Data-Driven Fashion Merchandise Planner

Blue Bungalow; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Bungalow, a growing Australian fashion retailer based in Brisbane, is seeking a commercially driven Merchandise Planner. You will develop and manage merchandise plans, forecast performance, optimise stock investment and identify opportunities to maximise sales and profitability.

You will work closely with Creative and Merchandise teams to understand why trends occur and decide what to do next, driving margin and stock efficiency in a fast-paced e-commerce environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in merchandise planning within fashion, footwear or related retail.
• Strong understanding of sales, gross margin, OTB, stock turn and markdowns.
• Experience forecasting, inventory investment and analysing trading performance.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to translate data into insights.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain seasonal, monthly and weekly merchandise plans across sales, margin, stock and intake.
• Optimise Open to Buy (OTB) and align inventory with opportunities and financial targets.
• Build forecasts and identify risks and opportunities against plan.
• Analyse category, product, brand performance to support assortment planning.
• Translate data into actionable trading strategies and recommendations.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Forecasting

Open to Buy (OTB)

Excel

Data analysis

Retail experience

Tools

Excel

Style Arcade

Profit Peak

Job description

Blue Bungalow, a growing Australian fashion retailer based in Brisbane, is seeking a commercially driven Merchandise Planner. You will develop and manage merchandise plans, forecast performance, optimise stock investment and identify opportunities to maximise sales and profitability.

You will work closely with Creative and Merchandise teams to understand why trends occur and decide what to do next, driving margin and stock efficiency in a fast-paced e-commerce environment.