Senior Planner - Tommy Hilfiger

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The Senior Planner—by taking direction from the Manager, Planning-- will be responsible for facilitating the growth of our brands, keeping in mind company goals and standards through the retail planning/analysis working in conjunction with sales, planning, marketing and merchandising teams.

Responsibilities:

• Create the OTB aspect of the business preparing forecasts and evaluating performance.  Protect TH interests while maximizing profitability and minimizing liabilities
• Create business plans on the department level by month with the divisional and corporate goals in relation to the top-line targets of their divisional financial plans
• Manage OTB worksheets, present at monthly business meetings and provide information and strategic initiatives to upper management
• Review data outside of scope of immediate duties to understand the bigger picture
• Analyze and prepare hindsight documents to measure past performance to inform future planning & buys
• Manage the pricing and promotion execution in the IP system
• Collaborate and partner with Merchandising to formulate pre-season sales/GM/Inventory Flow Objectives that tie to the topline benchmark metrics and present strategies to upper management
• Partner with Merchandising to build buy worksheets that tie to topline metrics
• Meet with cross-functional teams to manage the day-to-day business from a pricing/ promotion and inventory/sales/GM perspective as well as make recommendations on strategies to improve the business
• Act as the ‘super user’ for JDA usage on team; work with the Manager, Planning on other new tools for the team, acting as a knowledgeable and efficient user and point-person for the tools
• Provide direct support to the Planning Manager on all planning functions and initiatives
• In conjunction with Manager, Planning, make recommendations for business adjustments based on analysis of current business; be involved with the decision making process of Jr. Planners (when applicable)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of merchandise planning experience, preferably in a vertical retail setting; (demand side driven) experience, a plus     
•  Retail math background
• Analytical skills
• Organizational and communication skills
• Ability to work cross functionally as well as with upper management
• Computer Proficiency: Excel, Word, Power Point, IP; JDA and SAP, a plus
• Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects with adherence to deadlines and budgets
• Creative thinker and effective collaborator with their departmental team
• Must be able to find the best solutions and develop methods to improve efficiency
• Ability to work in a fast paced, ever changing environment

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Company info

PVH Corp
Website : http://www.pvh.com/