Merchandise Planner (Retail)

Location: Philadelphia, PA 19106, United States

Company

hirify.global is a large value-focused retail company with more than 35,000 crew members and a broad assortment of low-priced products.

What you will do

• Develop seasonal sales, inventory, and margin plans by department, classification, and store group.
• Plan assortments, style-color targets, product depth, and location-intensive categories.
• Build sales forecasts and buy quantity estimates using lead times, seasonality, and inventory turn targets.
• Manage open-to-buy budgets of $50–150 million and monitor inventory receipts, stock levels, stockouts, and overstocks.
• Manage markdown and end-of-life budgets, pricing adjustments, promotions, and liquidation opportunities.
• Analyze sales, inventory, and margin performance, test business strategies, and communicate recommendations to Buyers, merchandising and allocation teams, and senior management.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in a retail or wholesale environment, including 2–3 years as a planner.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Knowledge of retail math, margin planning, sales forecasting, and inventory productivity measures.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, organization, attention to detail, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to adapt to feedback, manage changing priorities, work under pressure, meet deadlines, and make decisions.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of PowerBI, MicroStrategy, 09 MFP, and Oracle RMS.

Culture & Benefits

• Health coverage and financial and personal wellness support are available.
• Reasonable accommodations are provided for individuals with disabilities during the employment process.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer.