Global Merchandise Planning Associate

BoF Careers; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Burberry is seeking an Assistant, Global Merchandise Planning in London to join our Merchandise Planning team. You will support planning, forecasting and analysis activities across your category, helping maximise sales, profitability and inventory efficiency.

You will coordinate Open-to-Buy processes across in-season trading and pre-season buys, while collaborating with Merchandising and Planning to drive data-driven decisions and maintain accuracy in planning tools and reports.

Qualifications

• Experience within a retail merchandising, merchandise planning or allocation environment.
• Exposure to merchandise planning processes, including Open-to-Buy, collection planning and margin management.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into actions.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities, with confidence working across multiple teams.
• A proactive and collaborative approach, with a desire to learn and develop.
• Experience using SAP would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Global Open-to-Buy process across in-season trading and pre-season buys.
• Assisting with the development and delivery of Central Collection Open-to-Buy guidance.
• Supporting the validation of regional Collection Open-to-Buy submissions to align with global strategy and planning assumptions.
• Conducting commercial analysis to identify opportunities to improve sales, sell-through and margin performance.
• Supporting forecasting, reporting and planning activities for your category.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams across Merchandising, Planning and the wider business to ensure accurate and timely decision-making.
• Maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail across planning tools, reports and presentations.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Open-to-Buy

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Proactive and collaborative

Tools

SAP

Job description

Burberry is seeking an Assistant, Global Merchandise Planning in London to join our Merchandise Planning team. You will support planning, forecasting and analysis activities across your category, helping maximise sales, profitability and inventory efficiency.

You will coordinate Open-to-Buy processes across in-season trading and pre-season buys, while collaborating with Merchandising and Planning to drive data-driven decisions and maintain accuracy in planning tools and reports.