- Achieve and drive assigned business goals and objectives including sales, inventory, and gross margin.
- Forecast store level budgets understanding sales curves through use of history and planning building blocks.
- Create Open to Buys, in conjunction with Merchandising lessons learnt, summarising plans for the Global team.
- Control stock levels across the region, proposing and monitoring country stock targets and KPIs.
- Identify and recommend opportunities to improve sales performance through stock transfers or reorders.
- Work closely with the regional Merchandise Buying teams to determine the topline Seasonal OTB strategy prior to the seasonal buying campaign, presenting the key targets to the CEO / CFO and Global Merchandising Teams.
- Determine the OTB requirement by store and set up the Seasonal Option Plan for all departments ahead of the Seasonal Buying Campaign.
- Oversee the Sizing strategy for the Seasonal buys and Continuity reorders, incorporating changing market and client profile needs.
- Identify and recommend opportunities to the Allocator to improve sales performance through stock rebalancing/ transfers, reorders and markdown strategy on a weekly / monthly and seasonal basis.
- Oversee all distribution processes, giving guidance to the Allocator to ensure best practice in all Allocation and Replenishment processes.
- Implement robust Markdown strategies to optimize the markdown inventory and ensure store markdown budgets / reforecasts are achieved.
- Be responsible for the monthly reordering and forecasting of continuative lines, ensuring stock availability is balanced with stock turn.
- Manage weekly Reports and Sales Analysis for business in Asia Pacific.
- Produce trade commentary on a weekly and monthly basis.
- Collate comprehensive hindsight analysis to develop product and inventory strategies.
- Ad-hoc sales analysis for senior management.
- Ultilise Merchandise Planning Tool for efficient working practices.
- Graduate calibre
- 3+ years merchandising planning experience within a fashion retail background, preferably within a luxury brand
- Advanced Excel skills essential, with the ability to handle large data sets
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills with exceptional reporting capabilities and attention to detail
- Commercial awareness to maximise sales and profit opportunities
- Knowledge of supply chain processes, particularly replenishment systems
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience of an Omni-channel retailer (e.g. in store ordering and fulfilling e-commerce orders from store)
- Experience working with a Merchandise Planning tool
- 25 days holiday
- Summer Fridays
- Product Allowance and Discounts
- Exclusive Employee Sales
- Private Healthcare
- Pension and Life Insurance
Merchandise Planner, APAC - Greater London, United Kingdom - Jimmy Choo
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Who You Are:
As a Planner for Jimmy Choo APAC region, you will drive the APAC business by running the region's omni merchandise planning process, including location & OTB forecasts as well as trading to optimize bestsellers and de-risk slower stock.
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