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Lands' End Presentation - Michael Page

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The Planners need to operate as a close partner to the merchandisers but also be independent in their own assessment of what performs well and what doesn’t and challenge the Merchandisers thinking in order to create the best possible range<br />

plan. Planners will communicate the buys and need to keep a track of product or vendor issues. In Lands’ <strong>End</strong> the vendors are managed by the Sourcing Team in order to have one point of contact and reduce issues with cross-communication.<br />

The Planners will do all their vendor communication via the Sourcing team and have them manage our needs, so creating strong relations and frequent communication is key to keeping on top of any issues.<br />

Within Lands’ <strong>End</strong> the US Sourcing Team undertake travel to vendors and the Merchandisers have competitor shopping as part of their role.<br />

This is a great opportunity to be part of a new team who have a high business impact and to create the processes and plans to drive Lands’<strong>End</strong>s European growth. The remainder of this candidate pack will give addition insight in to Lands’<strong>End</strong><br />

history, product proposition, and job description.<br />

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