Merchandise Planner

Lorien; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Merchandise Planner to join a Global Merchandise Planning team in London. This hybrid role involves strategic investment planning and trade analysis, with responsibilities including pre-season planning and collaboration with various teams. Candidates should have proven merchandise planning experience and strong analytical skills. The contract runs until May 2026, starting ASAP.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in merchandise planning.
• Strong forecasting and analytical skills.
• Commercial mindset with strategic decision-making capability.

Responsibilities

• Support pre-season planning including Open to Buy (OTB), product exits, and option productivity.
• Contribute to seasonal floorset planning and volume segmentation.
• Provide input to in-season trading and end-of-season sales forecasting.
• Conduct weekly re-forecasting and trade analysis across all channels.
• Collaborate closely with Merchandising, Planning, and Allocation teams.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Forecasting

Analytical skills

Commercial mindset

Excel

Tools

SAP

PLM

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Merchandise Planner

Contract until 05/2026

London based

Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office

Starting ASAP

Our client is looking for someone to join their Global Merchandise Planning team.

This role plays a key part in driving business performance through strategic investment planning and trade analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Support pre-season planning including Open to Buy (OTB), product exits, and option productivity.
• Contribute to seasonal floorset planning and volume segmentation.
• Provide input to in-season trading and end-of-season sales forecasting.
• Conduct weekly re-forecasting and trade analysis across all channels.
• Collaborate closely with Merchandising, Planning, and Allocation teams.

Candidate Profile

• Proven experience in merchandise planning.
• Strong forecasting and analytical skills.
• Commercial mindset with strategic decision-making capability.
• High proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint; SAP and PLM preferred.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.