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Merchandise Planning Manager, Children's Wholesale
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会社概要
At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.
Position Overview
To work in conjunction with key functional areas (merchandising, account planning, sales, sourcing and finance) to assist in the development, forecasting and retail delivery of a well-balanced, lifestyle appropriate assortments that provide both volume and margin growth for our retail partners and reflects the seasonal RL merchandising vision for the Childrenswear WHSL businesses.
必須義務＆責任範囲
| End to End Deliverables · Partner with Account Planning on financial plans/annual flow in line with Global development calendar · Work with Sales & Planning on account specific strategies · Attend and participate in all merchandising and business-related meetings · Participate in pre-season merchandising meetings to understand product and global assortment strategies. · Manage and communicate changes in the merchandising planning strategy through the season to Account Planning team · Demonstrate proactive communication between the Merchandising, Sales, Account Planning and Production teams. · Analyze historical and in-season selling to guide and determine classification plans for both Key items and Fashion concepts by account. · Prepare and maintain all tools relative to the assortment planning process · Ensure accuracy of all style information submitted to production/merchandising · Define items in system to needed brand, season and delivery · Develop and update various tools for market prep to be used as selling tool for all account planning and sales meetings. · Various ad-hoc projects that will require a full understanding of product life cycle · Talent Management · Consistently provide feedback and direction to enhance team's skillset and performance as applicable · Partner with Head of and Lead to solicit decision support when needed · Lead by example, engage and inspire team · Model the Ralph Lauren Way o “ Love what you do, be passionate, work hard, work together, take risks, never compromise, aspire to be the best” · Partner closely with team leaders to align cross-functional objectives and best practices · Develop and maintain cross-divisional peer relationships · Identify and communicate opportunities where management support is needed on initiatives and strategies · Cultivate a collaborative, creative, results-oriented work environment · Lead, implement and adopt new technologies
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Experience, Skills & Knowledge
· Proficient in all Microsoft Programs i.e. Excel, Powerpoint
· Excellent Presentation Skills; comfortable presenting to large group
· Ability to be flexible and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
· High level of accuracy, detail orientation and organization skills
· Strong written and verbal communication skills
· Assertive and solution-oriented when faced with obstacles
· General understanding of customer, marketplace and product
· Understanding of product lifecycle and retail match
· Previous merchandising/planning experience preferred
· Other duties and projects as assigned
