Merchandise Planner: Gymboree Corporation

The Merchandise Planner will be responsible for identifying business risks and opportunities to maximize sales, profitability and inventory turn objectives. This person will analyze category, class, style and location-based performance by department in order to provide strategic inventory plans to maximize sales. This person will also create and execute markdown strategies that maximize inventory profitability. The Merchandise Planner will be responsibe for spearheading key departmental and divisional analysis to improve accuracy, productivity and profitability, including sku plans and productivity measures, class/category and style investments, regional, climate and special store groups, markdown optimization, assortment opportunities and regional investment. This person must be able to develop and maintain effective working relationships with cross-functional partners, including merchandising, allocation, marketing and visual. The Merchandise Planner will collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge.