Associate Planner

About the role

Arhaus was founded in 1986 on a simple idea: Furniture and décor should be sustainably sourced, lovingly made, and built to last. Today, we partner with artisans around the world who share our vision, creating beautiful, heirloom-quality pieces that can be used – and loved – for generations.

The Associate Merchandise Planner is responsible for creating and maintaining monthly and yearly financial plans for their assigned categories and effectively partnering with the Merchandising, Sourcing, Channel (Stores / Ecom) and Distribution & Logistics teams on identifying and implementing strategies to achieve the approved plans.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual / seasonal / monthly category merchandise financial plans in accordance with company goals, historical performance and trend analysis.
• Create SKU level sales and inventory plans for seasonal Investment Reviews to ensure the correct inventory levels in place to support category plans.
• Continuously analyze and reforecast the Open to Buy and recommend / execute strategies to maximize opportunities and minimize risk.
• Monitor and manage inventory levels throughout product lifecycle to stay in line with the turn and inventory plan, partnering with Sourcing and Vendors to adjust on order where appropriate.
• Develop and execute price actions to drive sales and margin across new products, promotions and markdowns.
• Evaluate stock and sales by store or DC for replenishment product and make recommendations to balance inventory and drive SKU productivity.
• Conduct detailed SKU hindsight analysis and present findings and actions to maximize SKU productivity, margin and turn.
• Set and communicate KPI targets and updates (e.g. SKU Count & Productivity, Sales, Margin and Inventory targets) to Merchandising partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent business experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Merchandise Planning, Allocation or Buying
• High proficiency in Excel
• Thorough understanding of retail math

Skills

• Strong analytical curiosity and critical thinking
• Drive to problem-solve, continuously improve and execute
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated and able to work in a dynamic / fluid environment with efficiency, accuracy and sense of urgency