Merchandise Planner
Remote · Cottonwood Heights, Utah, United States
Job Summary
Merchandise Planner to own open-to-buy planning, demand forecasting, and inventory management across product categories. Partner with Merchandising to build merchandise plans, manage inventory levels, and deliver margin and pricing recommendations. Own Open-to-Buy meetings, lead monthly reviews with senior leadership, and deliver data-driven recommendations to optimize sales, margin, and inventory turn. Responsibilities include developing comprehensive merchandise plans aligned with goals, forecasting demand, monitoring inventory, performing financial analysis of sales and margins, ensuring reporting accuracy, and driving growth with end-to-end ownership. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Merchandising, Finance, and senior leadership, and requires a proven track record with AI tools and advanced Excel skills.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of assortment, demand, or merchandise planning experience, including 2+ years in a retail ecommerce environment
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional aptitude for numbers and retail math
- High proficiency with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, and beyond) and strong aptitude to learn new technical applications quickly
- Demonstrated daily use of AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, or similar) for real work—you iterate on prompts, evaluate outputs critically, and know when AI is the right tool vs. when it is not
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills—able to present complex information concisely to varied audiences
- Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships across peers and cross-functional teams, and influence critical stakeholders
- Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities; able to organize and prioritize workload under pressure to meet deadlines
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