What are the responsibilities and job description for the Merchandise Planner position at Haddad Brands?
Description
Haddad is a privately held family business with 100 years’ experience in the children’s apparel & accessories industry. A leader in the children’s wear industry, Haddad Brands is the exclusive global licensee for the most iconic brands in the world, which include Nike, Jordan, Converse, Hurley, Levi’s, Polo, Abercrombie and Fitch, Lacoste, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and Huggies. Supported by a team of professionals skilled in design, sourcing, production, sales, marketing & distribution of premium quality children’s wear, Haddad distributes globally to 100 countries and maintains sales and sourcing offices in 22 cities globally, including New York, Paris, Hilversum, Shanghai, Egypt, Bangkok, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, London and Montreal.
Overview:
The Merchandise Planner will be responsible for the strategic planning, analyzing, and merchandising of product assortments for high volume accounts while being financially accountable to drive results.
Key Accountabilities:
- Partner with Merchandising on the development of directed assortments for each segment of distribution that align with corporate vision
- Conduct market research and on competition in relation to brand(s) and lead in the analysis to influence line development and MSRPs that will drive the business
- Shop stores monthly to identify trends, understand the competitive landscape, and find product opportunity
- Work closely with Sales and Design to ensure all geo needs are met
- Partner with Sales to support account strategy/exclusives and ensure sales goals are met by account
- Partner on budget analysis by brand and category to achieve company sales goals and to maximize inventory management
- Utilize the directed assortments by tier of distribution to affect the buys
- Partner with the Sourcing team to develop and execute capacity plans to ensure demand by category can be fulfilled
- Develop and execute processes and timelines for the sales and planning teams in order to hit buying and sourcing deadlines
- Guide the line planning process to ensure SKU optimization and productivity
- Partner with Sales on all sourcing questions and emails to ensure timelines are met
- Partner with Sales and Planning on placing seasonal buys and opportunity buys while delivering target margins
- Partner with Merchandising and Design to identify new product opportunities and present retail opportunities to cross functional leadership
- Partner with sales to create, track, and execute sales goals
- Travel as needed
- Special projects as assigned
Requirements
Required Skills/Abilities/Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Merchandising, Finance or related field
- 3 years of experience in Wholesale Planning and Analysis
- Fluent in Retail Math and advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Ability to travel as needed (up to 30%)
- Excellent organizational, communication and presentation skills with attention to detail
Consistent in-office presence is vital to the role as it is for all Haddad Brands team members, so that we all have a full appreciation, aesthetically and tactilely, of the qualities that define our brand partners’ products and set them apart from their competitors.
Salary : $65,000 - $100,000
