Merchandise Planner, Amazon

Victoria's Secret; Reynoldsburg (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Victoria's Secret is seeking a Merchandise Planner for Amazon to drive financial and inventory planning across the US and Canada. You will own forecasts, inventory plans, and analysis to ensure sales, margin, and inventory productivity.

You will work with the Planning Director to monitor performance, identify risks and opportunities, and translate merchant vision into profitable results. Strong analytical skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities across brands are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and sound business judgment.
• Ability to translate merchant vision into profitable results.
• Capacity to manage multiple priorities across brands and categories.

Responsibilities

• Own forecasts, inventory plans, and performance tracking for assigned brands or categories.
• Monitor sales, inventory, and margin performance and identify risks and opportunities.
• Support pricing, promotional, and markdown execution through analysis and system updates.
• Maintain planning tools, data accuracy, and reporting used in weekly and monthly business reviews.
• Support projections for budgeting, long-range planning, and MPC processes.
• Become an expert in 3rd party platforms to support item setup, issue resolution, and day-to-day execution.

Skills

Analytical skills

Forecasting

Inventory planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Description

Your Role:

The Merchandise Planner, Amazon, supports financial and inventory planning for the global Amazon business (US and Canada). This role owns day-to-day planning execution and analysis, ensuring forecasts, inventory flow, and in season actions support sales, margin, and inventory productivity.

You will work closely with the Planning Director to monitor business performance, identify risks and opportunities, and support decision making in a fast paced, highly complex environment. This role is responsible for translating the merchant’s vision into viable profitable results, and requires strong analytical skills, sound business judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities across brands and categories

Your Impact

Planning Execution

• Own forecasts, inventory plans, and performance tracking for assigned brands or categories




• Monitor sales, inventory, and margin performance and proactively identify risks and opportunities




• Support pricing, promotional, and markdown execution through analysis and system updates




• Maintain planning tools, data accuracy, and reporting used in weekly and monthly business reviews




• Support projections for budgeting, long range planning, and MPC processes




• Become an expert in 3rd party platforms to support item set-up, issue resolution, and day to day execution of key tasks

Cross-functional Partnership

• Partner with Merchandising to align buys and inventory flow to sales targets




• Execute allocation requests and coordination with SCPA and Distribution Partners to ensure accurate and timely product flow




• Support article setup, hierarchy updates, and attribute accuracy with catalog partners




• Partner with Operations, Brand Merchandise Planning, Demand and Deployment, Production, Marketing, and Finance to support consistent execution




• Partner with Amazon and commerce solution partners to support operational execution

Ownership and Accountability

• Take ownership of assigned planning workstreams and deliver results with accuracy and urgency




• Use data and business context to inform recommendations and influence decisions




• Operate with accountability and attention to detail in a fast-moving environment

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