North America Senior Assortment Planner
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WHAT YOU WILL BRING?
- Bachelor's degree in Merchandising, Business or related subject area.
- 5 years' retail experience in merchandise planning, company planning, merchandising, allocations or operations.
- 2 years additional experience in lieu of degree.
- Proven track record in retail, assortment and/or merchandising planning, inclusive of scenario planning across revenue, margin and inventory.
- Ability to effectively communicate and influence others; efficiently communicate complex and/or sensitive topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience; experience working with highly diverse international team preferred.
- Solid understanding of cross team calibration; international experience preferred.
- Comprehensive understanding of retail math; ability to interpret financial sales data to make decisions and recommendations that impact the business.
- Experience in developing an understanding of customers, competitors and retail trends; knowledge of sports apparel and footwear market preferred.
- Experience working across multiple business platforms, including owned and partner businesses.
- Familiarity with merchandise and forecasting management systems.
- PC literate with proven understanding of Excel.
- Ability to develop strong working relationships with management and external resources.