Sr Merchandise Planner
Huckberry, United States
Job Description
As a Sr Merchandise Planner you will lead the demand planning function of our merchandise operation for both House Brands and 3rd Party assortments and will be a key stakeholder working cross-functionally with Buying, Merchandising, and Marketing. The right candidate has a passion for product and a love for analytics. You have a strong point of view and proactively engage in cross functional brainstorming, executing on company initiatives, and are comfortable challenging the status quo to improve our processes.
Responsibilities:- Own and maintain the key item strategy by mapping out demand and reacting to actuals
- Run the weekly Read amp; React meeting to share insights, trends, and risks with the Buying team
- Partner with merchandising and buying to create a seasonal plan based on historical demand analysis and marketplace trends
- Manage OTB to achieve sales, margin, and inventory targets and deriving forecasts based trends
- Maintain the markdown parameters so that the discounts achieve the optimal results
- Utilize our BI tool Looker to automate workflows and create dashboards
- Partner with our Data team to be a steward of data accuracy
- Always seeking to find efficiencies and streamline processes within the planning department and in other departments
- Mentor and manage direct reports while embodying the Huckberry core values
Requirements
- 4+ years of merchandise planning or demand planning experience
- Expertise in complex Excel formulas using pivots, lookups, and macros
- Comfortable presenting data and using dashboards for storytelling
- Demonstrated ability to work in fast-paced, often-changing environment
- Pure play eCommerce is a plus
- Basic understanding of statistical models like time series is a plus
- Entrepreneurial spirit with a sense of humor
Benefits
Our mission of inspiring and equipping adventures is at the core of everything we do. That's why in addition to competitive market salaries and benefits, we have a generous vacation policy, paid time off to volunteer, flexible work from home time, a sabbatical program (recent employee trips include a surf and yoga retreat in Morocco, dog sledding in Norway et al.), summer "See You Out There" Fridays, white water rafting trips, and, of course, loads of free gear.
Company Description
Huckberry is an online shop and journal that inspires more active, adventurous, and stylish lives through exclusive sales, original story-telling, and unique experiences. We're a team of 100+ individuals based in San Francisco, Austin, and Columbus, Ohio.
Want to get know us better? Check out our:
- Journal: http://huckberry.com/blog
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Huckberry
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/huckberry
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Huckberry
Huckberry encourages candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are always eager to further diversify our company, and we are committed to providing an inclusive environment of mutual respect where all can flourish. All of our employment decisions are based solely on merit and business need.