Merchandise Planner
This is a dynamic and exciting opportunity to join our team as a Merchandise Planner. As a key member of our planning team, you will be responsible for developing and implementing seasonal budgets and forecasts, managing inventory levels, and driving profitability across our retail and online channels.
Key Responsibilities:
* Build seasonal budgets and manage in-season forecasts for sales, inventory, markdowns, gross profit, and OTB for relevant categories.
* Develop and implement option plans to achieve financial KPIs.
* Collaborate closely with the product team to develop merchandising plans and participate in range reviews.
* Conduct regular performance analysis and post-season reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of merchandise strategies and identify areas for improvement.
* Present at weekly trade meetings, providing analysis, recommendations, and follow-up.
Requirements:
* Experience within women's retail fashion merchandise planning environment.
* Expertise in sales forecasting, budgeting, option planning, managing OTB, and inventory management.
* Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel.
* Sound knowledge of planning analytics tools.
* Great commercial and business acumen.
* Tertiary qualifications in Merchandise Management or a related discipline.
* Proactive problem-solving abilities, a results-oriented mindset, and a passion for driving business growth through data-driven insights.
Benefits:
* Competitive remuneration and employee discounts.
* Opportunity to work for a highly respected brand.
* Northcote office, onsite parking, and close to public transport.
* Access to our staff sample shop.
* Monthly team celebrations.
* Employee Referral Program – be rewarded for referring great new people to our team.