Merchandise Planner [76377]

**4 month contract with the potential to extend**This is an onsite role; not remote.Job Description:Create and manage annual and seasonal merchandise plans utilizing history, sales trends, and market influences to ensure accurate sales and inventory forecast for assigned area of responsibility.Build Strong cross functional, collaborative partnerships to meet shared goals.Use your Merchandise Planning experience to develop and drive the planning process to achieve financial objectives and strategic initiativesPartner with Merchants to ensure product assortments support sales targets by country.Collaborate to ensure key item sales and inventory forecast are in alignment with departmental sales and inventory objectives.In Season business management.Consistently monitor sales performance.Identify and communicate opportunities and risk.Proactively seek business partnerships to enhance knowledge and align on business strategies.Lead the OTB process for your merchandising team, adjusting forecast, receipt targets and margin as needed to achieve financial goals.Leverage DTC system capabilities, standard and Ad Hoc reporting to consistently monitor the many facets of the business and create actionable processes to enhance outcomes.