Hanna Andersson

Merchandise Planning Manager

Hanna Andersson

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Oregon

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Salary

💰 $105,000 - $115,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Merchandise Planning / Inventory Management
  • Drive sales and inventory strategies across assigned categories, while also personally managing merchandise planning for a smaller product category.
  • Lead a team of direct reports, providing regular feedback, coaching, and support to ensure their professional growth and performance.
  • Contribute to the evolution of planning tools and processes to drive efficiency and enhance decision-making.
  • Develop and manage top-down and bottom-up merchandise plans aligned with strategic business goals and financial targets.
  • Partner with merchants, sourcing, and design teams to build pre-season financial plans and detailed style-level forecasts.
  • Own the open-to-buy process, ensuring optimal inventory levels to support sales, margin, and inventory turnover goals.
  • Reforecast in-season plans based on current performance, identifying risks and opportunities and recommending actions to improve results.
  • Provide business insights through regular pre-, in-, and post-season analysis, identifying key drivers and implementing learnings for future planning cycles.
  • Evaluate performance at the product level to inform decisions on reorders, cancellations, or inventory shifts.
  • Collaborate with sourcing to deliver accurate seasonal and long-range forecasts that support production and delivery timelines.

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years of merchandise planning experience in a retail environment.
  • Experience managing and developing direct reports.
  • Strong analytical, mathematical and problem-solving skills and proficiency with retail math.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
  • Prior experience working with planning and inventory systems preferred.
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Ability to use sales financial data to make decisions and maximize profitability.
  • Ability to maintain highly effective working relationships with cross-functional teams.
  • Strong interpersonal skills including ability to influence and negotiate effectively.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain or equivalent experience in related discipline.