Hybrid Merchandise Planner

Entertainment Retail Enterprises, LLC; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Employee discount

401(k)

Job summary

Entertainment Retail Enterprises is seeking a meticulous Merchandise Planner who will develop and communicate merchandise forecasts and strategies across multiple distribution channels. The role involves analyzing historical data, supporting pre-season planning, and managing in-season sales and inventory forecasts to improve sales, margins, and inventory performance.

The ideal candidate will be data-driven, skilled at building reports, identifying risks and opportunities, and partnering with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field is required.
• 3+ years of related professional experience required.
• U.S. work authorization required.
• Strong understanding of retail fundamentals, inventory management, and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial results across multiple channels of distribution.
• Create pre-season forecasts and manage in-season sales forecasts and inventory plans.
• Analyze historical sales and trends to identify risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with merchandising, marketing, finance, and operations to align product strategies with financial goals.
• Monitor performance and adjust in-season plans as needed.
• Develop reporting tools and gain working knowledge of planning systems.

Skills

Data analysis

Forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

PivotTables

NetSuite

Job description

About Us

For over 24 years, Entertainment Retail Enterprises has been a leading design, development, and distribution partner in destination retail. We create licensed and private-label merchandise for some of the world’s most recognized brands and retailers, including Disney, Mars, Walmart, Hard Rock, Ford, Caterpillar, and Legendary Whitetails. Our team develops fresh, on-trend product assortments across traditional manufacturing, print-on-demand, personalization, turnkey displays, and ecommerce fulfillment.

Description

For over 24 years, Entertainment Retail Enterprises has been a leading design, development, and distribution partner in destination retail. We create licensed and private-label merchandise for some of the world’s most recognized brands and retailers, including Disney, Mars, Walmart, Hard Rock, Ford, Caterpillar, and Legendary Whitetails. Our team develops fresh, on-trend product assortments across traditional manufacturing, print-on-demand, personalization, turnkey displays, and ecommerce fulfillment.

Position Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented, analytical Merchandise Planner to develop, execute, and communicate merchandise financial forecasts and strategies across multiple distribution channels. In this role, you will analyze historical trends, support pre-season planning, manage in-season sales and inventory forecasts, and help drive sales, margin, and inventory performance. The ideal candidate is highly comfortable working with data, building reports, identifying risks and opportunities, and partnering cross-functionally to support business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

As a Merchandise Planner, you will:

• Drive financial results by supporting sales, inventory, margin, and profitability goals across multiple channels of distribution.
• Create pre-season forecasts and manage in-season sales forecasts, inventory plans, and business recaps.
• Analyze historical sales, inventory, and trend data to identify risks, opportunities, and category-level insights.
• Evaluate product demand, including the impact of promotions, creative campaigns, seasonality, and item-level performance.
• Partner with merchandising, marketing, operations, finance, and other departments to align product strategies with financial goals.
• Support timely and accurate execution of in-season strategies by monitoring performance and recommending actions.
• Develop working knowledge of reporting systems, planning tools, and distribution channels.
• Seek practical solutions to business obstacles while identifying process improvement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field required.
• 3+ years of related professional experience required.
• U.S. work authorization required.
• Strong understanding of retail fundamentals, business acumen, open-to-buy planning, inventory management, and sales/inventory forecasting.
• Ability to analyze data, recognize trends, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Strong internal relationship management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Sound decision-making skills with the ability to prioritize both short- and long-range projects.
• Flexible, agile problem solver who can quickly assess business needs and respond effectively.
• Effective verbal communication skills, including meeting facilitation and presentations.

Technical Skills

• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience creating dynamic reports using PivotTables.
• Strong Excel formula knowledge, including IF, INDEX, MATCH, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, CONCATENATE, TRIM, and other financial or text formulas.
• Knowledge of data uploads and data maintenance preferred.
• Excel macro experience is a plus.
• NetSuite experience is a plus.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Employee discount
• 401(k)

Schedule

• Monday to Friday
• Hybrid schedule; Friday is a work-from-home day

Why Join Entertainment Retail Enterprises?

This is an opportunity to play an influential role in a fast-paced retail business that partners with nationally recognized brands. You will help shape merchandise planning decisions, support growth across multiple channels, and work closely with teams across the organization.