Title: MERCHANDISE PLANNER
Location: NYC (4-5 times in office/week)
Salary range: $90-95,000
About This Opportunity ….
A wholesale apparel client is looking for a Merchandise Planner to join their team to onboard and manage planning for new retail accounts.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Forecast sales performance and inventory reports, work with replenishment counterpart to maximize.
- Onboard new retailers to the business and work with them closely.
- Review and adjust seasonal ladder plans.
- Advise on business strategy and growth/risk opportunities using historical trend data.
- Create assortment and production plans per store by style, color and size.
- Leverage data visualization software and present to leadership.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years apparel Merchandise Planning experience
- Experience with a variety of big box or department store retailers, including onboarding new retailers.
- Ability to partner/communicate with cross-functional teams (replenishment, production, etc)
- Highly proficient in Excel and data visualization tools like PowerBi, Tableau, etc.
- Retail Link, Simparel, Adobe Illustrator, SQL knowledge is a plus
- Strong retail math skills
- Ability to present reports to senior leadership, strong communication skills
- 4-year college degree (required)
