Hybrid Strategic Merchandise Planner

Helzberg Diamonds; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Helzberg Diamonds is seeking a Merchandise Planner to develop and maintain financial plans and forecasts for assigned categories in collaboration with Buying, Planning, and Allocation teams.

The role focuses on maximizing sales, margin, and inventory productivity, with open-to-buy reporting, risk analysis, and timely business insights. Location may be Seattle with hybrid onsite work three+ days weekly.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of corporate retail experience in merchandise planning, allocation, financial planning, product demand planning, or related merchandising analysis.
• Strong analytical and advanced retail math skills.
• Proficiency with Excel, Word, and planning systems.
• Understanding of product assortment, SKU-level performance, allocation activity, seasonality, pricing, and promotional impacts on merchandise plans and forecasts.
• Hybrid schedule with predictable onsite attendance required three or more days per week.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update sales, margin, inventory, and open-to-buy plans for assigned product categories.
• Support merchandise plans and forecasts by analyzing historical performance, current trends, seasonality, pricing, promotions, and inventory position.
• Maintain open-to-buy reporting and communicate risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to support sales, margin, inventory, and turn objectives.
• Build ad hoc reporting for Merchants and analyze business as required.
• Support annual and semi-annual sales, margin, and inventory planning processes.
• Prepare and communicate regular business updates, reporting summaries, and forecast recommendations to Merchandising team.
• Manage SKU level plans, forecasts, order and SKU status updates as needed.
• Work with Merchandising partners to support business objectives.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Retail math

Excel

Word

Planning systems

Tools

Excel

Word

Planning systems

Job description

Helzberg Diamonds is seeking a Merchandise Planner to develop and maintain financial plans and forecasts for assigned categories in collaboration with Buying, Planning, and Allocation teams.

The role focuses on maximizing sales, margin, and inventory productivity, with open-to-buy reporting, risk analysis, and timely business insights. Location may be Seattle with hybrid onsite work three+ days weekly.