Job Description

Support Center - IrvingThe Associate Category Management Planner will be a key business partner with Category Manager and Category Director (CM/CD) to ensure achievement of department goals in terms of sales, gross margin and inventory.

Major Activities

Analysis:

  • Provide CD/CM with analysis and recommendation to optimize sales, margin and inventory in season recommendations to optimize seasonal plans
  • Ensure corporate inventory initiatives are included in dept strategies
  • Optimize seasonal inventory flow
  • In season management and execution of basic assortment exit strategies for resets
  • Partner with Financial Planner to develop and execute SKU rationalization goals 

    • Purchase Planning:

  • Using MFP (Michaels Financial Planning) to create weekly sales, margin and inventory plans at subclass level for seasonal and trend programs
  • Owns MFP administration for seasonal and basic plans
  • Incorporates corre...

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