Planner, Global Merchandise Planning

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Planner, Retail Men's Bags
Primary Purpose: The Planner for Men's Bags (briefcases, backpacks, totes, portfolios, etc) on the Global Merchandise Planning team will support the formulation of the global assortment throughout the phases of the product lifecycle, beginning with pre-season line planning and extending through in-season sales performance and trend analysis. The Planner will partner with key partners on the Global Merchandising and Business Unit teams to ensure growth targets are achieved. This position will report to the Director of Retail Leathergoods.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Merchandise Planning to...

• Provide seasonal, global financial framework for Men's Bags assortment
• Drive global investments against key product strategies across markets, leveraging strong business partnerships to maximize sales and productivity while maintaining global message
• Succinctly summarize global sales plans, highlighting areas of risk and opportunity
• Partner to provide global product lifecycle guidance
• Analyze and identify global and regional product trends through weekly and monthly reporting, and apply to short- and long-range product plans
• Foster effective teamwork and communication with key business partners (i.e. Global Merchandising, Business Unit buying teams, Brand Operations, Product Development, Supply Operations, etc.)
• Effectively prioritize and coordinate deadlines with cross-functional partners
• Become the product expert in Men's Bags

The accomplished individual will possess...

• 1+ year(s) of experience in Planning and/or Buying or closely related finanicial/accounting work.
• Additional experience accepted in lieu of a degree.
• Retail experience (financial services or consulting applicable).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, and comfort working with large amounts of data
• Experience with MicroStrategy or other BI reporting tools

An outstanding professional will have...

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, with firm understanding of retail math concepts
• Superior written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate across all levels of management
• Strong initiative, and agility to flex across shifting priorities
• High degree of accountability and attention to detail
• Value on teamwork, to ensure strong relationships with a multitude of cross-functional partners

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

Coach is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. #LI-RE1 #LI-HYBRID
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Work Setup
BASE PAY RANGE $70,000.00 TO $83,000.00 Annually
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