Senior Merchandise Planner

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ABOUT:

THE POSITION As a Senior Merchandise Planner for North America, you will drive financial results that maximize sales, inventory productivity, and profitability across key areas of the Full Price DTC business. You will partner with leadership to develop, execute, and communicate merchandise financial plans and strategies that support overall merchandising, marketing, and financial objectives.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE Collaborate with DTC Buyers to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial and product opportunities.

• Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities by department and class for future seasons.

Recap and analyze actual sales results to plan and forecast in-season business on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis. Own Style Forecasting process for assigned categories; collaborate with DTC Merch team to build styles forecasts.

• Responsible for the open-to-buy process and forecasts, take action to react to recent business and inventory needs.
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives to enhance processes to support forecasting, replenishment, and allocation activities.
• Present sales and inventory strategies for assigned categories, including weekly in-season performance updates and insights, to cross-functional business partners.

Optional potential for minimal travel. YOU ARE Analytical and numbers oriented, have a vision of how merchandise should be presented, and understand consumer trends. A strategic thinker, strong communicator, and data-driven storyteller. Strong in understanding retail math including intricacies of open to buy, inventory turnover and gross margin.

Familiar with merchandise management systems and retail planning/forecasting software. YOU HAVE Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising or related field. 5-7 years’

experience:

in retail merchandise planning, demand planning, buying or allocation.

Experience:

working in a merchant organization as a planner, buyer, or equivalent position.

Experience:

in a wholesale apparel organization is preferred. Prior retail planning

experience:

and strong organizational and influencing

skills:

required. PC proficient

skills:

with advanced knowledge of Excel including writing formulas, VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, and If Statements.

Experience:

with Blue Yonder or similar planning/forecasting tools is strongly preferred. #LI-JD1 This job

description:

is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and

responsibilities:

, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company. Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal

opportunity:

employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities.

https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter. At Columbia Sportswear Company, we’re proud to offer regular full-time employees a

benefits:

package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical, social/emotional, financial, career and community.

Benefits:

that can protect your family’s financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services).

In addition, Columbia offers EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness

benefits:

, employee discounts and a generous time off program available. If you need an accommodation/adjustment to successfully complete and submit your application, please reach out to AskHR@columbia.com with the Subject: Applicant Assistance Requested. Columbia is different. As a global apparel and footwear company with over 80 years of being ourselves and not apologizing for it, we’ve seen a lot and done a lot.

But our motto remains: “It’s perfect. now make it better.” Learn more

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how you can help us shape the next 80 years here.