Merchandising Planner, Digital-commerce - Toronto, Canada - Uniqlo Canada

Uniqlo Canada

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Title:
Merchandising Planner, Digital-Commerce

Location:
Toronto

Reporting To:
Manager of Digital-Commerce Merchandising Planning

About UNIQLO
UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co.

(FR), a leading global Japanese retail holding company that designs, manufactures and sells clothing under five brands: GU, Theory, COMPTOIR DES COTONNIERS, PRINCESSE TAM.TAM, J Brand, and UNIQLO.

UNIQLO Canada opened its first store in September 2016 at CF Toronto Eaton Centre.

The first store on the West Coast opened in the Greater Vancouver Area in October 2017 at Metropolis at Metrotown.

At UNIQLO, we are committed to providing our employees with enriching and challenging opportunities where achievements and personal growth are acknowledged and rewarded.

We are dedicated to offering our employees training, performance-based increases, and unlimited growth opportunities. If you are an ambitious, performance driven individual who welcomes new challenges, has a drive for success, and embraces the responsibility of leadership—then you belong at UNIQLO

Position Overview
The Merchandising Planner will manage product sales planning, and product assortment strategies for the UNQLO CA Digital-Commerce site. Mainly this position will manage the merchandising plan for Digital-Commerce business.

Develop and execute strategies to optimize sales including perfect in stocks.
Ensure seasonal items are onsite immediately at the same time as inventory availability. Place orders for both seasonal and replenishment product buys.
Build financial sales, gross margin and inventory plans at a weekly level on a seasonal basis.
Reforecast business inseason based on current performance, present revised projections and recommendations to cross functional partners and senior leadership.
Analyze product performance and propose datadriven sellout strategy.
Review and analyze selling and manage product inventory for the Digital-Commerce site.
Closely work with Merchandising, Logistics and Warehouse partners to plan allocation strategies.
Manage replenishment plans to ensure that sales are optimized and make recommendations to better support the business.
Crossfunctional partner supporting efforts of the Digital Marketing and Site Merchandising teams.
Create and manage any exceptionbased reporting for any items with no sales.
Interact with business leaders to support global initiatives to grow the business.
Partner with customer service center to ensure quick resolution of any product issues and ensuring that customer service is up to speed with business needs.

Desired Skills and Experiences

Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Merchandising/Retail, Finance, or similar.
46 years of experience in allocation, planning or merchandising capacity.
High level of experience and proficiency in Excel.
Proficiency in other Microsoft Office products
Word, PowerPoint, Outlook. Demandware knowledge a plus.
Basic understanding of Retail Math (sales, gross margin, GMROI, WOH)
Excellent analytical and mathematical proficiency with strong business and financial analysis skills.
Strong communication and problem solving skills. Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities.