Global Merchandise Planning Senior Analyst, Apparel & Accessories - Calvin Klein
PVH
- Newark, NJ
- $85,000-100,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Support pre-season target setting, plan building by providing robust and detailed monthly hindsight templates by country, channel, and sku that will facilitate and inform the strategic path to growth and brand elevation with KPI based insights
- In partnership with planning, create tools to guide the evolution of product and pricing architecture and the development of pre-season range plans that tie to topline strategies, driving global profitability while exploiting individual market needs
- Support the evolution of pricing structure through compilation and analysis of regional competitor pricing, Good | Better | Best price tiers
- Support planners in style/sku planning analysis with a focus on achievement of adoption rate targets to drive productivity
- Maintain Promotional / Holiday calendars by country to understand and anticipate response to shifts in business
- Develop templates to facilitate the clear and efficient exchange of projections and information between Global and Regions to reduce friction and maximize alignment
- In partnership with VP Global Merchandise Planning, Apparel & Accessories, closely follow the Product Lifecyle from inception to delivery and the systems used for each. Focus on continuous improvement as point person to help trouble shoot issues for the Merchandise Planning team
- Point person for Lighthouse reporting and Data needs, communicate new or update requirements to the LH team, assist with Testing, UAT and Sign off for the brand
- Work with Data Governance team to ensure accurate values are available for key product attributes such as program or silhouette, gain alignment with Regions on new attribute needs or updates to existing definitions or values, work back with Data Governance team to implement.
- Train planning members on new processes, tools, and methodology
- Demonstrated retail math and business acumen, including markup, margin planning, selling and inventory productivity measures
- Strong time management skills, attention to detail, problem solving, interpersonal and organizational skills – communication between functional groups is critical
- Strategic thinker who recognizes opportunities and can recommend strategies by building business case. effective working at all levels within the organization
- Ability to maintain poise and a positive attitude in a challenging, fast-paced rapidly changing environment
- Have the adaptability to quickly pivot strategies and recommendations
- Have a solutions-oriented mindset and be a change agent
- Champion best practices and look for continuous improvement opportunities.
- 3-5+ years of experience in the retail sector managing planning, pricing, promotions, buying, merchandising and/or or analytics and implementing a variety of large and small-scale optimization initiatives
- Familiarity with Merchandising, Planning Functions & Supply Chain Management
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint
- Adept at analysis of big data sets and data visualization