Inventory Planner I

Job Description

The Associate Inventory Planner is responsible to assist in managing profitable sell thru and inventory turns for a given season. KPI’s critical to this role are : Sales Forecast, Inventory Turns and Margin Forecast. Key partnerships include Merchandising, Inventory Operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain item level forecasts to ensure inventory is available to satisfy customer demand.
• Analyze sales and inventory on daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
• Actively work with Merchandising partners to determine chase buys, cancels & pull forward to ensure each areas profitability
• Analyzes actual product demand, trends and forecasts, and adjusts inventory plans accordingly, including size and color selling profiles
• Responsible for sales and inventory for all channels
• Effectively communicate strategic forecasts, opportunities and ad hoc analysis with Vendor Partners on an as-needed basis
• Effectively communicate pertinent information in the department regarding inventory opportunity
• Maintain inventory position to ensure optimum mix of over / under stock and a minimum of backorders.
• Proactively evaluating items in marketing to ensure adequate on hand to fulfill customer demand
• Regular, predictable attendance and punctuality are required in this role.

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