the buying team on inventory levels, and controls merchandise flow.
Responsibility
Essential Functions: Responsible for managing monthly open to buy, advise demand planner and buying team on inventory metrics, sales, margin, inventory and promotional changes. Make pre-season inventory management recommendations including assortment gaps, liquidations candidates, mix of novelty/fashion, and benchmarks for productivity. Make in-season recommendations/decisions on business approaches, including pricing, sales driving promotions, and inventory flow remediation. Analyse and provide recommendations on cost benefits of assortment expansions, changes, in pricing or promotional strategies, special programs, vendor diversification, and company-wide expansion of inventory. Define inventory, in partnership with buying team, that will achieve sales plan. Analyse and make recommendations on return on investment of styles/SKUs. Optimize markdowns and liquidations on underperforming merchandise. Provide analytical support on new and discontinued product sales variances from replenishment output in season. Act as liaison between buying team and demand planning team. Make decision to stop production or orders of under-performing styles/SKUs. Provide strong point of view in sales projection reviews with cross functional teams. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications we seek in you!
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree and related experience.
Preferred Qualifications
• Relevant years in merchandise/demand planning.
• Strong analytical skills. Relationship Building
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Travel Requirements: Minimal Travel Required.
Why join Genpact?
• Be a transformation leader – Work at the cutting edge of AI, automation, and digital innovation
• Make an impact – Drive change for global enterprises and solve business challenges that matter
• Accelerate your career – Get hands-on experience, mentorship, and continuous learning opportunities
• Work with the best – Join 140,000+ bold thinkers and problem-solvers who push boundaries every day
• Thrive in a values-driven culture – Our courage, curiosity, and incisiveness - built on a foundation of integrity and inclusion - allow your ideas to fuel progress
Come join the tech shapers and growth makers at Genpact and take your career in the only direction that matters: Up.
Let’s build tomorrow together.
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