Assortment Planning / Pre -Book Process (Help Develop the Merchandise Assortment) 

 Assist with key analysis to improve the assortment planning decision-making process 

 Reporting and Analysis (Identify key trends, hot sellers, poor performers) 

 Analyze key business trends daily / weekly and develop recommendations to drive profitable top line sales 

Provide timely and accurate reports / summaries to include ad hoc requests 

Responsible for the analysis, data interpretation and helping to develop solutions / action plans 

 Annual Planning Process (Build the Financial Plan) 

 Collaborate with respective buying team to develop annual sales, receipt, markdown and inventory plans by department and category 

Identify uptrend, maintain and downtrend businesses – plan accordingly 

Develop historical analysis (team, classification, vendor, player, etc.) to assist with the pre-season planning activities 

Establish sales targets that align with corporate strategies and historical performance 

Ensure monthly inventory levels are appropriate to support sales and align with other key financial goals 

 Inventory Management 

 Assist with end to end inventory management - understand sales trends, inventory levels and on order 

Identify potential sales opportunities (macro and item level) 

Identify and react to fast / slow sellers with special emphasis on MVP items (key items) 

Monitors daily/weekly/monthly in-bound receipts to ensure alignment with financial targets 

 Weekly / Monthly Forecasting Process 

 Formulates weekly sales, receipts, inventory updates and direction 

Responsible for driving the monthly forecast process with the respective merchandising team 

Identify key issues and opportunities and collaborate cross-functionally to develop appropriate action plans 

Focus on timely and accurate forecasts the lead to more proactive business decisions 

 Hot Market Pre and Post Event Analysis (Championship Games, Key Events, etc.) 

 Provide pre and post event analysis (buy quantities, sales, sell thru, etc.) 

 Systems Development and Support 

 Intense focus on data integrity and report accuracy 

Helps identify system and reporting enhancements 

 Internal / External Collaboration  

 Merchandise collaboration to include reporting and analysis, monthly forecast process to identify key business opportunities – sales first focus 

Attend and actively participate in weekly team meetings and monthly training / development sessions