Strategic Merchandise Planner

Lids; Indianapolis (IN); Presencial; USD 55.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Lids Sports Group, based in Indianapolis, IN, is seeking an Associate Merchandise Planner to build financial sales, gross margin, and inventory plans across pre-season and in-season periods. You will partner with Buying & Merchandising teams to develop local assortments that maximize sales and profitability.

You will support development, execution, and communication of financial plans while providing analytics and insights to stakeholders on business performance.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Fashion Merchandising, or related field.
• 0–3 years of merchandising/planning/buying experience preferred.
• Strong retail math and financial-reporting understanding.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate annual, seasonal, monthly, weekly, and daily merchandise plans.
• Construct purchase schedules including initial deliveries and in-season flow.
• Manage monthly Open-to-Buy activities.
• Provide trend analyses and recommendations to influence assortments and purchases.
• Analyze historical performance to identify opportunities and risks.

Conocimientos

Analytical skills

Independent work

Communication skills

Retail math understanding

Computer/software proficiency

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance/Marketing/Fashion Merchandising or related field

Herramientas

Excel (pivot tables, lookups, modeling)

Planning/reporting tools

Data visualization platforms

Descripción del empleo

Lids Sports Group, based in Indianapolis, IN, is seeking an Associate Merchandise Planner to build financial sales, gross margin, and inventory plans across pre-season and in-season periods. You will partner with Buying & Merchandising teams to develop local assortments that maximize sales and profitability.

You will support development, execution, and communication of financial plans while providing analytics and insights to stakeholders on business performance.