**MERCHANDISE PLANNER**:
**INTRODUCTION**:
RB Sellars, Natequest and Goodwoods are iconic Australian owned brands inspired by community, a love of the land, and the real needs of our customers. We are a successful national wholesale, retail & online business offering men's, women's and children's apparel, outerwear, footwear & recreational apparel products. We also service the business community with their uniform needs. We support the people who support us.
**LOCATION**:
Burnley
**FULL JOB DESCRIPTION**:
**About us**
RB Sellars, Natequest and Goodwoods are iconic Australian owned brands inspired by community, a love of the land, and the real needs of our customers. We are a successful national wholesale, retail & online business offering men's, women's and children's apparel, outerwear, footwear & recreational apparel products. We also service the business community with their uniform needs. We support the people who support us.
**Qualifications & experience**
- Degree qualified
- Experience in the apparel industry (highly desirable)
- Experience implementing new planning forecasting methods & tools (highly desirable)
- Strong excel skills
**Tasks & responsibilities**
- Merchandise planning, sales analysis and reporting including in-season analysis and post season analysis of merchandise sell-through
- Inventory management including accountability for all finished goods, ensuring stock levels meet business requirements and KPIs
- Work to the critical path to ensure all product is delivered on time to meet sales and marketing requirements
- Work on exciting IT projects to improve the forecasting and planning capabilities of the function
- Complete sales and inventory forecasting to manage stock levels and product reorders
- Manage gross profit via promotional and temporary markdowns, and COGS and RRP recommendations
- Population and maintenance of the Merchandise Planning tools