Strategic Merchandise Planner: Inventory & Growth

Tracksmith; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tracksmith is seeking a Merchandise Planner to drive profitable growth through disciplined assortment, inventory and financial planning across our ecommerce and retail businesses.

This role will own the planning process from pre-season line planning and initial buys through in-season trading, open-to-buy management, inventory optimization and markdown recommendations. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical and retail planning capabilities with a commercial mindset.

Qualifications

• 3–6+ years of merchandise planning or related retail experience.
• Experience planning omnichannel ecommerce and physical retail.
• Advanced Excel skills and large data handling.
• Strong retail math and analytical communication.

Responsibilities

• Seasonal & Assortment Planning: Partner with Merchandising to build seasonal line plans and assortment architecture, translating category strategies and financial targets into actionable product plans.
• Develop bottoms-up seasonal buys at the style/color level, using historical performance, productivity, selling curves, channel demand and future product strategies to inform investment.
• Build and own Ecommerce and Store revenue and margin plans, ensuring category and style-level plans reconcile to channel and enterprise targets.
• Open-to-Buy & Inventory Management: Own the monthly OTB process for assigned categories, maintaining current forecasts for Ecommerce and Store sales, margin, receipts, inventory and markdowns.
• Establish target weeks of supply, reorder points and inventory guardrails based on demand, lead times and service-level expectations.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Inventory planning

Buying

Advanced Excel

Tools

Excel

Job description

Tracksmith is seeking a Merchandise Planner to drive profitable growth through disciplined assortment, inventory and financial planning across our ecommerce and retail businesses.

This role will own the planning process from pre-season line planning and initial buys through in-season trading, open-to-buy management, inventory optimization and markdown recommendations. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical and retail planning capabilities with a commercial mindset.