Merchandise Planner

**Merchandise Planner**

at Design Within Reach Stamford, CT

HM Retail is looking for a Merchandise Planner to join our corporate Planning team in our Stamford, CT office. As a Planner, youll maximize sales and margin in your product categories while optimizing inventory. This role will report to the Planning Manager.

**What youll do:**

You'll have opportunities to design, achieve and build relationships every day as you...

* Build and present pre-season merchandise plans that align with the companys financial objectives, buying strategy, and business trends. Utilize history and relevant data trends to develop a viable forecast that delivers the corporate and merchant vision.

* Create a quantitative pre-season assortment plan that supports the qualitative vision. Identify key investments with merchant and partner with cross-functional teams, including digital, marketing, and operations, to deliver sales plan.

* Analyze in-season sales trends to recommend promotional pricing and chase inventory, in conjunction with your buying partner. Present strategies at monthly planning & buying review and quarterly hindsight.

* Identify ideal flow buys of core items that support sales forecast and optimizes sell-through, turn and warehouse capacity. Use creative problem solving to minimize inventory investments.

* Maximize profitability. Analyze opportunities to increase margin, via mix shift in products, pricing opportunity, and optimal liquidation strategies.

* Help build best-in-class planning processes with the launch of a new planning and allocation system.

* Bring an entrepreneurial mindset with the customer centered at core of inventory planning decisions.

This might be you if you have the following experience, skills and abilities:

* 5-7 years of inventory management or retail planning experience.

* Passion for optimizing sales, margin and inventory

* Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.

* Strong analytical abilities and detail orientation.

* A strong sense of ownership over work and driving results.

* Team dynamic and willing to roll up your sleeves.

As a Planner, you'll be eligible for Herman Miller's comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, paid holidays, parental leave, green transit subsidy and more.

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