Planner II, Jordan NSP MFP, GC

Global Grade: 30

Job Description

Job Title: Jordan's NSP Merchandise Financial Planning, GC

Overview of the Job:

• CC MFP will play a critical role in defining, shaping and setting consumer demand. You will be responsible for defining and managing multi-season retail sales, receipt, and inventory plans for Consumer field of Play and Marketplace Unit (MPU) while making adjustments based on its targets and actuals.
• You will translate insights into action through problem-solving and critical skills.
• You excel at collaboration and building relationships cross functionally.

Reporting Line:

Report to DIRECTOR, JORDAN PLANNING, GC

Key Partnership:

Consumer FOP AP /Finance /S&lP

X-CC/MPU/Central MFP Planning

Commercial Analytics

Job Responsibility:

• Define and manage clear end to end multi-season Merchandise Financial Plan for consumer X marketplace units
• Develop and adjust seasonal plans and monthly forecasts inclusive retail sales, receipt, and inventory to consumer architecture (MPU X CFOP X PE) based on targets and actuals
• Reconcile merchandise financial plan with assortment plan and align to consumer architecture
• Optimize business health through a robust rolling forecast process and analyzing data & providing actionable insights.
• Analyze and recap the business against forecast weekly, and report on forecast variance with action plans and identify risks & opportunities
• Support x-functional seasonal planning activities and initiatives, driving clarity to key partners.

Functional Skill Required (Hard skills):

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and minimum of 3-5 years directly relevant work experience (merchandise financial planning, assortment planning or retail planning)
• Strong command of Retail metrics including Retail Sales, ST%, wos, inventories, Revenue and Margin with the ability to manipulate data for efficient outcome
• Leverage statistical forecasting, data science and new ways of working to develop plans and drive better decisions pre and in-season
• Excellent in data analysis tools: Microsoft Excel and Tableau.
• English proficiency

Experience Required (Soft skills):

• Strong ability to influence & work constructively with others by communicating effectively. Listens actively and contributes to advance the conversation.
• Ability to think critically and understand the consumer and marketplace trend as well as quantify any gaps to financial plans from a bottoms up perspective.
• Outstanding written/verbal communication, analytical capabilities, and attention to detail
• Ability to collate and understand relevant market data that integrates and informs the Merchandise Financial Plan assessing risk and solving problems to deliver business results