Merchandise Planning Executive

1/Merchandise Financial Plan, Open to Buy & Incoming Plans
Collaborating with brand team in building seasonal merchandise financial plan that meets company goals and target
Develop forecast sales, open to buy (OTB) & inventory to ensure they are adherence to company's goals & target
Managing rolling forecast and drives analysis by article level to identify opportunities and risks and makes recommendations at pre-season, in-season and post season
Coordinate with brand team to arrange incoming goods that adhere to buying plan and inventory target
2/Improves Merchandise Lines
Assist brand team with assortment and product planning that align to Merchandise & OTB plans
Provide guidance on assortment breadth and depth and by door / door-cluster assortment plan
Provide guidance on size breakdown based on historical sales
Review buying analysis to ensure appropriate depth and breadth of each category and price level
3/Allocation Strategy and Execute Replenishment Operations
Review pre-allocation / initial allocation plan develop by brand team
Assess stock distribution to ensure proper replenishment
4 /Optimizing Sales & Margin Opportunities
Review in-season markdowns to optimize margin
Review promotions impact to sales & margin
5/ Business Partnership
Participate in the Weekly Brand Meeting in order to discuss regarding buying issue & identify sales opportunities through effective strategic planning
Overseeing the Process for maintain historical records for hindsight review to captureopportunities and include next year's recommended actions concerning pricing and promotions; grow, sustain or drive efficiency by category; contingency plans; sales curves
6 / People Development
Giving the working instruction to all subordinate under him/her, coaching and evaluating subordinate based on working performance and motivate them to be more effective and efficient
Driving analytical excellence by coaching and developing new analysis and approach