Senior Merchandise Planner

About the role

The Senior Merchandise Planner drives demand forecasting and aligns tops-down/bottoms-up inventory plans for assigned ThirdLove product categories. They identify risks and opportunities, manage data and size curve integrity, and oversee SKUs and purchase orders. This role determines optimal investment levels across styles, sizes, and channels to hit sales and margin targets in an omnichannel environment.

Responsibilities

• Align cross-functional plans and product-level forecasting/receipt plans
• Forecast monthly sales/inventory incorporating bottoms-up trends and market insights
• Execute action plans to align demand with inventory targets
• Analyze size-level selling across channels to optimize allocation, reduce stock issues, and update size curves based on historical and channel-specific data
• Formulate strategic initial and reorder buy recommendations to meet sales forecasts
• Maximize inventory productivity and manage the entire inventory lifecycle for profitability
• Analyze omnichannel selling to drive clear, executable action plans
• Refine forecasting based on insights
• Establish annual/seasonal sales and inventory targets for existing and expanding channels
• Develop, optimize, and implement best-in-class processes and tools for omnichannel sales analysis, receipt planning, and dynamic inventory allocation

Requirements

• 5-7 years in merchandise or demand planning for apparel/consumer goods; preferably intimates/numeric sizing
• Expertise in omnichannel demand forecasting and OTB planning (e-commerce, retail, wholesale)
• Strong knowledge of demand planning tools
• Highly-collaborative with cross-functional teams
• Skilled at analyzing large datasets, identifying patterns, and making business-driving recommendations
• Clear, concise communicator across all management levels
• Strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills
• Expert in Intermediate & Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Proficiency in GSuite & Netsuite ERP preferred
• Experience implementing new planning/forecasting tools is a plus
• Sense of urgency; able to manage ambiguity and prioritize in a fast-paced environment

Qualifications

• Expertise in omnichannel demand forecasting and OTB planning (e-commerce, retail, wholesale)
• Strong knowledge of demand planning tools
• Highly-collaborative with cross-functional teams
• Skilled at analyzing large datasets, identifying patterns, and making business-driving recommendations
• Clear, concise communicator across all management levels
• Strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills
• Expert in Intermediate & Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Proficiency in GSuite & Netsuite ERP preferred
• Experience implementing new planning/forecasting tools is a plus
• Sense of urgency; able to manage ambiguity and prioritize in a fast-paced environment

Skills

• Expertise in omnichannel demand forecasting and OTB planning (e-commerce, retail, wholesale)
• Strong knowledge of demand planning tools
• Highly-collaborative with cross-functional teams
• Skilled at analyzing large datasets, identifying patterns, and making business-driving recommendations
• Clear, concise communicator across all management levels
• Strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills
• Expert in Intermediate & Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Proficiency in GSuite & Netsuite ERP preferred
• Experience implementing new planning/forecasting tools is a plus
• Sense of urgency; able to manage ambiguity and prioritize in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

• Competitive salary + equity
• Medical/Dental/Vision insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Flex time off
• Discounted and free products

Pay

90-130K annual base compensation range

Schedule

Full-time