Omni Merchandise Planner, Men’s Bags

Responsibilities

• Oversees the creation and management of the Men’s Bags financial plan (sales, margin, inventory) from category to SKU level.
• Analyzes key data points (historical sales, market trends, seasonality, promotions, sell-thru) to inform forecasts.
• Integrates assortment, marketing, promotional, and merchandising strategies into the financial plan.
• Partners with Central Planning and leadership to align financial plans with overall company strategies and goals.
• Monitors actual performance against the plan and reforecasts regularly, adjusting for trends and key changes.
• Surfaces implications and opportunities based on performance analysis.
• Manages Men’s Bags inventory, ensuring the appropriate amount is purchased to support the sales plan.
• Minimizes inventory risk while factoring in store minimums and other constraints.
• Collaborates with Sourcing and Allocation to ensure inventory is in the right location at the right time.
• Partners with Wholesale Planning to meet wholesale needs and drive business growth.
• Monitors inventory position and identifies opportunities to reduce inventory liability and improve turnover.
• Partners with cross-functional teams to influence key business levers.
• Plans and executes markdowns and promotional activities in both outlet and full-price channels.
• Collaborates with Merchandising, Product Management, and other teams on product strategies and assortment.
• Conducts SKU productivity analyses and applies hindsight to inform future plans.
• Works with Visual Merchandising, eCommerce, and Marketing teams to shape their strategies.
• Delivers actionable insights through thorough analysis to support business decision-making.
• Supports ad hoc projects to drive business performance and enhance the team’s capabilities, leveraging best practices from other retailers/companies.
• Supports the implementation of an integrated planning system, by participating in process design sessions, performing analyses, conducting tests, participating in training sessions and providing feedback and support to other users.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• 7+ years in retail, including 5+ years as a Merchandise Planner owning a multi-channel category and/or 1+ years in Allocation, particularly in a vertically integrated company selling through Stores, e-commerce, and Wholesale channels
• Advanced Excel skills, with ability to build new reporting and analytical tools
• Experience using a modern, integrated planning system (that includes Assortment Planning, Merchandise Financial Planning and Allocation/Replenishment) as a superuser
• Familiarity with assortment optimization, price optimization and other analytical opportunities, particularly leveraging AI and other advanced analytics
• Participated in a system implementation, particularly in process/tool design, testing and rollout pilot
• Strong communication and collaboration skills at all organizational levels, across written, verbal, and presentation formats, with the ability to listen and solve problems.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a track record of making recommendations aligned with company vision.
• Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Self-starter with demonstrated initiative, ownership, and accountability

Demonstrates expertise in financial planning and inventory management for the Men’s Bags category, leveraging advanced analytical skills and collaboration across cross-functional teams to drive business performance and optimize assortment strategies.