Registration is now officially open for Jewelry Camp 2012, July 27, 28 & 29, 2012 to be hosted at "The Renaissance Westchester Hotel" located in West Harrison, New York!

Please visit our website for additional info on registration and packages!  Should you still have questions please do not hesitate contacting Ed or myself at anytime.

(631) 471-1922

ART	Chanel	DeMario-Hagler	Dominique
Fashioncraft Robert	Hannah	Hollycraft	Kenneth Jay Lane - K.J.L.
Marvella	Matisse Renoir	Mazer	Original by Robert

Mimi di N	Ornella	Pennino	Pell
Regency	SENT Murano	Warner	Whiting & Davis
Wm deLillo

Thanks to Pamela Wiggins-Antiques Guide

http://www.antiques.about.com

Position: Merchandise Planning Director     
Department: Merchandise Planning
Reporting to: Vice President, International Jewelry Marketing
Location: 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
 
I. Job Summary:
 
-       Responsible for achieving planned store inventory levels and maintenance of merchandise assortments aligned to the company’s strategies
-       Responsible for forecasting, analysis, assortment planning, and managing inventory levels, world-wide
-       Responsible for development of merchandising strategies and plans on an annual basis
-       Responsible for merchandise forecasts for supply chain capacity management and production prioritization
-       Responsible for managing merchandising team
 
II. Key Duties Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
 
            Merchandise Planning:
-       Create, maintain and update new and model stock for existing stores based on current sales trends and company marketing initiatives
-       Create new model stock based on store financial plans, market research, local market needs and alignment to company marketing initiatives
-       Coordinate quarterly High Jewelry rotation plans based on market needs, seasonality and historical sales
-       Forecast sales and create replenishment orders to ensure target inventory level/turn
-       Track product category selling to maximize stock balance opportunities
-       Manage wholesale channel merchandise assortments, orders and replenishment needs
-       Manage e-commerce channel assortment and inventory coordination
 
Inventory Movement
-       Manage global inventory movements, requests and stock rebalance needs
-       Manage out of stock inventory requests for client appointments: Loose stones, consigned goods
-       Manage product coordination and recommendations for marketing and sales events
-       Coordination and organization of inter-salon product transfer requests
 
Supply Chain Forecasting and Prioritization
-       Continually manage a rolling 18-month sales forecast for procurement and production planning
-       Communicate annual merchandise strategies and calendar of events with supply chain
-       Prioritize and monitor supply chain deliveries against merchandising needs
 
Merchandise Reporting and Analysis:
-       Identify under/over inventory levels and monitor global turns against financial targets and model stock plans
-       Generate inventory reports showing levels against financial budget and inventory plan and identify discrepancies
-       Execute Product Life Cycle Management and properly maintain classification of all existing SKUs; coordinate activities required through planning module and off-line processes
-       Identify aged inventory and recommend exit strategies to increase open to buy
 
Open to Buy Monitoring
-     Manage a monthly open to buy report and forecast
-       Be responsible for monitoring global inventory levels against budget and plan on an annual basis
-       Work with VP of Jewelry Marketing on annual development of inventory and sales budgets with Finance
 
Pricing
-       Coordinate semi-annual review of retail prices through analysis of competitor pricing and market costs and
-       Analyze price positioning of each market to ensure consistency with competition
-       Liaise with IT to execute price revisions at the retail level
 
Merchandise System Development
-    Be responsible for liaising with IT for systems enhancements and continued support for new Merchandise Planning module

            III. Key Job Relationships:
   
Marketing – collaborate on sales events, pricing review, product development, and analyses/reports
Retail sales – communicate daily with salons to support all merchandise needs
Wholesale – manage partner accounts and assist with development of new accounts
Gemstone Acquisition and Manufacturing – communicate overall merchandising strategies and forecasts to ensure supply chain optimization
Finance – Align merchandising strategies with financial plans and work closely to manage inventory levels
IT - briefing of and on-going liaison for systems support for Planning’s business needs
Security – advise on at-risk inventory levels for on and off-site sales events
Creative – assist with merchandise selection for collateral
 
IV. Job Qualifications: The
 
-       Bachelor’s degree in Sciences with minimum 8+ years of merchandise planning experience in Luxury Company
-       Strong experience in business planning and analysis
-       Strong analytical, organizational and problem solving skills
-       Experience in briefing business needs to IT
-       Strong management skills
-       Dynamic and team player
-       Excellent verbal and written communications skills
-       Ability to think and react in a high-energy, fast paced environment
-       Must be proficient in Microsoft applications
-       Knowledge of gemstones and jewelry a plus+
 
 

 
Iris Negron, HR Manager
inegron@harrywinston.com

WWW.HARRYWINSTON.COM

 
Tel:
 +1
 212-315-7912

Fax:
 +1
 212-581-2948

Harry Winston, Inc.
| 1330 Avenue of the Americas
| New York
| NY
| 10019
| United States |

 
 

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