Description
The Senior Merchandise Planner role involves conducting comparative analysis of seasonal performance reports, providing insights to the Inventory team, and creating a financial link between Merchandising and Supply Chain.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing in-season decision support and collaborating on assortment planning
- Recommending localization and channel strategies, including cluster types and profiles
- Leading demand forecasting and supporting divisional strategy through category expertise
- Head-up open-to-buy process and deciding on category-level investment and financial validity of assortments
- Conducting root cause analysis for variations between supply and demand forecasts
- Interpreting forecast results and conducting 'what-if?' analysis to guide recommendations
The role requires strong strategic, financial, and analytical skills, as well as collaboration skills to partner with cross-functional teams.
Target offers a competitive salary range of $95,000.00 - $171,000.00, comprehensive health benefits, 401(k), employee discount, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.