Merchandise Planning Assistant, EMEA

at  Abercrombie and Fitch Co

Company Description
Planners are the strategic drivers of our product teams, shaping the inventory and financial strategy behind every product. Interpreting and balancing current sales, inventory analysis, financial goals, and emerging trends, our Merchandise Planners build the strategies that maximize our product success and profitability. Planners forecast future product performance, establish sales strategies across domestic, international, and e-commerce channels, and strategically manage our inventory around the world.
This job is located at our Regional Head Office in London, England.

• Supporting sales and margin for your department/s by delivering analysis and reporting that allow your planner to craft your assortment architecture and build strategies around department and mid-level plans by region and channel.
• In partnership with your buying team, research the global market and leverage that information to build the most compelling and profitable financial plan
• Working closely with the location planning team, help with forecasting and implementing product distribution strategies by analyzing sales data and store/digital inventory levels, incorporating variations by channel
• Clearly presenting selling and inventory analysis and performance-to-plan results and strategies to senior leadership, providing insight on selling analysis, customer insights, and trend ideas
• Using selling and trend analysis, support your division in managing inventory, reconciling receipts and recommending chase or markdown/promo at the key item and sku level, in close partnership with the buying team
• Building reports and analysis that enable your team to review colour selling, size selling, channel, pricing and other mid level analysis around your division
• Carry out regular site walks of the UK / EU sites to ensure your assortment is live / priced correctly / sitting on the right pages / build understanding of sales between flat shots / on body.