Testing Job Description Responsibilities: Collaborate with Merchants and Allocators on preseason and in season plans to align on sales and inventory strategies. Provide team with diagnosis of the business and own suggested course of action. Active role partnering with planning peers and management in creating, updating, enhancing tools and process that supports financial integrity and allows for flexibility and innovation. Actively listen, engage and respond to business partners and leadership in response to opportunities and challenges. PRESEASON Create preseason sales, margin and inventory plans by department, class, style and color. Analyze and report on previous quarter results; identify “missed sales” and growth drivers over prior year Summarize the opportunity and risk of a product plan as it relates to trend and financial metrics: initial mark-up, average unit retail, average unit cost, net margin dollars/rate. Recommend style count, cc count and flow of goods for optimal results. Independently develop and present the financial strategy associated with growth and diminish categories in quarterly investment review meetings. Effectively communicate support for style level buys as it relates to current trend, historical findings or related categories.