Do you believe we should never stop learning? GANT, the future of American Sportswear, strives to be an Employer of Choice in 70+ global markets. If you want to challenge convention and make clothes for the courageous, curious and creative, then join us on this journey!

About the team

As part of the Global Collection & Merchandise Planning Team, you will be responsible for driving the business with a consumer-centric approach creating the right product offer, in the right quantities, at the right time at the various points of sale for the assigned head group.

You will be the team's go-to person regarding market insights - being responsible for identifying customer preferences and forecasting consumer trends in close contact with markets and global counterparts.

The team consists of 7 people where you report to the Head of Global Collection & Merchandise Planning. Together we work towards the vision of creating a global assortment and collection plan to support GANT´s overarching goals and brand vision - giving the consumer the right product at the right time at the right place.

Responsibilities

Assortment planning

• Responsible for building the seasonal merchandise assortments (bottom-up plans) for assigned lines and ensuring the plan reconciles with top-line financial plan.

• Define merchandise life-cycle management strategies to optimize inventory for key peak periods.

• Incorporate the estimated impact of seasonal marketing stories, initiatives, and key consumer moments into plans. Ensuring the right balance between brand drivers and volume drivers.
  
  
  Market insights

• Working in close collaboration with markets to gather key insights on the competitive landscape and define market needs.

• Set seasonal assortment strategy supported by market analysis through regular visits, reviews of competitor pricing, offers and trends.

• Analysis

• Develop and execute assortment analytics and reporting for categories.

• Review product performance to maximize future sales and find new business opportunities.
  
  
  Cross functional responsibility

• Secure commercial presence in the collection, working in close collaboration with collection planning and product teams along the collection development process.

• Work across the sales channels to secure commercial needs.

Your skills

• Bachelor's Degree in business, economics, fashion or equivalent

• 3-5 years Retail Assortment & or merchandising experience

• Experience with planning and assortment building within retail and/or wholesale

• Strong organizational and time management skills

• Great communication skills, verbal and written.

• Working knowledge of the fashion industry in conjunction with different channels of distribution.

• Strong analytical skills to follow up on performance and to find new sales opportunities. You have the ability to turn data into meaningful actions.

• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize workload, adapt to change and maintain composure under pressure.

• Flexible with a confident attitude and solution oriented mindset.

• Proficient in EXCEL and relevant planning programs, as well as Microsoft applications.

• Fluent in English, written and spoken

• Commercial excellence

Apply with your CV and a cover letter by 2023/03/23. We review applications on a rolling basis and the position may be filled before the set end date. 

GANT is one of the inspiring brands driven by passionate people of the MF Brands Group, alongside with Lacoste, Aigle, The Kooples and Tecnifibre. Please visit the group website for more information.