Strategic Merchandise Planner & Data Analytics

What Goes Around Comes Around; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

What Goes Around Comes Around is seeking a Merchandise Planner to collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and manage category financial plans, forecasts, and inventory demand across our Wholesale network.

You will build scalable planning frameworks, deploy Python-driven data workflows, and translate performance metrics into actionable insights that steer Open-to-Buy, turns, margin, and profitability. Join a fast-paced team focused on data-driven merchandising excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Merchandising, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in merchandise planning, buying, retail analytics, financial planning, or a related analytical role.
• Strong understanding of retail and merchandising principles including sales, inventory, margin, sell-through, OTB, and inventory turn.
• Highly analytical with the ability to interpret complex data and translate findings into clear business recommendations.
• Advanced Excel and technical modeling capabilities with large datasets.
• Data automation and scripting experience (Python or equivalent) to build automated workflows.

Responsibilities

• Assist in Open-to-Buy preparation, refinement, and analysis for each buy.
• Develop and maintain seasonal merchandise and inventory plans aligned with sales goals.
• Monitor inventory commitments and adjust based on performance and market conditions.
• Partner with Buyers and Merchandising to ensure inventory investments support strategy.
• Analyze receipts, inventory levels, and sales performance.
• Design and deploy Python scripts to automate data ingestion workflows for reporting.
• Monitor KPIs like sell-through, months of supply, inventory turn, and margin.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Python (pandas)

Data analysis

Presentation skills

Project management

Financial modeling

Retail analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Merchandising/Economics

Tools

Excel

Python (Pandas)

Job description

What Goes Around Comes Around is seeking a Merchandise Planner to collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and manage category financial plans, forecasts, and inventory demand across our Wholesale network.

You will build scalable planning frameworks, deploy Python-driven data workflows, and translate performance metrics into actionable insights that steer Open-to-Buy, turns, margin, and profitability. Join a fast-paced team focused on data-driven merchandising excellence.