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Primary Purpose: The Merchandise Planner position is responsible for all merchandising planning and buying activities associated with Coach SEA Outlet business channel. The ideal candidate will be required to manage and develop a balanced assortment offering based on market needs and company strategic goals. This is a key role in delivering performance against sales, SKU productivity, and product sell through.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in merchandising to
Understand each of the region within Coach SEA and analyze consumer retail trends, market landscape, and competitive environment
Collaborate with Global Merchandising Teams to understand seasonal strategies, priorities and newness styles
Work with Global Merchandise Planning Team on department growth strategies and key investment guidance to increase SKU productivity
Engage in seasonal line reviews with Global Teams, highlighting current selling trends and product gaps to influence future product creation.
Responsible for identifying any gaps in merchandising assortment during seasonal product opportunity (SPO) process.
Create consumer-focused assortments for each region considering store profiles, VM space capacity and SKU productivity
Work with Inventory Management Team on OTB and Seasonal Buy
Manage seasonal Sales forecasting at SKU level
Analyze POS data to understand sell-through to aid pre-season planning, and identify in-season opportunities
Partner with Retail Management team to gather product feedback
Monitor competitors against Brand's position in terms of products and pricing
The accomplished individual will possess...
3-5 years experience in retail, B2B, franchise or wholesale experience
Proven track record of buying/merchandising success for multinational brand/company
Analytical skills and ability to translate data into action points
Ability to perform well under pressure with multiple deadlines
Experience in merchandising/planning systems and SAP a plus
An outstanding professional will have...
Clear written and verbal communication skills
Comfortable in presenting and communicating to upper management
Self-starter and able to work independently and as a team player
Intermediate to Advanced Excel (lookups, pivot tables, macro building a plus)
BA/BS university degree or its equivalent in merchandising, business, finance, economics, or supply chain.
Our Competencies for All Employees
Courage: Doesnt hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and actionable positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isnt upset when things are up in the air; doesnt have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
Our Competencies for All People Managers
Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
Coach is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicants or employees qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. Visit Coach at www.coach.com.
