· Overview of the Job:

o Optimize consumer demand & supply to serve consumer and drive profitable growth and inventory productivity for NDDC.

o Build seasonal product investment plan & strategies for retail concepts that tie to the financial targets & brand vision. Play a critical role in cross-function conversations to ensure the team adapt to retail speed.

· Job Responsibility:

· Pre-season

o Build strategic framework of seasonal product investment plan; Set up OTB plan by gender

o Lead digital buy strategy by reconciling topline financials, brand roadmap, consumer moments, membership plan with bottom-up investment

o Align plan with input and collaboration from key stakeholders including Merchandising and Business Team

o Partner with Supply Planning team to secure capacity & plan inventory flow

· In-season

o Weekly analyze and recap marketplace performance

o Recommend key actions to cross function partners to optimize business

· Post-season

o Analyze seasonal topline financials and product performance including sell-through, color performance, and SKU productivity

o Provide insights and recommendations to key stakeholders for future season planning

o Recap performance of key retail moments to provide insights for future planning

Key requirements

o Buying, Planning, Assortment Planning experience with apparel / footwear in Digital preferred

o Comprehensive understanding of retail math

o Experience in developing an understanding of consumers, competitors, and retail trends

o Ability to interpret financial sales data to make decisions and recommendations that impact the business

o Advanced knowledge of MS office applications; proficiency in Excel