Senior Merchandise Planner

Dolls Kill; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative fashion brand as a Senior Inventory Planner, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping product offerings and inventory strategies. This dynamic position requires a blend of analytical prowess and creativity, empowering you to make data-driven decisions that directly impact revenue growth. Collaborate with a talented team across various functions, from design to finance, in a vibrant environment that champions individuality and creativity. If you're passionate about fashion and ready to drive change in a fast-paced setting, this opportunity is tailor-made for you. Embrace the chance to influence the future of a brand that celebrates uniqueness and style.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of merchandise planning experience required.
• Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables and v lookups.

Responsibilities

• Analyze sales and inventory data to guide product decisions.
• Execute inventory planning processes to drive revenue growth.
• Recap and analyze sales results on a regular basis.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Data Analysis

Advanced Excel

Inventory Planning

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Excel

Inventory Planning Tools

Job description

Dolls Kill is a global fashion brand that empowers everyone to celebrate their individuality. We currently have over 10 million social media followers including some of the most influential personalities in music, art, pop culture, and fashion. We’re also backed by strong consumer-focused investors who share in our vision of building one of the world’s next great consumer brands.

Our team is growing quickly and we are hiring across many functions. We are looking for team members who are equally passionate about what we do and excited about joining the Dolls Kill crew.

About Us

Named "The Fastest Growing Retailer in the US", Dolls Kill is a fashion brand that boldly empowers young women to celebrate their individuality. With over two million followers on Instagram, we've become a cult favorite among DJs, celebrities, and artists around the world.

Based in SF Bay Area, we have an amazing team of retail leaders, scrappy hackers, creative marketers, and fashion trendsetters who are fun to work with and serious about what they do. We're also backed by strong consumer-focused investors who share in our vision of building one of the world's next great consumer brands.

About the Role

As a Senior Inventory Planner, you'll be a critical part of a cross-functional team that owns the P&L for one of our product categories (e.g. Shoes, Apparel, Accessories, Beauty). You'll work closely with Buyers, Designers, Finance, and Operations to decide which products to carry and how to allocate inventory investment across them. You'll analyze sales, inventory, and website data to uncover insights that guide the rest of the team and ensure that we have the products our customers want, when they want them.

A great candidate will have outstanding critical thinking and problem-solving skills, a deep understanding of how to use data to drive decisions, and advanced Excel skills including the ability to work with extremely large data sets. The ideal candidate will also have experience with inventory planning processes/tools (category/assortment planning, open-to-buy, re-orders, clearance/markdowns, etc.) in an apparel business, the ability to collaborate effectively with and manage execution across multiple teams, and experience managing inventory in apparel or another high-SKU category with size or color variations.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze sales, inventory, and website data to uncover insights that guide product assortment and inventory decisions.
• Execute inventory planning processes including category/assortment planning, open-to-buy, re-orders, clearance/markdowns, etc.
• Drive revenue growth by efficiently allocating inventory investment based on sales trends.
• Improve inventory efficiency/turnover by developing buy plans for seasonal and everyday products.
• Recap and analyze sales results and variances to plan on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
• Perform independent analysis and recommend courses of action to drive profitable sales.

Requirements

• Requires a minimum of 3 years of merchandise planning experience involving sales and inventory planning, sales forecasting, and OTB.
• 4-year college degree required.
• Outstanding critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• A deep understanding of how to use data to drive decisions.
• Demonstrated experience gathering and manipulating data to answer questions and solve problems.
• Advanced Excel skills including the ability to work with extremely large data sets, Pivot Tables, v lookups, and logical formulas.
• Strong organizational and time management skills; able to effectively manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfort with ambiguity and passion/excitement for building new tools and processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience planning inventory for apparel or another high SKU count category.
• Knowledge of inventory planning processes (assortment planning, open-to-buy, re-orders, markdowns, etc.) and retail math.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with and manage execution across multiple teams.
• Prior experience in a start-up organization.
• Passion for and experience in the fashion industry.

Salary: $90,000 - $110,000 a year