Senior Merchandise Planner - Forecasting & Analytics

Kendo Brands, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 108,300 - 135,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flex paid time off

Parental leave

Employee discount

Retirement plan

Summer Fridays

Work from anywhere for two weeks

Wellness shutdown week

Job summary

Kendo Holdings, Inc. in San Francisco seeks a Senior Merchandise Planner to own SKU- and account-level forecasting across wholesale accounts in North America.

You will run monthly forecasts, build analyses, and collaborate with Sales, Supply Chain, Brand, Demand Planning, and Finance to improve retailer in-stock performance. The role requires 5+ years in merchandise or wholesale planning, strong Excel skills, and experience with enterprise planning, ideally Anaplan.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of merchandise or wholesale planning experience.
• BA/BS in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Economics, or related field.
• Strong proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, Power Query, advanced functions).
• Experience with an enterprise planning platform; Anaplan a plus.
• Analytical problem-solving, scenario modeling, and data storytelling.
• Negotiation and influencing skills with internal partners and account contacts.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Build bottom-up retail and wholesale plans by account, category, and SKU.
• Partner with Sales and Brand to translate assortment direction into SKU-level plans.
• Maintain account-level OTB and flag risks and opportunities to the planning lead.
• Monitor weekly sell-out and stock-outs and coordinate corrective actions.
• Prepare and maintain monthly forecasts, identifying risks and opportunities.
• Contribute to forecast consensus with Demand Planning and flag exceptional demand.
• Provide account-level inputs into monthly and annual sales budgets.
• Track new product launch POs with Supply Chain and elevate delivery risks.
• Use advanced Excel and Anaplan to build reporting and analysis.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Wholesale planning

Advanced Excel

Anaplan

Data storytelling

Education

BA/BS in Business or related field

Tools

Excel (Pivot tables, Power Query)

Anaplan

Job description

Kendo Holdings, Inc. in San Francisco seeks a Senior Merchandise Planner to own SKU- and account-level forecasting across wholesale accounts in North America.

You will run monthly forecasts, build analyses, and collaborate with Sales, Supply Chain, Brand, Demand Planning, and Finance to improve retailer in-stock performance. The role requires 5+ years in merchandise or wholesale planning, strong Excel skills, and experience with enterprise planning, ideally Anaplan.