Merchandise planner vs assistant buyer

Differences between merchandise planner and assistant buyer duties and responsibilities

Merchandise planner example responsibilities.

• Monitor and analyze planned assortments by door in order to achieve plan turn goals and ROI.
• Manage purchase order logs to ensure plan receipts and IMU requirements are maintained in the department.
• Complete training on the JDA planning and forecasting system to effectively manage the financial aspects of each department.
• Implement and manage the E3 auto-replenishment system to optimize inventory levels of width-size shoes, core shoes and shoe accessories.
• Manage product flow in apparel category; determining order quantities and generating purchase orders for new and replenishment orders.
• Manage and maintain the OTB for specific departments by preparing forecasts, evaluating performance, and maximizing profitability while minimizing liabilities.
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Assistant buyer example responsibilities.

• Manage open-to-buy to ensure continual flow of merchandise to stores and warehouses with careful attention to advertise events and promotions.
• Inspect, grade and appraise agricultural commodities, durable goods, and merchandise for sale.
• Train employees on POS system to keep accurate sales, inventory levels, and employee hours.
• Collaborate with DMM and GMM to complete accurate financial strategy to be sign off by CEO.
• Partner with advertising to execute POS and brand driven events through mailers, email blasts and marketing.
• Analyze product trends and historical data at classification level; review IMU, AUR and penetration variances.
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