Merchandise Planner

Pattern

Greater London

On-site

GBP 55,000 - 75,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Stock options

Private medical insurance

Gym discounts

Free breakfast & snacks

Enhanced pension scheme

Cycle to work

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Work from anywhere policy

Regular company socials

Nursery scheme

Job summary

Pattern is seeking a Merchandise Planner to drive demand planning and inventory management for its European Brand Portfolio. You will work within the Replenishment & Automation Pod to align forecasts with budgets and to refine automated forecasting models across emerging marketplaces.

You’ll use data and algorithmic tools to optimise stock, lead cross‑functional collaboration with Ecommerce and Finance, and help ensure 95%+ availability on core ranges while supporting sell‑through on seasonal

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent.
Experience in Demand and Supply Chain Planning.
In-depth understanding of merchandising and trading approach.
Previous experience with an eCommerce channel (e.g. D2C).
Highly commercial mindset with strong data focus.
Curiosity and drive to take on new challenges and implement automation.

Responsibilities

Owns forecasting, planning and inventory management for the European Brand Portfolio, focusing on Emerging Marketplaces.
Drives alignment across commercial trading functions, inputs into budgets, Maintains WSSI forecasts.
Uses data, models and algorithmic tools to maintain stock and sales projections, identifies risks and opportunities.
Leverages trading levers to achieve inventory, revenue and margin targets, using automated replenishment rules.
Provides insights into forecast deviations and collaborates on solutions, with automation of planning processes.
Presents Buying Strategy & Sell In-Sell Out forecasts to external clients across marketplaces.
Oversees category intake, manages OTB, ordering and selection to ensure 95%+ availability.
Works with brands to ensure order fulfilment and supply chain efficiencies.
Drives operational excellence through stakeholder collaboration and tech improvements.

Skills

Demand planning

Inventory management

Forecasting

Analytics

E-commerce

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with Pattern! We want you to use your skills to push one of the fastest-growing companies.

Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces, leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 46 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting, and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform daily to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com, eBay, Tmall, TikTok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre.

The role of the Merchandise Planner is to drive efficient and sustainable growth across our Marketplaces through effective demand planning, inventory management, and automation‑led forecasting for our European brands. Sitting within the Replenishment & Automation Pod, this role ensures sales forecasts and buy plans drive demand with a direct link between buy‑in and sell‑out, increasingly powered by algorithmic and automated planning tools. This is a pivotal role in the European Team, ensuring best‑practice merchandising processes— and scalable automation—are implemented in alignment with the Global strategy.

What is a day in the life of a Merchandise Planner?

Owns the forecasting, planning and inventory management of the European Brand Portfolio with a focus on Emerging Marketplaces.
Drives alignment across the commercial trading functions; inputting into annual, quarterly and monthly budgets in partnership with Ecommerce and Finance. Maintaining WSSI forecasts and quantifying divergence from JBP.
Uses available data, statistical models and algorithmic tools to ensure accurate stock and sales projections are maintained throughout the year, proactively identifying trends, risks and opportunities and continuously refining automated forecasting logic for improved accuracy.
Uses trading levers such as swap and return negotiations, EOL MD management and promotional planning to ensure inventory position, revenue and margin targets are achieved, leveraging automated replenishment rules to optimise decision‑making at scale.
Provides analytical and actionable insights into forecast deviations and future implications, working collaboratively to identify and implement solutions, including opportunities to further automate manual planning processes.
Presents to external clients, leading discussions around Buying Strategy & Sell In‑Sell Out forecasts across new and emerging marketplaces.
Oversees category intake, managing OTB, ordering and selection processes. Ensures optimum inventory health, with 95%+ availability on core ranges and targeted sell‑through on seasonal areas.
Works closely with brands to ensure order fulfilment and supply chain efficiencies, aligning with Ecommerce management on ordering strategies implemented by the inventory management team.
Drives operational excellence through collaboration with key stakeholders and ownership of innovation projects, as a core member of the Replenishment & Automation Pod, helping to design, test and implement reporting and tech improvements.

What will I need to thrive in this role?

Bachelor’s degree.
A track record of progression in a multi‑category/brand merchandising or planning role — we care more about clear evidence of growth, curiosity and drive than hitting an exact number of years’ experience.
Experience in Demand and Supply Chain Planning.
In‑depth understanding of merchandising and trading approach.
Previous experience working with an eCommerce channel (e.g. D2C)
Highly commercial mindset, considering both the customer and business needs.
Genuine motivation, curiosity and a desire for a new challenge: candidates who’ve taken on projects beyond their core role, identified and solved a problem on their own initiative, or pursued side projects in data and analytics tend to stand out.
Comfortable adopting AI tools to support forecasting, planning and reporting workflows.

Sounds great! What’s the company culture? We are looking for individuals who are:

Game Changers – A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.
Data Fanatics – A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.
Partner Obsessed – An individual who is partner‑obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners, relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritises the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.
Team of Doers – Someone who is part of a team of doers uplifting team members and recognising their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.

What is the hiring process?

An initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team (30 minutes)
Focus interview with a hiring manager (Zoom – 30 minutes)
Assessment Interview with Task (Zoom – 1 hour)
Final Interview (Zoom or In‑Person 30 minutes)
Top Grading with Talent & Reference Collection
Offer

How can I stand out as an applicant?

Be prepared to talk about professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples
Be ready to talk about how you can add value and be the best addition to the team
Focus on mentioning how you would be partner‑obsessed at Pattern
Be prepared to talk about any side projects related to data and analytics

Why should I work at Pattern?

Pattern offers big opportunities to make a difference in the e‑commerce industry! We are a company full of talented people who evolve quickly and often. We set big goals, work tirelessly to achieve them, and we love our Pattern community. We also believe in having fun and balancing our lives, so we offer great benefits that include: