Merchandise Analyst

Overview

Associate Assortment Planner

Macy's New York City Metropolitan Area (On-site)

Salary Range Minimum 77,880

Salary Range Maximum 129,840

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The Associate, Assortment Planner, reports directly to the Director of Assortment Planning and plays a crucial role in supporting the strategic development and execution of buying frameworks for a designated category. This position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with top-line strategic and financial objectives. The ideal candidate contributes to various aspects of assortment planning, from pre-market analysis to in-market quantification and post-market adjustments.

Overall:

• Collaborate with the Director to develop and execute the buying framework for the designated category.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align with strategic and financial objectives.
• Assist in conducting thorough analyses of pre-market, in-market, and post-market activities.
• Support crafting and implementing Private Brand line plans, considering historical performance and adoption rates.
• Contribute to style outs to ensure alignment with customer preferences and market trends.
• Assist in overseeing the allocation process, confirming store matrix, and applying Min/Max at the Style level.
• Foster an environment of acceptance and respect that strengthens relationships, and ensures authentic connections with colleagues, customers, and communities
• Foster a culture of excellence and collaboration within the Assortment Planning team.

Pre-Market:

• Support the development of by-store sales and turn plans aligned with annual financial targets.
• Assist in inspecting receipt flow plans, addressing variances with Financial Planning.
• Contribute to defining clustering strategies considering channel, tier/climate differences by category.
• Participate in building and maintaining category C-1 in coordination with the Divisional Merchandise Manager (DMM).
• Support the assessment of current season performance and determining future season replenishment assortment.
• Assist in establishing bottoms-up targets for key-item volume drivers, trends, and newness.
• Provide support in owning Private Brand line plans, adjusting based on historical category performance.
• Assist in evaluating breadth, depth, and productivity of the assortment.
• Collaborate in finalizing the shopping list composition prior to market appointments.

In-Market:

• Collaborate in quantifying Buyer's curated assortment by brand, style, channel, and store cluster.
• Ensure alignment with cluster financial targets and assortment framework.
• Assist in identifying duplication across styles and vendors during the style out process.

Post-Market:

• Support conducting style outs in NuOrder or within the market cycle based on system capabilities.
• Contribute to addressing key style out questions, including customer attributes and tier differences.
• Assist in finalizing necessary changes after style out and Buy Review; support sending orders for allocation.

Pre-Market:

• Participate in discussions led by the Senior Director, Assortment Planning, reviewing each Assortment Wedge.
• Contribute to discussions on top goals, risk and upside assessment, clustering strategy, breadth and depth philosophy, and key door initiatives.

In-Market:

• Collaborate within the Assortment Planning team to support the quantification process.
• Be prepared to attend market appointments in the absence of the Assortment Director.

Post-Market:

• Provide support in conducting style outs in NuOrder, addressing key questions related to customer attributes and tier differences.
• Assist in confirming the store matrix and applying Min/Max at the Style level during the allocation process.

Allocation:

• Contribute to confirming the store matrix as the first part of the allocation process.
• Assist in applying Min/Max at the Style level to ensure appropriate depth.
• Support in EDI allocations to vendors at least 30 days…