Merchandise Planner & Analyst

The Merchandiser’s objective is to plan, manage, and execute the product assortment for all vertical distribution points of the MMK RTW line. This role will be responsible for being intimately familiar with the competitive landscape, writing seasonal line plans and analyzing the business to ensure continued growth. He/She will interface with cross-functional teams to align and deliver a product mix consistent with brand strategy and the Company’s financial objectives. This person will need to have strong verbal and communication skills as they will be responsible for working with global sales channels, production, product development, tech & design and to help build the collection each season. In addition to attention to detail and business acumen this person will need a passion for product and an eye for trend that is brand right.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business to accurately articulate best and worst sellers and transform business hindsight into strategy for seasonal line plan building
• Create seasonal industry trend recaps to ensure the product offering continues to stay elevated and reactionary to appropriate trends in the market
• Partner with planning to create and review seasonal hindsight and provide ongoing competitive market analysis from research
• Create seasonal line plan to develop a product mix that is balanced, addresses both current trends and customer needs as well as achieves financial objectives
• Evaluate historical customer characteristics by analyzing retail and direct sales results to identify opportunities for category expansion
• Adhere to the merchandise calendar to achieve timely deliveries and planned product flow
• Partner closely with production to understand the costing break down of RTW and margin implications
• Work with Design to ensure proper assortments are created, as well as ordering and tracking showroom samples
• Establish and maintain each style in the RLM system, have UPC’s created, impute all units’ authorizations
• Continually meet/communicate with Design, Sales and Production to establish strong information flow to better the quality and product needed at retail
• Establish pricing strategy of product mix to achieve margin goals with deep understanding of competitive landscape, customer knowledge and brand positioning
• Act as the hub between the channels of production, design, tech & the sales channels
• Present seasonal product strategies and assortments to global sales and buying team
• Prepare and deliver internal market presentations, and product presentations supporting the seasonal creative and business goals
• Communicate effectively any and all changes/additions/cancellations to all departments to ensure clear information flow throughout the company

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• 4-6 years of experience
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office and PLM systems
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-energy environment
• Strong presentation skills and the ability to communicate confidently with senior-level leadership
• Understanding of Business planning/analysis and the merchandising department’s responsibility to the overall budget
• Must have knowledge of fabric, fit, and garment construction as well as a strong instinct for color and print

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer M/D/F/V