Kforce has a client in Beaverton, OR that is seeking a Lead Assortment Planner to establish clear end to end bottom's up merchandise plans, partnering with Consumer Fields of Play Assortment Planners, Merch Financial Planning, Marketplace and Finance to create a line grounded in profitability, productivity, and consumer centric offerings. Summary: The Lead Assortment Planner will be creating pre-season style color plans that support the goals of the company and consumer field of play and managing through to in-season optimization through a robust rolling forecast process and collaborative weekly offense with marketplace. They will deliver a seasonal buy that is aligned to Retail Sales, Inventory and Market expectations, including door, flow and size specificity. Responsibilities: * Develop seasonal plans and monthly forecasts inclusive of sales, margin and inventory at the style color level (leveraging analytics), develop strategies to meet CFoP financial goals and own open to buy bottom's up forecasts to inform manufacturing decisions through to in season optimization * Deliver a seasonal buy for the company that is aligned to Retail Sales, Inventory and Market expectations, including door, flow, and size specificity * Partner with key stakeholders across Geo and Global to optimize business health throughout the entirety of the product life cycle inclusive of responsive offering * Recap and analyze the business against forecast weekly and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a monthly basis * Product forecasting and in season optimization by analyzing data, & providing actionable insights * Report on forecast variance weekly with action plans and risks & opportunities * Support monthly and seasonal inventory planning and management activities * In partnership with marketplace teams actively manage product; Close-out process and aging inventory to maximize consumer demand and marketplace objectives