Strategic Merchandise Planner

Helzberg Diamonds; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Helzberg Diamonds seeks a Merchandise Planner to support the Ben Bridge merchandising function by developing, maintaining, and analyzing merchandise financial plans and forecasts for assigned categories. You will partner with Buying, Planning, and Allocation teams to align category plans with merchandising strategies, sales trends, inventory goals.

In this hybrid role, you will maintain open-to-buy reporting, communicate risks and opportunities, and prepare regular updates for the Merchandising

Qualifications

• Three or more years of corporate retail experience in merchandise planning, allocation, financial planning, product demand planning, or related merchandising analysis required.
• Experience in merchandise financial planning, forecasting, open-to-buy management, pricing analysis, and inventory management preferred.
• Understanding of product assortment, SKU-level performance, allocation activity, seasonality, pricing, and promotional impacts on merchandise plans and forecasts required.
• Strong analytical and advanced retail math skills; proficiency with Excel, Word, and planning systems.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills; ability to partner effectively within the broader Merchandising team.
• Hybrid schedule with predictable onsite attendance required three or more days per week.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update sales, margin, inventory, and open-to-buy plans for assigned product categories.
• Support merchandise plans and forecasts by analyzing historical performance, current trends, seasonality, pricing, promotions, and inventory position.
• Maintain open-to-buy reporting and communicate risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to support sales, margin, inventory, and turn objectives.
• Build ad hoc reporting for Merchants and analyze business as required.
• Support annual and semi-annual sales, margin, and inventory planning processes.
• Prepare and communicate regular business updates, reporting summaries, and forecast recommendations to Merchandising team.
• Manage SKU level plans, forecasts, order and SKU status updates as needed.
• Work with Merchandising partners to support business objectives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Retail math

Communication

Project management

Team collaboration

Tools

Excel

Word

Planning systems

Job description

Helzberg Diamonds seeks a Merchandise Planner to support the Ben Bridge merchandising function by developing, maintaining, and analyzing merchandise financial plans and forecasts for assigned categories. You will partner with Buying, Planning, and Allocation teams to align category plans with merchandising strategies, sales trends, inventory goals.

In this hybrid role, you will maintain open-to-buy reporting, communicate risks and opportunities, and prepare regular updates for the Merchandising