Strategic Merch Financial Planner — Data-Driven, Equity Eligible

Zumiez Inc; Lynnwood, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity eligibility

Job summary

Zumiez Inc in Lynnwood, WA is seeking a Merchandise Financial Planner to build seasonal financial plans, set Open-to-Buy budgets, and optimize department assortments to maximize the customer experience. You will partner with buyers to translate data into forecasts, reconcile plans with assortment strategy, and drive alignment between financial targets and merchandising execution.

Requires 3–5 years in planning/buying, a business-related degree, and strong Excel/SQL/Power BI skills; an

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, retail merchandising, or related field, or equivalent combination.
• 3-5 years of successful planning and/or buying experience.
• Self-starter, strong initiative, and a deep sense of curiosity.
• Resourceful problem-solver, ability to thrive in ambiguity.
• Strong data analysis skills and ability to use visualization tools such as Excel, SQL, and Power BI preferred.
• Effective verbal and written communication.
• Team player: you can collaborate well with others and bring out the best in your team.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Support company and organizational initiatives and projects through individual contribution and collaboration with cross-functional partners.
• Generate insights and visibility that help to maximize business opportunities and decision making through informed and data-driven forecasting and modeling.
• Develop and manage seasonal financial plans at the department/category/vendor level. Ensure all key planning indicators are met and achieve department strategy. Reconcile the financial plans with assortment plans to ensure overall alignment between department strategies and financial targets. Review financial plans with Merchandising leadership.
• Own all aspects of assortment planning and maximization; includes assortment shell planning, key brand partner breadth and depth guidance, and store clustering.
• Collaborate with the buying team to execute to financial and assortment plans, making the appropriate course corrections as needed.
• Identify deviations from forecasted results and other variances and timely resolve or make recommendations for any issues.
• Review in-season metrics and track performance against plan, working with the appropriate teams to help achieve seasonal plans.
• Maintain the markdown budget and partnering with the buying team to help drive effective execution.
• Create post-season recaps to quantify actual results to plan and generate learnings and insights that will assist in future planning and execution.
• Ad hoc assignments and projects as required.

Skills

Self-starter

Strong initiative

Curiosity

Ambiguity tolerance

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Tools

Excel

SQL

Power BI

Job description

Zumiez Inc in Lynnwood, WA is seeking a Merchandise Financial Planner to build seasonal financial plans, set Open-to-Buy budgets, and optimize department assortments to maximize the customer experience. You will partner with buyers to translate data into forecasts, reconcile plans with assortment strategy, and drive alignment between financial targets and merchandising execution.

Requires 3–5 years in planning/buying, a business-related degree, and strong Excel/SQL/Power BI skills; an