Merchandise Planner

Stoney Clover Lane; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in lifestyle branding is seeking a strategic Merchandise Planner in New York. This role involves end-to-end planning and assortment strategy across product categories, requiring strong analytical skills and experience in retail and wholesale environments. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced settings and works collaboratively across functions to maximize sales and optimize inventory.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in merchandise planning or inventory management in retail.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end receipt planning and assortment strategy.
• Analyze sales trends to inform planning strategies.
• Collaborate with various teams to align on inventory and pricing.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Retail planning

Inventory management

Data analysis

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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Full Time New York, NY, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 1356

Salary Range: $75,000.00 To $85,000.00 Annually

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Stoney Clover Lane is seeking a strategic, detail-oriented, and highly collaborative Merchandise Planner to lead end-to-end receipt planning and assortment strategy across our product categories. This role is responsible for developing and executing merchandise financial plans that support company goals, maximize sales, optimize inventory sell through, and increase profitability

You’ll work cross-functionally with production, marketing, retail, and e-commerce teams to forecast demand, analyze performance, and guide business decisions that impact sell-through, margin, and inventory health. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and is excited to shape the planning function at a growing lifestyle brand.

PLANNING AND ASSORTMENT BUILDING

• Analyze historical sales trends and current business performance to inform future planning and assortment strategies at the weekly, monthly and LTD periods.
• Own tops down and bottoms up merchandise sales and inventory plans by collection, category and key item.
• Collaborate with Design, Production, Marketing and Allocation teams to ensure alignment on product assortment, pricing, launch timing and inventory flow.
• Monitor and forecast inventory levels by collection, category and key item to ensure optimal sell throughs are being achieved and inventory is manageable.
• Provide actionable insights to influence pricing strategies, markdowns, and promotional planning.

CROSS FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP

• Work closely with product development to inform line planning with data-driven insights.
• Partner with marketing to ensure launches are supported by the right inventory strategy.
• Coordinate with retail ops and allocation managers on store allocation and replenishment strategies.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 5–7 years of experience in merchandise planning, retail & wholesale planning, or inventory management, ideally in a DTC or multi-channel retail environment. Strong cross-functional partnership skills, highly detail-oriented and organized
• Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint expertise: must be able to analyze large volumes of data in excel and be able to distill analysis into digestible presentations
• Deep analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and accuracy in a fast paced environment
• Proficient independently identifying and managing multiple top priorities daily.
• Demonstrates a strong ability to work independently, entrepreneurially, and collaboratively.

CORE COMPETANCIES

• Initiative: Actively strives to achieve goals beyond the minimum level of performance. A self-starter who has the ability to work well without close supervision.
• Mathematical: Must be proficient working with numbers to ensure correctness of data produced when compiling large volumes of data on a spreadsheet for analysis.
• Analytical: Must be able to identify and react to business trends in various markets.
• Organized: Must be able to develop a system that will enable you to gather and retrieve information quickly.
• Communication: Able to communicate clearly and productively with various business partners to foster open communication and to establish good working relationships within the business.

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