Strategic Merchandise Planning Lead

Gap Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Gap Inc is seeking a Manager, Merchandise Planning in New York to lead inventory strategy and drive financial roadmap for product categories. You and your team will forecast, plan, and align brand strategy with customer needs to exceed financial targets.

The role emphasizes collaboration across Merchandising, Visual, Production, Distribution and Planning, with a strong focus on Excel-based analysis and storytelling to present forecasts and action plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in fashion retail financial planning and budgeting.
• Strong Excel proficiency and ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Ability to forecast, plan, and communicate financial projections across teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Merchandising to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial and product opportunities by division and department
• Create preseason sales, gross margin and inventory plans by division and department that support product strategies
• Identify risks and opportunities to business and recommend strategies to achieve financial goals
• Present financial forecast and supporting action plans in open to buy meeting
• Develop and communicate department level markdown recommendations and strategies, as well as financial results and forecasts to manager and cross functional team on a weekly basis
• Collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop systems knowledge and Create an innovating, results oriented environment
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of cross functional team (Merchandising, Visual, Production, Distribution, Planning and Company Planning), sharing best practices and ways of working.

Skills

Excel

Forecasting

Financial planning

Analytical skills

Storytelling

Collaboration

Tools

Excel

Job description

Gap Inc is seeking a Manager, Merchandise Planning in New York to lead inventory strategy and drive financial roadmap for product categories. You and your team will forecast, plan, and align brand strategy with customer needs to exceed financial targets.

The role emphasizes collaboration across Merchandising, Visual, Production, Distribution and Planning, with a strong focus on Excel-based analysis and storytelling to present forecasts and action plans.