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Crate and Barrel · 1 day ago

Director, Merchandise Planning

Northbrook, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Crate and Barrel is seeking a Director of Merchandise Planning who will be responsible for driving and managing merchandise and financial plans, and inventory optimization across all channels. The role involves developing strategies to maximize revenue and gross margin while collaborating with merchandising and cross-functional teams to mitigate business risks.

Retail

Responsibilities

Develop, execute, and communicate pre-season and in-season financial plans, merchandise plans, and strategies to support the merchandising, marketing, and financial objectives of the business

Develop strategies, create a framework to lead the merchandise planning team to maximize revenue, gross margin, inventory turn goals and EBIT across stores and Ecommerce

Create and lead the strategy for multi-channel allocation effectiveness, as well as improvements in store performance and productivity

Manage item planning and forecasting for ordering, receipt flow, allocation and other cross-functional needs, including key item management and reaction to business trends and risk assessment

Guide the analysis of monthly open to buy and financial sales, in-season product performance reviews and monthly business reviews

Build and execute long-term and financially sound assortment plans and growth strategies in partnership with divisional merchandising managers

Liaise with marketing, stores, and eCommerce to create and execute brand wide merchandise promotional strategy to drive sales while maximizing gross margin

Lead cross functionally with DPMs, DMMs and Associate Director Strategic Operations to create consistency and strong operational processes across all merchandising functions to manage critical deadlines, coding, hunt paths and product lead times

Present executive level recommendations on business results and strategy

Work with cross functional leaders and business partners on process, systems, sourcing, supply chain, etc as needed to drive CBH efficiencies and effective inventory management

Inspire, coach, develop and manage the planning and allocation team

Qualification

Financial planningMerchandise planningInventory optimizationRetail planning experienceStrategic developmentTeam managementChange managementLeadershipCommunication skillsProblem-solving