Merchandise Planner 3

Title: Merchandise Planner 
Location: Beaverton, OR 
Duration: 3+ Months 

Duties: 
The nature of the work is focused on presenting and merchandising product to consumers.
Drives financial results that maximize sales, inventory, and gross margin profitability at the SKU level up to the category total, for both Client and the retailer.
Manages the financial success of area of responsibility by meeting strategic objectives.
Establishes clear merchandise plans that tell a story for the season and drives merchandising to create a line plan grounded in profitability and consumer centric offerings Recaps and analyzes actual sales results to plan and forecast in-season sales and inventories.
Collaborates with retail counterparts to manage sales / inventory plans that yield maximum sales & profits for Client and the retailer. Proactively reports on the health of the business and facilitate smart business decisions.
Drives process improvements.
Helps establish consistency in the Planning process, both in documentation and implementation Provides retailer information to assist account team in the go to market process.
Collaborates with the account team in aligning the product assortment & retailer sales/margin/turn goals.
Provides selling data from current and previous seasons to assist the account team in assortment planning by location cluster/gender/category/class for the Client Brand.
Evaluates retailer assortment needs versus Client, Inc. category objectives, provides opportunities and communicates opportunities/risks

Requirements: 
Typically requires a Bachelors Degree and minimum of 5 years directly relevant work experience Note: One of the following alternatives may be accepted: PhD or Law + 3 yrs; Masters + 4 yrs; Associates degree + 6 yrs; High School + 7 yrs.