Senior Merchandise Planner - Hype DC
Core
Lead merchandise planning for a multi-brand footwear portfolio in Australia and New Zealand, driving sales, margin, stock, and inventory outcomes.
Role type
Senior Merchandise Planner
Builds
Sales, margin, stock, and intake forecasts; allocation and replenishment strategies; tactical trade plans; annual budgets.
Domain
Retail (Footwear) in Australia and New Zealand
Required skills
Merchandise planning, MSSI/WSSI, Open-to-Buy, forecasting, markdown management, stock governance, stakeholder management, Excel (Lookups, SUMIFS, Pivot Tables), merchandise financial planning systems (FSR), assortment planning, width vs depth analysis, price architecture.
Preferred skills
Leading and mentoring team members, using AI for workflow optimization.
Technologies
FSR, Excel
Responsibilities
Leading sales, margin, stock, and intake forecasting and reforecasting; Reviewing weekly trade performance and turning insights into clear actions; Guiding allocation and replenishment strategies to maximise availability and sell-through; Building tactical trade plans to improve underperforming areas; Planning for key trade events across sales, stock, promotions and allocations; Managing monthly forecast reviews and identifying risks and opportunities; Leading brand and post-season reviews to inform future ranges, purchases and store grading; Supporting annual sales, margin, intake and stock budgets; Coaching and developing a Merchandise Planner and Allocator.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership