Merchandise Planners manage the financial and inventory dimensions of retail buying — ensuring the right products are available in the right quantities at the right time. Found through dedicated retained search — not job boards.
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Developing and maintaining merchandise financial plans, managing open-to-buy and inventory investment, producing allocation plans and distribution strategies, analysing sales, sell-through, and inventory data, and collaborating with buyers on assortment and receipt planning.
3–7 years of retail merchandise planning experience, advanced Excel and retail planning system proficiency, strong financial and inventory analysis skills, and the ability to translate data into commercial recommendations.
Merchandise planners who have managed through an inventory overbuy situation — clearing excess inventory while limiting margin erosion — demonstrate a crisis management and analytical capability that optimal-scenario planning does not reveal.
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