As a Merchandise Planning Coordinator, the primary purpose of this position is to maximize sales and profitability goals through efficient planning, analysis, and optimization of showroom product assortment. This position will be responsible for building and maintaining internal cross-functional relationships with buyers, visual, supply chain, and sales teams. The Merchandise Planning Specialist will utilize space planning and data analysis procedures to optimize showroom assortment by region, produce product transition plans, project scope plans, and showroom CAD ayouts. Your contributions will ensure the success of the Merchandise Planning Department at CITY Furniture.
As a Merchandise Planning Coordinator, the primary responsibilities will be to: . CAD Management - 50% Creates showroom revenue per square foot by style CAD diagrams to evaluate performance, style adjacencies, and layout effectiveness. Updates and maintains the showroom product CAD layouts and product CAD library. . New Store Opening & Remodel Projects - 25% Supports the planning and executing of new store opening projects, and showroom
remodel projects.
Additional duties and responsibilities as a Merchandise Planning Specialist:
. Assortment Optimization - 15% Compiles showroom performance data to review with the sales management team to solicit feedback and gain showroom level insights in product performance. Presents recommendations to the merchandising team to keep, drop or replace items in the assortment based on showroom performance analysis. Generates showroom merchandising project scope and CAD layout plans for assortment optimization projects and coordinates execution with the visual project manager. . Assortment Planning - 5% Allocates store space effectively based on the assortment's performance by style, and product categories. Produces product transition plans tailored for different store locations based on localized sales performance, by category, style, and selling group to support merchandising goals, and initiatives. . Assortment Analysis -5% Evaluates and optimize the product assortment by region through analyzing various aspects of the assortment to ensure that it aligns with the company's goals, customer preferences, and market trends. Analyzes historical sales data of product selling groups to identify top-performing items, slow movers, and underperforming products. Recognizes seasonal variations and emerging trends to adjust the assortment
accordingly and capitalize on market opportunities.
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