Merchandise Planner (NAM)

Overview

What You'll Be Doing

Preseason

• Build seasonal sales, margin and inventory plans across all accessories categories.


• Analyse prior performance to uncover trends, missed opportunities and key growth drivers.


• Recommend style count, colour count and flow strategies to optimise profitability.


• Summarise risks and opportunities and share insights in investment and commercial reviews.


• Support the development and optimisation of assortment planning tools and processes.

In Season

• Deliver weekly business updates, calling out trends, risks and opportunities vs. forecast.


• Build and maintain updated sales, margin and inventory forecasts; support monthly OTB.


• Partner with Merchandising and Allocation to ensure strong receipt flow and in‑stock accuracy.


• Manage weekly unit sales plans and identify product driving upside or headwinds.


• Support markdown and promotional strategies with clear pricing and margin scenarios.

What You'll Have

Essential Skills & experience:  

• Demonstratable experience of merchandise planning, allocation, merchandising, financial planning, strategy or business analytics 


• Strong analytical, financial modeling and problem-solving skills 


• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills 


• Ability to manage multiple work streams/projects with tight deadlines 


• Strong technical aptitude, including advanced competency in Microsoft Excel and ability to quickly master new applications and systems 

Preferred Skills & experience: 

• Experience in activewear apparel planning  


• Experience working internationally, across multiple currency types  


• Experience working on multiple apparel product categories 


• A love of the Gym and living an active lifestyle 

What You'll Get