Merchandise Planner Lead — Own Categories, 4pm Fridays

JIVARO Recruitment; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

4pm Friday finishes

50% product discount

Birthday leave

Paid parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

JIVARO Recruitment is partnering with a leading Australian fashion group to recruit a Merchandise Planner. You will own category planning from seasonal budgeting through to in-season trading and collaborate across Design, Buying and Stores to optimise stock, sell-through and profitability.

You will lead a small team, drive insights with BI tools and shape future ranges while enjoying a hybrid working model, Friday finish at 4pm, and generous employee discounts.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical capability with commercial judgement.
• Ownership of merchandise planning and end-to-end category ownership.
• Experience in stakeholder management and coaching juniors.
• Proficiency with BI tools for planning insights.
• Interest in AI-assisted planning and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Build seasonal budgets across sales, purchases, markdowns, stock, margin and stock turn.
• Own category OTB and WSSI; manage forecasts, intake and inventory flow.
• Lead weekly trade analysis with clear recommendations to improve sales and margin.
• Collaborate with Design and Buying to shape future ranges through analysis.
• Optimize allocations, replenishment, size curves, store grading and stock cover.
• Manage aged stock, promotions and markdown strategies to protect profitability.
• Coordinate with eCommerce, Retail Ops, VM, Logistics and Finance on stock plans.
• Coach and develop an Assistant Planner; deputise for Planning Manager.

Skills

Analytical capability

Commercial judgement

Ownership

Stakeholder management

Coaching

Leadership

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Style Arcade

Job description

JIVARO Recruitment is partnering with a leading Australian fashion group to recruit a Merchandise Planner. You will own category planning from seasonal budgeting through to in-season trading and collaborate across Design, Buying and Stores to optimise stock, sell-through and profitability.

You will lead a small team, drive insights with BI tools and shape future ranges while enjoying a hybrid working model, Friday finish at 4pm, and generous employee discounts.