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**Forever 21,** is an American fast fashion retailer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Originally known as Fashion 21, the first store was founded in Los Angeles on April 16, 1984. Forever 21 is known for it's trendy offerings and low pricing. The company offers fashion for women, men, and children, fashion accessories, shoes, beauty products, and home goods.

Forever 21 continues to be a fashion industry leader with a mission to make the latest trends accessible to all. F21 persists on staying ahead of innovation and providing styles and fit that our customers love. While reinventing for now and beyond, we're seeking passionate and creative new family members to join us on this adventure! F21 continues to operate E-Commerce and 450 locations across the U.S. along with maintaining a strong brand DNA with consumers and within the fashion industry.

In February 2020, Forever 21 came under new ownership made up of Simon Property Group, Brookfield Property Partners, and Authentic Brands Group. Under this new ownership F21 has the financial strength and long term view that will prepare us for the future, while continuing to set the same high standards as it always has. Join our team and learn the inner sanctum of the global fashion industry, while we build the new **Forever 21!**

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**Senior Merchandiser (Wholesale Account Management) - (38441)**

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Job Title Senior Merchandiser (Wholesale Account Management) Location LOS ANGELES, CA US 90031 - Los Angeles, CA 90031 US (Primary)

Group (Job Type) HQ-Corporate Career Level Experienced (Non-Manager) Education Bachelor's Degree Category Merchandise Planning & Allocations Job Description Forever 21 is a fashion industry leader making the latest trends accessible to all while inspiring unique style and confidence. With a renewed focus on the customer experience, the brand offers high style designs and fashion basics with compelling values and a dynamic store environment. While driving innovation across e-commerce and digital to expand access and convenience, the brand continues to strengthen its positioning as todays preferred destination for the fashionable consumer. Forever 21 is located in more than 540 locations globally and online, and were seeking passionate and creative people to join our Forever family.

Job Purpose:

The Senior Merchandiser is responsible for developing a financially sound assortment plan from the companys wide selection of merchandise. The Sr. Merchandiser will maintain a designated collection of key items and work to create a cohesive merchandise mix to optimize sales volume and profitability based on emerging market trends, past sales/revenue, and established assortment strategies.

Deliverables:

Implement seasonal merchandise buy plans through partnership with accounts targeted financials, rolling up from store and ecommerce count, square footage and projected sales by division and category ensuring that merchandise concepts are aligned with corporate assortment strategies

Participate in the development of annual Financial Plans, merchandise assortments, sales-to-stock plans, and marketing strategies in conjunction with Wholesale Partners to support yearly planned company objectives

Plan and revise strategies for merchandise flow on order, based on shipping dates, seasonal calendars, and open-to-buy parameters in conjunction with Production

Support the conceptual development of future buys by generating style recaps, account/regional store summaries, trend analyses, and competitive market research reports

Conduct weekly analysis of stock-to-sales ratio by merchandise category, identifying trending and underperforming lines and best sellers to provide actionable recommendations to buyers for improving merchandise mix

Participate in weekly open-to-buy meetings with Planning & Allocation teams to ensure the achievement of financial targets, including turn and sell-through goals

Execute weekly reporting for po issuance, cancellation rates, extensions for merchandise on order

Review weekly sales performance numbers to identify potential re-order opportunities and styles that require markdowns

Assist Partners in analyzing and selecting seasonal buys to optimize the product mix for each market and store

Manage and Maintain online buying tool for partners with Management and IT

Act as support for merchandise marketing information flow

Job Requirements Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications:

Must have a Bachelors or Associates degree in Fashion, preferably Fashion Merchandising

Must have at least 5-7 years of merchandising experience with a successful track record of high-volume business growth and bottom line results

Must possess the ability to understand and act upon financial retail indicators such as sales, gross margin, inventory productivity, sell-through and turn in dealing with an OTB and P/L

Must have high fashion intelligence and a broad-based business acumen

Acute fashion sense with proven ability to envision and interpret fashion trends based on data

Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills

Must have a strong desire to work in the fashion industry and demonstrate an ability to identify and foresee fashion trends

Must have strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data reporting and analysis; v-lookups, pivot tables, macros

Experience demonstrated in Wholesale Retail account management is preferred

Forever 21 is operated by SPARC Group LLC, a fashion industry leader that designs, sources, manufactures, distributes and markets women's, mens and kids apparel and accessories in key markets worldwide for iconic brands. In addition to Forever 21, SPARC Group brands include Aropostale, a

specialty retailer of high-quality denim and fashion basics; Brooks Brothers, providing modern interpretations of iconic product staples; Nautica, with mens, womens, home, and childrens categories; Eddie Bauer, an outdoor brand and retailer of performance outwear, apparel and gear; and Lucky Brand, a premium denim and bohemian style retailer.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We value a culture of inclusion and diversity within our workforce, and are committed to maintaining a workplace free from prohibited employment conduct, including discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, domestic partner status, civil partnership, status as a covered veteran, status in the Uniformed Services of the United States, citizenship and any other characteristic protected by law.