Merchandise Planner

Whitecollars

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze historical sales, seasonality, and market trends.
• Forecast demand at category, design, and SKU levels.
• Determine initial buy quantities and reorder quantities.
• Review current stock, incoming stock, and target stock levels before making

Purchasing recommendations.

• Establish and maintain min/max stock levels and replenishment parameters for stores and warehouses.
• Determine safety stock and reorder points.
• Monitor stock availability and proactively identify overstock and stockout risks.

Product and Assortment Planning

• Recommend which designs, colors, and sizes should be launched, reordered, reduced, or discontinued.
• Analyze product productivity and identify top sellers and slow movers.
• Optimize assortment breadth and depth.
• Recommend the most effective allocation of inventory investment across categories and products.

Pricing, Markdown, and Clearance Planning

• Recommend initial selling prices for new products based on landed cost, target gross margin, competitive positioning, and expected demand.
• Analyze sell-through, gross margin, and inventory aging to recommend price adjustments.
• Recommend markdown percentages, promotional pricing, and clearance strategies.
• Monitor the impact of pricing decisions on sales, inventory turnover, and profitability

Allocation and Replenishment

• Determine stock allocation across stores and e-commerce.
• Recommend stock transfers between locations.
• Monitor replenishment performance and ensure stores maintain appropriate stock levels.