Senior Merchandise Planner

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Openkrill is seeking a Senior Merchandise Planner to drive inventory and demand planning across DTC, Amazon US/CA/MX, and wholesale channels. You’ll own day-to-day execution with autonomy and sound judgment in line-level planning, promotions, allocation, and inventory health.

You’ll forecast demand, translate forecasts into inventory recommendations, monitor channel health, and manage OTB data with senior stakeholders’ collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years in merchandise or demand planning.
• Experience in DTC, ecommerce or fashion brands preferred.
• Ability to manage fast-paced, data-driven planning.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive sales and demand forecasts for assigned category or channel.
• Analyze historical sales, trends, seasonality, and market dynamics to refine plans.
• Translate forecasts into inventory recommendations to optimize service and turnover.
• Monitor inventory health across channels and identify stockout or excess risks.
• Lead inventory allocation and coordinate with supply chain on replenishment and lead time.
• Own the monthly Open-to-Buy process and support with data prep and reporting.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and new AI-enabled planning tools.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Demand forecasting

Inventory management

Multi-channel

Forecasting methods

Stakeholder management

Autonomy

Tools

Excel

Looker

Job description

Location: US Remote (ET hours)Role Type: Full-time | ExemptReports To: Director of Merchandise Planning

Overview

We're seeking a Senior Merchandise Planner to drive inventory and demand planning execution across our channels, including Direct-to-Consumer (DTC), Amazon (US, CA, MX), and wholesale partners. We're looking for a planner who thrives with autonomy and sound judgment, confidently owning day-to-day execution across line-level planning, promotional management, allocation, and inventory health.

This is a strong opportunity to build deep, hands‑on experience across a multi‑channel business, operating with the pace and agility of a scaling business while leveraging the foundation of an established consumer brand.

What You'll Do

Demand Forecasting & Inventory Support

• Own and drive sales and demand forecasts for an assigned category or channel, partnering closely with the Director of Merchandise Planning to align on strategy and targets.
• Analyze historical sales, trends, seasonality, and market dynamics to build and refine demand plans, proactively flagging risks and opportunities.
• Translate forecasts into inventory recommendations that optimize service levels and turnover targets.

Inventory & Channel Management

• Monitor inventory health across assigned channels, proactively identifying and acting on stockout and excess risk.
• Lead inventory allocation across regions and channels, escalating as needed.
• Partner closely with supply chain and operations teams on production, replenishment, and lead‑time tracking.

Open-to-Buy (OTB) Management

• Own the monthly OTB process for assigned category or channel, including data prep, tracking, and reporting, with the ability to independently manage the cadence and ensuring accuracy.
• Support merchandising and finance on OTB updates and variance tracking.
• Proactively surface risks and opportunities identified in the data, translating findings into actionable recommendations.

Systems & Reporting

• Leverage existing planning tools and reporting workflows to maintain accurate, up‑to‑date plans.
• Identify and flag opportunities for process or reporting improvements.
• Stay curious about emerging AI‑enabled planning tools and support evaluation efforts as the business explores new capabilities.

Channel & Market Support

• Own planning execution for assigned channel(s) (DTC, Amazon US/CA/MX, or wholesale) based on established strategy.
• Collaborate with marketplace and wholesale teams to incorporate partner promotions into forecasts.

Merchandising Support

• Support the merchandise team with assortment planning work as needed.
• Assist with sample coordination and related merchandising tasks.

What You Bring

• 5-7+ years of experience in merchandise planning, demand planning, inventory management, or a related analytical role, ideally within DTC ecomm, retail, fashion, accessories, lifestyle, jewelry, or consumer brands.
• Prior startup experience highly preferred.
• Proven experience in multi‑channel environments (DTC, Amazon/marketplaces, and/or wholesale).
• Deep working knowledge of forecasting methodologies, inventory tracking, and markdown processes/ promotional planning.
• Strong focus on execution with the ability to independently manage detailed, recurring analytical work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy and sound judgment.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with and influencing senior stakeholders (e.g., VP/SVP-level) a plus.
• Advanced Excel skills; familiarity with Looker or similar BI tools a plus.