Channel Merchandise Planner- Digital (Finance)

Job Description:

The Channel Merchandise Planner- Digital utilizes a series of data to analyze business trends, review performance of item level sales, and determine order quantities to maximize sales, margin, and inventory for their respective channel. They work collaboratively with their Merchant partners to execute the vision of the line plan, and to ensure we purchase the right amount of merchandise to support the business.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Mathematics, Supply Chain or a related field
• Experience in Retail Replenishment and Allocation, Planning or other relevant function
• Advanced skills in MS Office applications, particularly MS Excel
• Experience with SAP and Warehouse Management Systems and Asset

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a Retail environment
• Planning tool/system experience (Relex preferred)
• Knowledge of overall supply chain/logistics best practices; includes international and domestic logistic movement experience

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for all US Digital item level forecasting. Support Merchants to develop ladder plans, size of prize estimations and initial order quantities to drive purchasing decisions for all new products.
• Generate recommended replenishment quantities based on historical selling, seasonal trends, category level merchandising strategies and inventory/in-stock objectives.
• Support the digital channel by analyzing merchandise assortments and promotional activity and replenishing inventory to meet the ever-evolving consumer demands and market trends.
• Effectively manage in-season replenishment needs to ensure flawless availability for the US Digital Channel. Submit purchase orders for items to proactively manage channel inventory levels, business needs and vendor constraints.
• Analyze the in-season business in order to make recommendations to maximize sales, realize margin, and control inventory. Share findings with the category / channel teams during weekly & periodic business reviews.
• Analyze product performance and partner with Digital Marketing and S&F teams to appropriately support any planned promotional activity for the site while also recommending next actions surrounding replenishment, markdowns, and length of product life on the site.
• Forecast all US digital bulk chocolate projected sales volumes and provide to the Print Shop team so that they are able to plan replenishment accordingly in order to support their production plans.
• Manage the monthly US Digital Channel OTB process, adjusting top line department level NSV$ figures based on trend, and report out in the various supporting forums (ie OTB review/DMR etc.).
• In partnership with the Vendor Liaison & Supply teams, provide visibility to inbound inventory issues, and work collaboratively with the Digital and Merchant teams to offset potential sales risks.
• Create and distribute daily/weekly/monthly reporting as well as seasonal recaps as required.
• Challenge and seek to improve existing Forecasting, Replenishment and Allocation processes to continually improve our processes.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.