RETAIL PLANNER (FASHION) - MATERNITY COVER

Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Qurate Retail Group comprises six leading retail brands – QVC, HSN, Ballard Designs, Frontgate, Garnet Hill and Grandin Road – all dedicated to providing a more human way to shop. Qurate Retail Group is the largest player in video commerce ("vCommerce"), which includes video-driven shopping across linear TV, ecommerce sites, digital streaming and social platforms. The Opportunity Join our Merchandising team in Brugherio (MB), we are looking for a “Planner (Fashion)” - maternity cover full time role. In this role you will act as a liaison between Buyers (Fashion category) and Broadcasters, ensuring the long-term profitability of airtime and products and maximizing sales opportunities in the short term. This will involve in-depth demand and sales analysis to determine the optimum strategy for Brands / products implementing them on all our platforms in order to achieve company Sales, Inventory and Margins targets. Your Impact Reporting to the Planning Manager your main responsibilities will be : Maximizing Sales & Margins : Strategize items to maximize sales & margins on all the QVC platforms. Identify opportunities including pricing promo, installment payments and free shipping. Monitor and review sales performance. Manage Fashion and cross category Multiplatform campaigns. Partner with Buying to analyze business and develop short and mid-term strategic plans. Stock Management Manage and action overall inventory to assigned goal. Analyze item performances and determine next actions such as re-orders, promotions and return to vendor. Identify opportunities within category assortment based on sales trends and gaps in the inventory. Reporting Partner with Buying and Commerce Platforms to forecast, plan and recap campaigns. Forecast with high accuracy sales and inventory providing information for the open to buy process. Build and explore / understand reports to get insights in order to update Brand / product strategy during the year. What you bring At least 1-2 years experience in a similar role. Experience of being responsible for a product area and stock management. Excellent knowledge of Excel. Fluency in Italian and English is a must. Ability to work in a dynamic- collaborative environment. Strong analytical skills. Join us as we enrich life’s everyday moments – including yours. Apply today! If you enjoy being a part of a team, creating experiences and delighting customers, it’s so you. If you’re excited about retail, fashion, media, social, live streaming, technology, customer service, design and more, you’ll find amazing projects to work on. If you want to grow professionally and learn every day, you’ll thrive with us. If you appreciate flexible working options, our Qurated community, where intentional connections matter and a company committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, you’ll be amazed at what’s available for our team members! We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package including competitive compensation and great benefits, employee assistance / wellbeing programmes, and much more. With friendly teams, ambitious projects and fast-moving careers, working with us - it’s so you! For Qurate Retail Group, our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion is deeply rooted in Our Principles. They call on us to Drive Progress, Act With Empathy, Be Brave, Embrace the Future, and Do What’s Right so that everyone can thrive. We are committed to ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, Qurate Retail Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations / support throughout, please contact us at ... for assistance. QVC UK is a Disability Confident employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme. For any UK based roles - if you’d like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this on the application form. J-18808-Ljbffr #J-18808-Ljbffr