Senior Merchandise Planner (Ecommerce)

Location: London, United Kingdom; hybrid working with 3 days per week in the office, Tuesday to Thursday.

Company

hirify.global accelerates global brands on ecommerce marketplaces through proprietary technology, machine learning, and AI across advertising, content, logistics, pricing, forecasting, and customer service.

What you will do

• Own forecasting, planning, and inventory management for a defined portion of the European brand portfolio.
• Align commercial trading functions and contribute to annual, quarterly, and monthly budgets with Ecommerce and Finance, maintaining WSSI forecasts and quantifying divergence from JBP.
• Use data, statistical models, and algorithmic tools to maintain sales and stock projections, identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and improve automated forecasting logic.
• Apply trading levers including swap and return negotiations, EOL merchandise management, promotional planning, and automated replenishment rules to achieve inventory, revenue, and margin targets.
• Present buying strategy and sell-in/sell-out forecasts to external clients, including for new and emerging marketplaces.
• Oversee category intake, OTB, ordering, selection, order fulfilment, supply chain efficiency, and innovation projects involving reporting and technology improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 6+ years of experience with a track record of progression in a multi-category or brand merchandising or planning role.
• Experience in demand and supply chain planning.
• In-depth understanding of merchandising and trading approaches.
• Previous experience with an ecommerce channel, such as D2C or marketplaces.
• Highly commercial mindset with consideration for customer and business needs.
• Motivation, curiosity, and willingness to take on new challenges, solve problems independently, and pursue data and analytics projects.
• Comfort adopting AI tools for forecasting, planning, and reporting workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with three office days per week.
• 28 days of holiday, increasing to 32 days with each year of service.
• Private medical insurance and enhanced pension scheme.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave and pay, plus a nursery scheme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme and regular company socials.
• Culture focused on innovation, data-driven decisions, partner collaboration, initiative, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Hiring process

• 30-minute initial phone interview with Talent Acquisition.
• 30-minute hiring manager interview and 1-hour assessment interview with a task, both via Zoom.
• 30-minute final in-person interview, followed by top grading, reference collection, and offer.