Digital Merchandise Allocation Planner

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Manger of Merchandise Planning, the Digital Off Air Planner is responsible to drive sales (Buy Anytime) and manage overall inventory via off air channels for their business categories.  This includes the development, execution, and analysis of sales and inventory strategy for their assigned areas of responsibility.  The Off-Air Planner is the link between the Merchandise Planning and Ecommerce teams. They are responsible for internal communication amongst the Merchandise Planning, Merchandising, and Ecommerce teams, as well as to influence business strategy/decision making of these teams to make positive impact on the Off Air business results. The Off-Air Planner is responsible to knowledge share observations and opportunities of the Off Air business with the On Air Merchandise Planning teams so that the total team can maximize sales opportunities for their categories.

Our Team

We are a small but mighty team of junior to senior digital planning talent! Leveraging our deep off air expertise we consult and collaborate with our buying and ecommerce market partners. We generally are in the West Chester corporate headquarters 1 day a week and work a hybrid schedule.

Your Impact

• Analyze business for assigned categories to identify and communicate key Buy Anytime (BA)sales driver opportunities. Influence Merchandising and Merchandise Planning decision making to ensure an in stock position to meet or exceed category Buy Anytime plans
• Collaborate with On Air Planner, Merchandising, and Ecommerce to identify and make recommendations on trends/opportunities within the current inventory assortment to drive Buy Anytime (BA) sales and manage inventory
• Build promotions aligned with Merchandise Planning & Merchandising business priorities
• Align off air promotions with on air programming to maintain consistency across platforms
• Create off air specific promotions (Limited Time offers, Extended Assortment offers)
• Develop strategy for pricing promotions (Easy Pay, S&H offers, special pricing )
• Execution: Actively manage and execute the quarterly promotional and priority calendars for assigned categories
• Manage distressed and non-distressed inventory thru the creation of promotional offers and placement recommendations
• Identify, communicate, and coordinate preview items for events, emails, sitewide previews, and All Play features between the Merchandise Planning and Ecommerce teams
• Perform Analysis of Promotional Offers in Category

What You Bring

• Ability to manage and lead large scale projects across multiple lines of the business
• Ability to quickly analyze data/ situations and draw relevant conclusions to have positive effects on business in a complex environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multidiscipline environment.
• Must exhibit customer focus, good time management skills, a professional demeanor and positive attitude
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work in a team environment
• Problem solving and time management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite & windows based systems. Experience with Lotus Notes preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in merchandising/marketing/online sales or equivalent business experience
• 3-5 years experience in planning/allocation, preferably in an online retail environment, or equivalent combination of training and experience required

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