Sr. Merchandise Planner

Overview

This role owns the financial and inventory strategy for assigned product categories across channels. You will translate enterprise goals, customer insights, and product strategies into actionable merchandise plans, serving as a strategic business partner to Brand and cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include shaping pre-season and in-season decisions that optimize sales, margin, inventory productivity, and profitable growth.

Responsibilities

• Create pre-season plans across multiple channels aligned with top-down goals to support merchandise strategy development, line development, and buying needs.
• Partner with Planning and Brand to develop pre-season product trends and revise the season’s plan with updated projections that maximize sales and profitability.
• Present monthly revisions of demand plans to Merchandise/Inventory Planning executives.
• Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities and review business performance trends.
• Forecast the effects of markdowns on item sales rates and category/department profitability.
• Participate in all meetings involving the Merchandise Planning department (e.g., Monthly S&OP, Weekly Business Meetings).
• Provide fiscal control through promotional decisions and inventory control.
• Develop in-depth knowledge of Omni-Planning and execute item-level building plans that support top-level goals.
• Improve familiarity with available data resources and the merchandise for which you are developing plans.
• Support team projects as needed and complete additional responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, or related field required.
• 4–7 years of progressive merchandise planning experience, preferably within a specialty retail or omnichannel environment; relevant retail buying experience may also be considered.
• Advanced retail math and financial planning knowledge, including sales, inventory, margin, turn, and open-to-buy management.
• Demonstrated experience building and managing merchandise plans for new products and categories—from initial forecasting and assortment planning through performance analysis and in-season adjustments.
• High proficiency with MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications.
• Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, and planning skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated collaborative skills and ability to work well within a team.
• Ability to work with and influence peers and senior management.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• Self-motivated with strong attention to detail, deadlines, and reporting.
• Must exemplify the organization’s values at all times and use knowledge to meet or exceed KPIs, goals, and deadlines.
• Must be able to travel using various forms of transportation, as required by the organization in its sole discretion, for mandatory meetings and conferences held at offices or offsite (e.g., quarterly team connection weeks, companywide meetings and events, vendor visits).
• Must comply with all policies and procedures outlined in the Employee Handbook and work collaboratively with fellow employees, treating all clients (internal and external) with dignity and respect at all times.

Preferred Qualifications

• Core values alignment (Top Ambition, We All Win Together, Conscious Operations, As Few as We Can Get Away With, Love Matters).
• Table-stake values: Willing to Sweep Floors, Grit, Positive, Self-Aware, Self-Starting, Insatiable Learners, Transparency, Customer-Centric.
• Core competencies: Builds Customer Centricity, Drives Remark-able Results, Collaborates Effectively, Makes Good Decisions, Demonstrates Self-Awareness.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual Bonus Program
• Inaugural Grant Equity Award
• 401K Matching Contribution
• Financial Wellness Tools
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Parental Leave
• Life/AD&D
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off: Up to 160 hours within the fiscal calendar year (prorated from date of hire) and 8 paid company-recognized holidays
• Pet Insurance
• Generous Associate Discounts

Associate pay varies based on qualifications, experience, skill level, and competencies.

Equal Employment Opportunity, E-Verify, and Background Check

• Equal Opportunity Employer; all applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender-related identity, gender nonconformity, or status as a transgender or transsexual individual), pregnancy, age, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
• E-Verify participation as required by law.
• Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.
• Non-New York City applicants only: To the extent permitted by law, conditional offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check, including education verification, employment history verification, reference checks, criminal history, and motor vehicle history (if vehicle required). Applicants with criminal histories will be considered in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal law.

Location

Travel to mandatory meetings and conferences held at offices or offsite is required, as outlined in the role requirements.