Planner , Direct Floral
Location: Carle Place, NY
Position Type: Full-Time

Planning

• Develop bottom-up demand plans for Direct Floral by floral component- plan projections by month and by week for peak holiday time periods. Plans should meet category defined deadlines.
• Prepare item plans and projections by quarter according to timeline requirements.
  • Prepare monthly category buy plans by floral component code
• Create and maintain category trackers, holiday sales and capacity trackers by component code for floral and hard goods.
• Document YOY sales per week and listing Top 10 product weekly performance.
• Distribute buy plan (projections) by month /quarter to Procurement meeting defined deadlines.
• Distribute pre-books (projections) by quarter to Procurement meeting defined deadlines.
• Monthly merchandise and GM forecast prepared for finance meeting according to defined deadlines.
• Review and analyze current departmental sales and history for developing statistical trends.
• Report weekly unit and revenue sales and gross margin YOY vs. PLAN by sub-category to assess weekly actual sales versus projected plan sales.
• Work with POD to develop quarterly assortment plan and identify key product items and sub-categories.
• Sub-category analysis
• Key Product Analysis
• Supervise inventory managers relative to responsibilities and tasks referenced:
  • Daily monitoring to adjust inventory availability or thresholds to reduce stock outs and maximize sales velocity.
  • Weekly hard good and floral inventory adjustments by vendor and by component.
  • Communicate with vendors on daily basis on reported shortages or overages of hard goods and floral.
  • Monitor hard good availability to be sure that trend and demand are met.
  • Manage movement of unfulfilled orders with VR to move product orders between vendors to minimize lost sales and maximize least cost routing. Initiate "VR Move" request form.
  • Track receivables and transfers of hard goods in Oracle.
  • Manage floral and hard good receipts
  • Communicate need for weekly floral back-up
  • Submit Requisitions for hard good purchases

Education / Experience

• Degree in business, merchandising, accounting or related field.
• 3 to 5 experience in merchandise planning required.
• Experience in direct marketing, catalog, online retailing required.

Skills

• Strong analytical and planning ability and attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel required and experience using high-end planning and operating systems.
• Must work effectively cross-functionally
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and changing environment.

Independent Actions

• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and projects at the same time.
• Must be a self-starter and take action as necessary.

Only Qualified Applicants Will Be Contacted.