NA Direct Senior Merchandise Planner

Company: Converse
Location: Boston
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

Become part of the Converse TeamConverse is a place to explore potential, break barriers and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Converse, it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving world to make things better as a team.Who Converse represents is who Converse hires. If you're one-of-a-kind, you should try us on.WHO YOU WILL WORK WITHYou will report to the Senior Manager of Direct Merchandise Planning. This role is heavily collaborative, working with many cross-functional teams such as buying, allocation, consumer planning, and site merchandising & experience.The Converse Direct Planning team unleashes the power of information and data to forecast, predict, and obsess our consumer demand, profitability, and inventory. These insights drive decisions and plans that help to ensure our consumer has access to the products they want, when they want them, and how they want to get them.WHO WE ARE LOOKING FORWe're looking for a Senior Merchandise Planner to join the Converse North America Direct Planning team. This individual will drive sales, profitability, and inventory through the product launched on converse.com and in our Converse branded stores. In this role, you will drive growth to achieve company financial plans while delivering the brand and geography priorities & vision. You will collaborate with North America partners to develop and execute cohesive strategies and processes to optimize the Digital and Stores businesses. Using data-driven insights, you will initiate and proactively partner with teams to manage the product life cycle, inventory, and pricing to optimize the SKU productivity for the Direct business and build recommendations for the future.The role requires someone who can be agile, roll-up their sleeves, and is excited by managing the fast-paced direct-to-consumer business. You have a passion for creating impact and can identify trends and synthesize demand signals to develop key highlights and action plans. You ask questions, are continually learning, and are finding opportunities to share knowledge with others.YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree or combination of relevant education, experience, and training
• 3+ years in merchandise planning, demand planning or business planning
• An understanding of key business metrics with experience in Retail a plus
• Strong retail math, analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills utilizing Excel
• Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects at once
• Self-starter with the skills to manage through ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate and influence across diverse audiencesWHAT YOU WILL WORK ONYou will work alongside cross-functional partners to build an area of the pre-season and in-season business to drive Converse Direct towards growth and profitability. To do this, you will:
  • Develop, communicate, and implement merchandise plans that maximize sales, margin and inventory to support financial targets
  • Create SKU-level sales, inventory, and buy flow plans aligned to strategic initiatives and targets
  • Develop ladder replenishment plans and action solutions to optimize inventory and sales
  • Proactively manage product life cycle and SKU capacity to maximize profitability and assortment offering with cross-functional teams
  • Build markdown recommendations and pricing in alignment with OTB targets and merchandising strategies
  • Highlight and prepare in-season business in comparison to trend, plan, and forecast for weekly, monthly, quarterly business review
  • Analyze and identify risks and opportunities to adapt the in-season business and provide insights to tailor future assortments and buy placements
  • Effectively communicate and present to peers & leadership the merchandise strategies, insights, and action plans
  • Actively engage with team members to identify opportunities and efficiencies within the businessWe are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees and job applicants. We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the .Converse is more than a company; it's a worldwide advocate for self-expression. This belief motivates our employees, permeates our working environment and inspires our products. No two of us look or think exactly alike. We are each one-of-a-kind. Individually and as a culture, we have the freedom to create and grow professionally. Generous benefits packages only sweeten the experience. From Boston to Shanghai, from Brand Design to Finance, Converse is a brand that celebrates the unique and creative people of the world. Together, we're different.
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