Associate Merchandise Planner Opportunities

The Warehouse Group; Auckland; Ibrido; NZD 55.000 - 75.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Discounts across brands

Birthday leave

26 weeks paid parental leave

Free parking

EV charging

Friday WFH

Onsite gym & café

Wellbeing & development opportunities

Descrizione del lavoro

The Warehouse Group is hiring an Associate Merchandise Planner to support the development and execution of merchandise plans across categories such as Apparel, Home, Grocery and more. You’ll analyse sales and inventory, build forecasts, and partner with Merchants, Buyers and Supply Chain to optimise stock and margins.

You’ll develop commercial, analytical and stakeholder management skills while gaining exposure to planning systems and retail reporting platforms, with a clear path to future

Competenze

• Experience or exposure to merchandise planning, allocation, forecasting, inventory management, or retail analysis is a plus.
• Ability to combine data, curiosity and commercial thinking to solve problems.
• Willingness to develop a long-term career in Merchandise Planning.

Mansioni

• Develop and execute merchandise plans to drive sales and profitability.
• Analyse sales, profitability, inventory and customer trends.
• Identify risks and opportunities and recommend actions.
• Collaborate with Buyers, Merchants and Supply Chain to achieve category objectives.
• Build forecasts and monitor performance against plan.
• Support promotional planning and seasonal events.
• Contribute to category reviews and future planning cycles.

Conoscenze

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Adaptability

Formazione

Business or Commercial focused degree

Strumenti

Forecasting tools

Planning systems

Descrizione del lavoro

Build Your Career in Merchandise Planning

Since 1982, The Warehouse has been part of the moments that shape Kiwi lives. From first school uniforms and first flats to family milestones and everyday essentials, generations of New Zealanders have grown up with our brand. That connection is at the heart of This Is Warehouse Country , celebrating the place The Warehouse holds in communities across Aotearoa.

Today, we're transforming and investing in the future of Merchandise Planning at The Warehouse Group. We're looking for commercially curious, analytically minded future planners ready to build the next stage of their career.

Job Description

This role is an opportunity to learn one of retail's key commercial disciplines that influence decisions that impact millions of customers’ purchases every year.

As an Associate Merchandise Planner, you'll partner with Merchandise Planners, Buyers and broader teams to help drive sales, inventory performance and profitability across some of New Zealand’s largest retail categories. Whether your passion sits in Apparel, Home, Grocery, Lifestyle, Toys, Technology or one of our many other categories, you'll play an important role in helping ensure we have the right products, in the right place, at the right time.

You'll develop the skills, capability and commercial mindset needed to progress your planning career while gaining exposure to the end-to-end retail lifecycle, from strategy and forecasting through to trading, promotions and post-season analysis.

Most importantly, you'll be joining a planning function designed around development, progression and future leadership.

What You'll Be Doing

Drive commercial performance

• Support the development and execution of merchandise plans
• Analyse sales, profitability, inventory and customer trends
• Identify commercial risks and opportunities and recommend actions
• Help optimise stock investment to maximise sales and margin outcomes
• Build forecasts and monitor performance against plan
• Produce insights that support trading and ranging decisions
• Support promotional planning and seasonal events
• Contribute to category reviews and future planning cycles

Partner across the business

• Work closely with Buyers and Merchandise Planners to deliver category objectives
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Replenishment and Store Operations teams
• Contribute to planning discussions that influence customer outcomes and business performance

Build your capability

• Develop commercial, analytical and stakeholder management skills
• Gain exposure to planning systems, forecasting tools and retail reporting platforms
• Build a strong foundation for future progression within Merchandise Planning

Qualifications

You might already have experience/exposure to merchandise planning, allocation, forecasting, inventory management, retail analysis, finance, supply chain or another commercially focused analytical role. More importantly, you're someone who enjoys understanding how businesses work and can combine data, curiosity and commercial thinking to solve problems.

You'll bring:

• Business or Commercial focused degree
• Problem solving ability
• Strong Excel skills, analytical and numerical capability
• A highly curious and inquisitive mindset
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
• Resilience and adaptability in a fast-moving retail environment
• A genuine desire to build a long-term career in Merchandise Planning

Additional Information

Come work with us!

Build a meaningful career. When you join us, you'll join a team committed to developing future planning talent and helping people grow their careers. Learn from the best as you work alongside experienced planners and commercial leaders who will coach, support and challenge you as you build your expertise.

When you join us, we offer a range of benefits that work for you, your lifestyle, and your career, which include:

• Discounts across our brands
• Birthday leave and charity day off
• 26 weeks paid parental leave
• Free parking, EV charging at our Northshore support office
• We value collaboration, connection & flexibility - with 1 day (Friday) WFH
• Onsite gym and café at our Northcote support office (great views of the Waitemata and a decent lunch menu!)
• A range of wellbeing support, ongoing learning and development opportunities

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