Associate Merchandise Planner - Los Angeles, United States - Lulus Fashion Lounge Llc

Lulus Fashion Lounge Llc

Verified Company

Los Angeles, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Join the LuCrew

Lulus Vision
At Lulus, our team is committed to offering the best possible service to our customers throughout the world. Our fun and casual work environment focuses on innovation and teamwork at all levels of the organization. We are always on the lookout for talented and dedicated people to join the Lulus team as we continue to build our community

Our Commitment

Lulus is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strives to create an organizational climate that fosters belonging, dignity, and justice so that all our team members can show up as their authentic selves and thrive.

We are committed to increasing the representation of marginalized people across our team through hiring practices that value lived experience and unique perspectives.

Our work environment embraces creative expression, collaboration, and connection without the expectation of assimilation.

Job Summary
The Associate Merchandise Planner is responsible for pre
- and in-season planning of sales and inventory. This includes planning inventory to hit target in-stock levels while minimizing overstocks, tracking & reporting results to management and working closely with cross-functional teams to maximize the business. They are also expected to use analytics to solve complex problems.

What You'll Do

Take a leading role in managing inventory and work toward creating a collaborative, innovative and resultsoriented environment with crossfunctional teams.
Balance workload priorities across inseason and preseason planning deliverables to ensure successful execution of inventory management (including buy planning, preseason forecasting and biweekly reforecasting).
Reconcile topdown & bottomsup department plans to division plans and forecasts.
Analyze preseason plan and merchandising strategies for significant changes against last year.
Conduct weekly sales analysis and recommend products that need to be taken to markdown.
Create category level quarterly hindsight reports to drive strategic assortment decisions for future quarters and inseason management.
Own and drive the OTB actualization process monthly.
Identify and communicate tool and process improvement opportunities to the Manager of Merchandise Planning.
Provide support to leadership on special projects as needed.
Conduct adhoc analysis and reporting as needed.

What You'll Need

2+ years of retail apparel planning, allocation, or analytical experience.
Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
Strong analytical skills and ability to understand financial metrics and reporting.
Detail oriented.
Ability to problem solve and make effective decisions.
Cultivate strong working relationships across multiple crossfunctional partners to ensure business success.
Demonstrate an ability to set objectives and goals and organize work appropriately to meet and exceed his/her goals.
Anticipate risks and identify contingency plans and processes to prevent disruptions when risks occur.
Demonstrate strong listening, written and oral communication skills.

Nice to Have - Bonus Points