Merchandise Assortment Planning

Assist in creating merchandise assortment plans for all stores aligned with sales targets
Develop buying plans for assigned categories including Option plans and depth analysis
Set Average Retail Price (ARP) targets for product categories
Formulate Stock to Sale plans for the season including EOM (End of Month) and BOM (Beginning of Month)
Calculate Open to Buy (OTB) to ensure optimal inventory levels

Monthly Target Setting & Performance Analysis

Provide inputs for setting monthly targets by breaking them down into product categories
Track target versus achievement metrics regularly
Prepare merchandise plan reports and analyze product performance at a Look-to-Look (Lk2Lk) level

Inventory Management & Tracking

Ensure ideal stock cover is maintained for each product category
Monitor and manage dormancy and pullback within defined norms
Generate weekly sell-through reports and photo sell-through reports for sales tracking

Stock & Sale Planning

Formulate product category-wise dispatch plans and monitor planned vs actual dispatches
Develop allocation plans for stores based on dispatch plans and size-wise analysis
Track allocation against actual dispatches to ensure accuracy

Market Intelligence & Competitive Analysis

Keep track of new launches including competitor products, windows, and schemes
Conduct competition mapping to inform merchandise strategies
Support training initiatives related to merchandise, product, and visual merchandising (VM)

Core Business Contribution Monitoring

Monitor and analyze category contribution percentage to overall business on a Look-to-Look basis
Identify and recommend new designs for addition to the category

Retail Design Brief Creation

Assist in creating retail design briefs for option grids incorporating learnings from past seasons

Integrated Go To Market (IGTM) Planning

Collaborate with VM and design teams for successful IGTM planning
Coordinate dressing up key stores and rollout of IGTM initiatives across multiple stores

Space Planning Integration

Work closely with retail planners to monitor returns and performance from allocated retail space

Retail Allocator