Your Opportunity, Your TeamThe Planner supports QVC Italy ensuring our customers, in close collaboration with the Buying team, curated, varied and valuable assortment every day, maximizing sales and margins and maintaining a lean inventory.Where You'll Work
This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite in our offices in Brugherio (MB); onsite days are predetermined and standard across the company.This is a full‐time temporary contract.
What You'll DoReporting To The Planning Manager (Fashion) You Will
Partner with Buying to analyze business and develop short‐and‐mid‐term strategic plans for your Brands portfolio.Build the on‐air/off‐air sales plan to reach productivity maximization.Monitor and review sales performance.Maintain category margin requirements and find opportunities to increase it when possible.Manage and action overall inventory to assigned goal.
Daily Tasks
Strategize items to maximize selling exposures on all the QVC platforms.Identify opportunities including pricing promo, installment payments and free shipping.Quickly react to daily/monthly trends.Identify lines to re‐order and propose quantities for key lines, being responsible for developing strategies for the entire life cycle to ensure sales are maximized on each line.Identify and action markdown and liquidation inventory, ensuring that the correct status, pricing and liquidation strategy is applied following QVC's guidelines.
High‐level Deliverables
Manage the OTB (Open‐to‐Buy) process forecasting with high accuracy sales and inventory levels.Build and explore/understand reports to get insights in order to update Brand/product strategy during the year.Identify opportunities within category assortment based on sales trends and gaps in the inventory.
What You'll Bring
2–5 years of experience in a similar role (mandatory).Good Office suite knowledge with strong Excel expertise.Strong analytical skills.Fluency in Italian and English is a must.Experience of being responsible for a product area and stock management (preferred).Ability to work in a very collaborative "live commercial" environment (preferred).Ability to take risks constantly learning and improving.Good empathy, curiosity and entrepreneurship mindset.
Total Rewards PackageOur Total Rewards package includes benefits you'll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits. QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier‐free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at workwithus@qvcgrp.com for assistance. If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.#J-18808-Ljbffr