Strategic Merchandise Planner: Forecasting & Inventory

SSi People; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SSi People is seeking a Merchandise Planner to support merchandise planning, forecasting, and inventory decisions in a dynamic retail environment. You will help build financial plans, analyze performance, and shape strategies for profitable, consumer-focused assortments.

The role emphasizes developing pre-season plans, forecasting, and delivering actionable analysis, with collaboration across planning and merchandising teams to optimize inventory and open-to-buy processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field.
• 3-5 years of relevant professional experience, including merchandise planning experience in a retail environment.
• Microsoft Excel skills at a high-intermediate to advanced level.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to share actionable insights from multiple data sources.
• Ability to independently drive toward a clear outcome with an unclear path, organize information from multiple sources, and shape repeatable processes.
• Preferred: intermediate data manipulation and visualization skills (Excel, SQL, Snowflake, Tableau, or PowerBI) and experience communicating with executive and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop pre-season style plans that support financial goals and inventory objectives.
• Recap business performance and forecast sales and inventory on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
• Build and maintain reporting tools, analyze data, and provide actionable insights to planning and merchandising partners.
• Support monthly and seasonal inventory management, including open to buy forecasts, pricing review, and product lifecycle activities.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Forecasting

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

SQL

Tableau/PowerBI

Job description

SSi People is seeking a Merchandise Planner to support merchandise planning, forecasting, and inventory decisions in a dynamic retail environment. You will help build financial plans, analyze performance, and shape strategies for profitable, consumer-focused assortments.

The role emphasizes developing pre-season plans, forecasting, and delivering actionable analysis, with collaboration across planning and merchandising teams to optimize inventory and open-to-buy processes.