Merchandise Planner, Zappos

About the role

Zappos is seeking a highly analytical Merchandise Planner to drive business success through data-driven insights, assortment optimization, and category and brand planning.

Responsibilities

• Partner with buyer(s) to design seasonal and annual strategies by category and vendor.
• Build financial plans in accordance with merchandise strategies to maximize profitability.
• Drive in-season decision making to achieve financial and strategic targets.
• Manage inventory health, open-to-buy, item-level forecasting, and assortment planning.
• Optimize sales and inventory productivity through analysis and plans that drive high impact decision making.
• Forecast financials and related operational metrics.
• Manage reporting, driving a high standard for analytical excellence.
• Develop price reduction and exit recommendations with pricing team.
• Brainstorm and develop projects that improve the efficiency of buying/planning systems, processes and procedures.
• Partake in A/B testing of new tools and maintain owner mindset to deliver constructive feedback.
• Train and develop team members.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of with Excel experience
• Bachelor's degree, or 4+ years of professional or military experience
• 4+ years of supply chain, inventory management or project management experience
• Experience in Retail or wholesale business
• Knowledge of the principles of statistical inventory control
• Experience managing and executing large projects from start to finish, including project management, data gathering and modeling, problem solving, and communicating recommendations
• Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices
• Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences