Merchandise Planner

From toys to apparel, books to games, and much more, Disney Consumer Products, Games and Publishing (CPGP) brings our company’s products, through stories and characters, to markets worldwide. With a portfolio of renowned franchises including Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, 20CS and National Geographic, our efforts to deliver innovative and experiential products, designed to entertain and inspire, is industry leading and category shaping.

The Merchandise Planner drives a multichannel quarterly/annual financial strategy and assortment for categories based on detailed knowledge of business insights and analytics, trends within the marketplace and demographic profile across all regions. The Planner evaluates the assortment and reacts to in-season performance/trends/learnings to inform & adjust future season’s assortment and inventory position. The Planner demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of all financial key performance indicators.

This posting is a talent pool for upcoming roles within Consumer Products, Games & Publishing.

Responsibilities :

• In partnership with leader, strategize & develop financial plans to achieve growth and profitability that align with key product strategies and initiatives for all channels.
• Own pre-season plans that align with grow/maintain/downtrend positioning for merchandise and category initiatives.
• Manage category product releases on all channels to mitigate financial gaps year over year.
• Understand and manage in-season performance/trends to inform future seasons.
• Leverage weekly business insights to understand item level performance to maximize in season opportunities and minimize liability.
• In partnership with leader, create high-level revenue benchmarks to achieve growth and profitability that align with cross category initiatives for all channels.
• Provide benchmarks with understandable comp to deliver range of products to achieve financial objectives.
• Partner with Merchandiser to force rank newness to maximize buys with clear understand of product lifecycle.
• Manage and input retail category plans for AOP/Forecast in MFP.
• Develop stratification of items to determine cannibalization, optimize SKU productivity and ensure inventory management of item/category.
• Own category P&L; drive the business with full accountability to revenue and cost of goods.
• Reforecast sales, inventory and margin on a monthly basis based on category performance.
• In partnership with leader, provide cause of change for monthly open to buy meetings.
• Collaborate with Location Strategy to identify pricing and liquidation opportunities to manage transition of product.
• Understands and utilizes tools available to purchase, analyze and react to trends in the business to achieve growth and profitability objectives.
• Proactively provide communication on stock availability.
• Seek understanding of Store Assortment Strategies across all channels.
• Lead, develop, and train Merchandise Specialist.
  

Basic Qualifications :

• Minimum 2-4 years of merchandise planning experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft tools & Business Objects
• Strong financial and analytical skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including comfort with executive-level presentations.
• Detailed orientation with strong organizational skill.
• Demonstrated positive attitude with ability to be responsive to feedback and pivot based on changing organizational priorities.
• Flexible and adaptable with demonstrated ability to work under pressure while meeting deadlines in a fast paced environment.
• Resourceful with ability to prioritize, problem solve and make decisions.
• Strong ability to collaborate with peers and partners.
  

Required Education :

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance or equivalent.

Additional Information :

Benefits and Perks: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits

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