Strategic Hybrid Merchandise Planner

Entertainment Retail Enterprises LLC; Florida; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Employee discount

401(k)

Job summary

Entertainment Retail Enterprises LLC is seeking a detail-oriented Merchandise Planner to develop, execute, and communicate financial forecasts and merchandising strategies across multiple distribution channels.

You will analyze historical trends, support pre-season planning, manage in-season forecasts, and help drive sales, margin, and inventory performance. The ideal candidate thrives with data, reports, and cross-functional collaboration to support business decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field required.
• 3+ years of related professional experience required.
• U.S. work authorization required.
• Strong understanding of retail fundamentals, open-to-buy planning, inventory management, and sales/inventory forecasting.
• Ability to analyze data, recognize trends, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Strong internal relationship management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Sound decision-making skills with ability to prioritize short- and long-range projects.
• Flexible, agile problem solver who can quickly assess business needs and respond effectively.
• Effective verbal communication skills, including meeting facilitation and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial results by supporting sales, inventory, margin, and profitability goals across multiple channels of distribution.
• Create pre-season forecasts and manage in-season sales forecasts, inventory plans, and business recaps.
• Analyze historical sales, inventory, and trend data to identify risks, opportunities, and category-level insights.
• Evaluate product demand, including impact of promotions, campaigns, seasonality, and item-level performance.
• Partner with merchandising, marketing, operations, finance, and other departments to align product strategies with financial goals.
• Support timely and accurate execution of in-season strategies by monitoring performance and recommending actions.
• Develop working knowledge of reporting systems, planning tools, and distribution channels.
• Seek practical solutions to business obstacles while identifying process improvement opportunities.

Skills

Forecasting

Open-to-buy planning

Inventory management

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

PivotTables

NetSuite

Job description

Entertainment Retail Enterprises LLC is seeking a detail-oriented Merchandise Planner to develop, execute, and communicate financial forecasts and merchandising strategies across multiple distribution channels.

You will analyze historical trends, support pre-season planning, manage in-season forecasts, and help drive sales, margin, and inventory performance. The ideal candidate thrives with data, reports, and cross-functional collaboration to support business decisions.