Merchandise Planner: Demand Forecast & Allocation - Flexible

Clarks; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working options

Career development opportunities

Supportive and collaborative culture

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Clarks is seeking a Merchandise Planner for a maternity cover fixed term 1 year. You will forecast demand across gender and channels, manage allocation and replenishment from the Distribution Centre, and optimise stock to ensure on-time product delivery.

You will review forecasts for promotions, store openings, and changes, collaborating with Merchandising and Supply Chain to align plans with the forecast and capacity.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the merchandise planning process.
• Knowledge of demand forecasting methods and inventory concepts.
• Good commercial skills and judgement.
• Experience and/or good understanding of retail.
• Proactive and resilient with ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with other teams.

Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain long term (pre-season) and short term (in-season) forecasts to enable Merchandising and Supply Chain to get the right product to the right place at the right time.
• Set time and size profiles for feed-in to the seasonal forecasting process and fuel seasonal assortment and allocation plans.
• Collaborate with Merchandise to deliver forecasts that meet commercial requirements, including promotions and store changes.
• Optimise store level profiles and overall size/time phase profiles in response to trading patterns.
• Manage end of life markdowns and distribute stock to stores to enable exit strategies.
• Liaise with Supply Chain weekly to support distribution centre and store planning and resolve assortment issues.

Job description

Clarks is seeking a Merchandise Planner for a maternity cover fixed term 1 year. You will forecast demand across gender and channels, manage allocation and replenishment from the Distribution Centre, and optimise stock to ensure on-time product delivery.

You will review forecasts for promotions, store openings, and changes, collaborating with Merchandising and Supply Chain to align plans with the forecast and capacity.