Strategic Merchandise & Inventory Planner

Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work from home days

Brand discounts on Hard Yakka, KingGee

Wesfarmers discount program

Job summary

Workwear Group, part of Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety, is seeking a data-driven Merchandise Planner to optimise inventory and assortment across Australia’s leading brands. You will generate reports, track KPIs, and influence commercial decisions to drive profitable growth.

You’ll partner with Product, Sales, Supply Chain and Finance to forecast demand, manage stock and deliver actionable insights for range planning and product launches.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in merchandise planning, allocation, assortment planning or inventory planning.
• Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel skills.
• Experience using Power BI or similar reporting and visualisation tools.
• Ability to analyse large data sets and translate findings into commercial recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain merchandise planning reports, dashboards and KPI tracking across multiple brands.
• Analyse sales trends, category performance, inventory health and range productivity to identify opportunities and risks.
• Support forecasting, budgeting and inventory planning with commercial analysis and data-driven insights.
• Monitor stock levels, stock cover, excess inventory and service performance to improve availability and productivity.
• Partner with Product, Sales, Supply Chain and Finance teams to support planning and business initiatives.
• Analyse Key Volume Lines (KVLs), new product performance and promotional outcomes.
• Support seasonal planning, in-season trading reviews and inventory optimisation activities.
• Prepare reporting packs, performance commentary and recommendations for business reviews.
• Maintain data accuracy across planning systems and identify reporting and process improvement opportunities.
• Provide analytical support for assortment planning, range reviews and strategic product decisions.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Workwear Group, part of Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety, is seeking a data-driven Merchandise Planner to optimise inventory and assortment across Australia’s leading brands. You will generate reports, track KPIs, and influence commercial decisions to drive profitable growth.

You’ll partner with Product, Sales, Supply Chain and Finance to forecast demand, manage stock and deliver actionable insights for range planning and product launches.