Strategic Inventory & Merch Planning Analyst

Spendless Shoes; Gillman; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Spendless Shoes is seeking an Inventory Analyst/Merchandise Planner in Gillman, Adelaide SA to optimize inventory, margins and sales across stores and online. You will work with planning, buying, retail and finance teams to develop robust merchandise plans and ensure timely product availability.

You will apply analytical insight to forecast demand, manage stock turns and open-to-buy budgets while partnering across functions to drive profitability and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience in merchandise planning, demand planning, inventory planning or a related retail planning role.
• Experience developing merchandise financial plans, sales forecasts, inventory plans and open-to-buy budgets.
• Strong knowledge of assortment planning, forecasting, allocation, replenishment, stock turn, sell-through and markdown management.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large data sets.
• Experience using merchandise planning, reporting or business intelligence systems.
• Strong commercial understanding of sales, gross profit, margin, inventory investment and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain seasonal, annual and rolling merchandise financial plans.
• Plan and forecast sales, units, gross profit, margin, inventory, stock turn, weeks of cover and markdowns.
• Manage open-to-buy within approved budgets and merchandise strategies.
• Partner with Buyers to develop range architecture, assortment plans, option counts, price-point strategies and initial buy recommendations.
• Analyse daily and weekly trade performance across products, categories, stores and online.
• Identify risks and opportunities and recommend repeats, cancellations, transfers, promotional activity, pricing changes and markdowns.
• Develop allocation and replenishment strategies based on demand, store profiles, size requirements and channel priorities.
• Monitor stock availability, aged inventory, excess stock, stock turn and weeks of cover.
• Prepare clear and accurate planning, trade and inventory reports.
• Complete seasonal, campaign and category post-analysis to improve future planning decisions.
• Contribute to improvements in planning processes, reporting, systems and data quality.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Demand planning

Inventory planning

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Business/Commerce degree

Supply Chain or Data Analytics qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

BI systems

Merchandise planning software

Job description

Spendless Shoes is seeking an Inventory Analyst/Merchandise Planner in Gillman, Adelaide SA to optimize inventory, margins and sales across stores and online. You will work with planning, buying, retail and finance teams to develop robust merchandise plans and ensure timely product availability.

You will apply analytical insight to forecast demand, manage stock turns and open-to-buy budgets while partnering across functions to drive profitability and customer satisfaction.