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Regional Purchase & Forecast Planner is responsible for setting the merchandising strategy, goals and objectives and commercial targets in alignment with the Division’s strategic direction for the short and long term and within the Brands’ guidelines. Accountabilities • Set accurate gross margin and sell-out targets • Ensure that gross margins and sell-out targets developed during budget are accurate, achievable, challenging and meet management’s requests • Gross margin per store (actual vs. target) • Sell-out by category (actual vs. target) • Take the lead on optimizing Category management. • Set the purchasing and ordering strategy and ensure it is managed effectively • Monitor buying cycles for all brands and set the strategy for replenishment for the entire region • Ensure that the potential of the stores, in terms of purchase, is well captured by defining store grading and assortment range by type of stores • Ensure that the proposals of sell-out targets for in-sea...