Senior Manager, Merchandise Financial Planning

Jobtailor; New Jersey; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior Merchandise Financial Planning leader in the United States (NJ area) to direct a team of planners. You will own open-to-buy strategy, OTB reporting, and forecasting for major merchandising teams, while partnering with merchandising, operations, and finance to translate business needs into actionable plans.

You will drive variance analysis, forecast accuracy, and inventory outcomes, and help implement a new OTB planning model in Anaplan with ongoing automation.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience in merchandise financial planning or related retail planning work.
• Experience leading teams and cross-functional relationships across merchandising, operations, and finance.
• Strong analytical and modeling skills, including experience with Anaplan or similar systems.
• Experience using trend analysis and variance reporting to drive decisions and improve performance.
• Retail/finance experience with ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.
• Must reside in PA, NJ, or DE; relocation assistance is not available.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of merchandise financial planners.
• Lead open-to-buy strategy, reporting, and planning model development for merchandising teams.
• Lead OTB reporting, budget processes, modeling, and forecasting for QVC and/or HSN merchandising teams.
• Develop a team responsible for inventory, receipt, and trend analysis across merchandise categories.
• Partner with Merchandising, Commerce, Operations, and Finance to translate business needs into plans and insights.
• Oversee variance analysis and reporting to identify issues and improve forecast accuracy and inventory outcomes.
• Help implement a new OTB planning model in Anaplan and support ongoing process automation.
• Improve inventory and receipt forecasting and strengthen open-to-buy reporting.

Skills

Merchandise Financial Planning

Open-To-Buy Strategy

Inventory Forecasting

Anaplan

Trend Analysis

Tools

Anaplan

Financial Systems

Job description

• Report to the Director, Merchandise Financial Planning
• Lead a team of merchandise financial planners
• Lead open-to-buy strategy, reporting, and planning model development for merchandising teams
• Lead OTB reporting, budget processes, modeling, and forecasting for QVC and/or HSN merchandising teams
• Develop a team responsible for inventory, receipt, and trend analysis across merchandise categories
• Partner with Merchandising, Commerce, Operations, and Finance to translate business needs into applicable plans and insights
• Oversee variance analysis and reporting, identify issues and opportunities, and guide next steps that improve forecast accuracy and inventory outcomes
• Help implement a new OTB planning model in Anaplan and support ongoing process automation
• Improve inventory and receipt forecasting and strengthen open-to-buy reporting

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in merchandise financial planning, open to buy, inventory forecasting, or related retail planning work
• Experience leading teams and building strong cross-functional relationships across merchandising, operations, and finance
• Strong analytical and modeling skills, including experience with Anaplan or similar planning and financial systems
• Experience using trend analysis and variance reporting to identify issues, guide decisions, and improve business performance
• Retail and finance experience with the ability to turn complex data into clear recommendations and action plans
• Must reside in PA, NJ, or DE
• Relocation assistance is not available for this role

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in merchandise financial planning, open-to-buy strategy, and inventory forecasting, with a strong ability to lead teams and collaborate across functions to drive business performance and improve forecasting accuracy.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Merchandise Financial Planning
• Open-To-Buy Strategy
• Inventory Forecasting
• Anaplan
• Trend Analysis

Hard Skills

• Budget Processes
• Modeling
• Forecasting
• Variance Analysis
• Data Analysis

Soft Skills

• Team Leadership
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Analytical Skills

Industry Keywords

• Retail Planning
• Merchandising
• Operations
• Finance

Tools & Technologies

• Anaplan
• Financial Systems