Director, Assortment Planning Strategist

6 dagen geleden

Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland Foot Locker Voltijd

About the Role

The Director, Assortment Planning plays a crucial role in driving the creation of a deeper, more relevant connection to our customers. With a team of Assortment Planners, the DAP's main objective is the development, delivery, and on-going management of a profitable and productive clustered assortment.

Key Responsibilities

Train, motivate, and develop your team to ensure effective performance and growth through consistent on-the-job training and feedback.

Deliver service excellence while maintaining a high level of engagement and ensure a live well-work well environment.

Develop the team to foster a strong collaboration with all key stakeholders.

Embrace diversity, inclusion, and belonging and create a safe space for your team.

Guard the end-to-end assortment planning process from initial vendor/franchise forecasting to GTM.

Lead quarterly teardown/kick-off meetings with the Buying team.

Forging a strong partnership with the brands on assortment build and GTM processes.

Maintain and enhance best business practices across the merchandising group by partnering closely with all Assortment Planners, your Senior Director, and seeking input from respective subject matter experts.

You and Your Team

Ensure the development of a pre-season assortment plan to support the merchandise strategy.

Maximize margin through assortment productivity.

Connect financials and space through vendor investment bottom-up planning.

Partner with Allocation, Buying, and GTM/VM to ensure alignment on door and distribution.

Build future assortment and space plans together with the Buying team by visiting vendor partners and traveling the market.

Collaborate with Space Planning to refine proposed space updates.

Develop SKU count and inventory strategies in season (SKU life cycle management).

Create and maintain vendor/franchise space matrices by store cluster, creating visibility to the business and vendors on vendor space productivity.

Ensure franchise sales and inventory forecasting quarterly (Big programs).

Support the Buying team on product line-level planning and forecasting in line with space assortment plan and OTB being given by Financial Planner.

Align store assortment plans with store financial target setting (sale plan).

Manage responsive and seasonal business through linecards.

Ensure the monthly SKU count flow fits within space capacity (intake management).

Review product distribution plans prior to intake, adapting to trend shifts and new opportunities factoring in Associate Assortment Planner GEO's input (in-season trade).

Requirements

University or College degree in Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain, or equivalent education and experience.

Identify and understand the various business needs and propose solutions/strategic changes.

Be aware of and introduce innovative approaches/best practices to the business.

Understand all areas of the business and their requirements and challenges.

Review current processes to identify potential improvements and implement them together with the responsible area.

Minimum 10 years' experience in a trend-driven, high-volume company.

Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

Problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

Advanced Excel skills are a must, experience using planning tools (Marketmax, Arthur, SAP, etc.) is preferable.

Project management skills.

Understanding of the European consumer and regional differences.

Business mathematical skills required.

Ability to work under pressure and with own initiative.

Sound business/commercial awareness, high concern for effectiveness, entrepreneurial.

Enthusiastic, goal-oriented team player with a desire to join the biggest in the business.

Superior communication skills and ability to influence across all levels of a complex, culturally diverse matrix organization: natural ability to engage others into buying into a vision or a solution, while keeping an open mind to others' opinions.

Proactive communication, convey healthy confidence, energy, and inspires trust.

Understand and is passionate about sneaker culture.

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