Merchandise Planner

Location: Street

Location: Street ( On-Site)

Contract: Maternity Cover Fixed Term 1 year

About the role:

The role of Merchandise Planner is to produce an accurate demand forecast for all Clarks owned points of purchase for a given gender across retail, digital and (where applicable) outlet, and use systems to manage the allocation and replenishment of stock from the Distribution Centre, in order to ensure the right product is delivered to the right place at the right time and stock levels are optimised.

Review and update forecasts in response to sales, lost sales, promotions and commercial plans to provide an accurate make signal to Supply Chain. Manage stock through the end to end Supply Chain process based on the consensus forecast, ensuring plans can be delivered within the constraints of the regional supply chain including Distribution Centre capacity, store delivery schedules and lead times.

Produce and maintain long term (pre-season) and short term (in-season) forecasts to enable Merchandising and Supply Chain to get the right product the right place at the right time. Set the time and size profiles at line, category and gender level for feed-in to the seasonal forecasting process (make and sales).

Feed-in to seasonal assortment plan the recommended initial allocation v replen profile.

Work collaboratively with Merchandise to deliver forecasts that me...