Merchandise Planner

Mindlance; Beaverton (OR); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindlance seeks a Supply Chain and Logistics - Merchandise Planner 2 for Beaverton, OR in a hybrid setup. The contract role spans 7+ months with extension potential, focusing on forecasting, stock plans, and open-to-buy management for NA stores.

You'll collaborate with NA NVS planning managers, merchandising buyers, and cross-functional partners to translate financial targets into actionable merchandising plans, driving profitability and inventory health.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field.
• 3-5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Excel at high-intermediate to advanced level.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish stock and sales plans aligned with profitability goals.
• Forecast in-season sales and inventories weekly/monthly/quarterly.
• Develop monthly forecasts for basic and fashion styles.
• Present financial plans and forecasts in key meetings.

Skills

Excel

Analytical

Communication

Organizational skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Tools

SQL

Snowflake

Tableau

PowerBI

Excel

Job description

Job Title: Supply Chain and Logistics - Merchandise Planner 2

Location Beaverton, OR (Hybrid)

Duration: 07+Months Contract with possible extension

Pay Rate: To be discussed

Work Schedule: Mon- Fri

NVS Senior Assortment Planner, NA

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You will report to the North America Value Stores (NA NVS) planning manager and work hand-in-hand with the Merchandising buyers and with a variety of dedicated cross-functional partners focused on develop strategies to meet financial and inventory goals.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Working in Direct business will be rewarding, it'll be challenging, and it'll most definitely not be just another job. We are looking for a Sr. Assortment Planner, North America for our Factory Stores team. You'll be an ambassador of the brand - everything we stand for: drive, determination, the unyielding commitment to excellence. These all will be a part of your everyday experience. We're committed to making every consumer's experience a rewarding one, and as a member of our Stores team, your contributions will be a big part of our success.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• 3-5 years of relevant professional experience
• Microsoft Excel at high-intermediate to advanced level
• Ability to independently drive toward a clear outcome with an unclear path
• Natural tendency to organize information coming from various sources and owners and shape clean processes to drive repeatable, sustainable outcomes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to curate and share out actionable insights from multiple data sources

Highly Preferred:

• Experience working in a retail environment
• Proven track record in retail planning, merchandising, inventory management or related operational disciplines
• Intermediate data manipulation and visualization skills (i.e. Excel, SQL, Snowflake, Tableau, PowerBI)
• Experience communicating to executive and a variety of non-technical audiences

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

In this role you'll establish clear stock and sales plans that tell a story for the season and help merchandising to create a line grounded in profitability and consumer centric offering. This will include collaborating with the merchandising and business units to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial plans and product opportunities. You'll create pre-season style plans that support the ultimate goal of Direct. You'll recap and analyze the business against the financial plan, and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis. In addition, you'll develop monthly forecasts of sales and inventory for all basic and fashion styles and will develop strategies to meet department financial goals and own open to buy forecasts.

This role will include presenting financial plans, forecasts and strategies in key meetings. You'll proactively report on the health of the business and facilitate smart business decisions, communicate financial results, forecasts, and action plans to managers and cross-functional team members on a weekly basis. You'll collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge. In addition, you'll participate in a team structure that facilitates and maximizes individual and team performance, supporting and fostering an open and inclusive environment that embraces diversity, encourages accountability, and drives toward results.

Key Accountabilities:

• Support product forecasting & pricing processes by managing reporting tools, analyzing data, & providing actionable insights
• Report on forecast variance weekly
• Construct and maintain reporting tools for use across the planning team
• Monitor price positioning across the marketplace and across the product portfolio, taking actions to adjust in accordance with overall pricing strategy
• Support monthly and seasonal inventory management activities
• Actively manage product lifecycles across seasons through close-out process and aging inventory

Desired Candidate Profile:

Minimum required years of experience: 3-5 years of planning experience

Must have skills:

• Has merchandise planning experience in retail environment
• Analytical
• Good at relationship building
• Comfortable with planning systems

Nice to have skills:

Robust experience in adjacent areas helpful

Software/technical requirements:

• Strong Excel, affinity to learn new software
• Previous industry experience preference: Retail experience preferred