Merchandise Assortment Planner (apparel) - maurices

Brand Overview

maurices is a women’s apparel retailer that celebrates feel good fashion for real life. It’s committed to its service with style promise and offering affordable fashion that takes women from workday to weekend and all of life’s adventures in between. With inclusive sizing from 0-24, maurices is famous for its versatile styles including key categories such as denim, dresses, tops, and more. Established in 1931, maurices operates 935 stores in communities across North America. Discover even more fashion at maurices.com.

Ready to apply? We currently have an opportunity for a Merchandise Assortment Planner (apparel) - maurices to join our team located at our Corporate Office-maurices-Duluth, MN 55802.

Ready to help bring feel good fashion for real life to hometowns across North America? Join our family of amazing individuals in our corporate office in Duluth, Minnesota, ranked one of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in 2019. Since 1931, we’ve helped women look and feel their best every day — making maurices not only a special place to shop, but a great place to work and connect. Apply today!

Position Overview

An Assortment Planner will generate and analyze statistical data with a focus on assortment, productivity, and space optimization. The role also entails providing analytics to cross functional partners, to ensure the assortment architecture gets translated appropriately.

Your Role

Pre-Season Analysis

• Participate in formulation of preseason strategy with merchant and planner, partnering with planner in creating preseason financial sales and inventory plans by department, classes and/or style.
• Maintain style count plans by channel & store groups.
• Actively participate in assortment development and review, providing data and analysis to help build new assortments for each milestone meeting.
• Develop a financial view of recommended style and choice count by buy size, classification, and attribute.
  
  

In-Season Analysis

• Report and analyze current buy size performance on a floor set, monthly, & seasonal basis
• Analyze historical and current data trends. Identify risks and opportunities by division/department or class and collaborate with team for issue resolution.
• Manage key-item programs & inventory on a weekly/monthly basis
  
  

Your Impact

Create & Maintain Strong Partnerships

• Provide analytical inputs to support the Integrated Product Team in strategy planning, assortment planning, and buy planning processes, so no one is surprised, and all parties are informed.
  
  

Education/Skills And Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Finance or Analytic field of study, or equivalent experience is required.
• Has applied systems, numeric, and analysis aptitude in previous positions.
• Retail experience is a plus
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel including power query and power pivot and basic excel formulas and function.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Strong organizational, prioritization and problem-solving skills
• Good advocation skills (i.e. Able to present planning strategies and analysis findings)
  
  

Location:

Corporate Office-maurices-Duluth, MN 55802

Position Type

Regular/Full time

Pay Range

Annual Salary: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Company is committed to hiring and developing the most qualified people at all levels. It is our policy in all personnel actions to ensure that all associates and potential associates are evaluated on the basis of qualifications and ability without regard to sex (including pregnancy), race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability that can reasonably be accommodated without undue hardship, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. We do not discriminate in any of our employment policies and practices. All associates are expected to follow these principles in all relationships with other associates, applicants, or others with whom we do business.