Fashion Merchandise Planner (Seasonal)

Adecco; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Adecco Creative and Marketing has partnered with a women's fashion house to hire a Merchandise Planner based in Times Square, NY. This role will develop financial sales, gross margin, and inventory plans across multiple departments, guiding in-season projections and strategies.

The ideal candidate is a results-driven retail planning professional with strong analytical skills, retail math expertise, and the ability to identify risks and opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Three to five years of experience in retail buying, merchandise planning, or financial analysis.
• Advanced understanding of retail math concepts, financial applications, and statistical analysis.
• Strong analytical, strategic-thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to identify business risks, evaluate opportunities, and develop actionable recommendations.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Strong attention to detail and consistent follow-through.
• Ability to develop realistic work plans, goals, timelines, and schedules.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Build weekly financial sales, gross margin, and inventory plans for each season.
• Reforecast the business during the season based on current performance, emerging trends, and updated financial projections.
• Present revised forecasts, recommendations, risks, and opportunities to cross-functional partners and senior leadership.
• Develop, consolidate, and communicate comprehensive pre-season planning strategies.
• Create and present seasonal key-item plans that support sales and gross margin goals.
• Analyze promotional effectiveness and provide recommendations for future promotional strategies.
• Monitor in-season performance and recommend markdown, inventory chase, or other corrective actions.
• Identify potential inventory liabilities and coordinate appropriate actions to resolve them.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to communicate division-level financial merchandising plans and merchandise strategies.
• Collaborate with the merchandising team to develop promotional strategies that maximize profitability.
• Participate in the line-building process and support merchandise assortment decisions.
• Contribute to departmental projects designed to improve systems, streamline workflows, and increase operational efficiency.

Skills

Retail math

Financial analysis

Merchandise planning

Excel

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Adecco Creative and Marketing has partnered with a women's fashion house to hire a Merchandise Planner based in Times Square, NY. This role will develop financial sales, gross margin, and inventory plans across multiple departments, guiding in-season projections and strategies.

The ideal candidate is a results-driven retail planning professional with strong analytical skills, retail math expertise, and the ability to identify risks and opportunities.