Seasonal Merchandise Planner
Seasonal Merchandise Planner
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The Seasonal Merchandise Planner is responsible for pre- and in-season management of inventory. This includes planning inventory to hit target in-stock levels while minimizing overstocks tracking & reporting results to management and working closely with cross-functional teams to maximize the business.
The Season is from August 2025 through March 2026
What Youll Do
Take a leading role in managing inventory and work toward creating a collaborative innovative and results-oriented environment with cross-functional teams.
Balance workload priorities across in-season and pre-season planning deliverables to ensure successful execution of inventory management (including buy planning pre-season forecasting and bi-weekly re-forecasting).
Reconcile top-down & bottom-up department plans to division plans and forecasts.
Analyze pre-season plan and merchandising strategies for significant changes against last year.
Create category-level quarterly hindsight reports to drive strategic assortment decisions for future quarters and in-season management.
Own and drive the OTB actualization process on a monthly basis.
Identify and communicate tool and process improvement opportunities to the Manager/Director of Inventory Planning.
Provide support to leadership on special projects as needed.
What Youll Need
Bachelors degree (in Business or Finance preferred).
Minimum of 4 years of retail apparel planning and OTB management experience.
OTB management experience
Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
Strong analytical skills and ability to understand financial metrics and reporting.
Detail-oriented.
Ability to problem solve and make effective decisions.
Cultivate strong working relationships across multiple cross-functional partners to ensure business success.
Demonstrates an ability to set objectives and goals and organize work appropriately to meet and exceed their goals.
Anticipate risks and identify contingency plans and processes to prevent disruptions when risks occur.
Demonstrate strong listening written and oral communication skills.
Nice to Have - Bonus Points!
Previous experience working in e-commerce.
Were ready to meet you! Come help us achieve our ambitious goals!
At Lulus we believe our people are our greatest asset and we seek to structure competitive compensation offers to ensure that we can attract and retain the best talent. Our job postings include an annual base salary range for the role. The stated base salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on several factors including the selected candidates educational and professional experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the selection process. Base salary is a part of a total compensation package which depending on the position may also include an annual bonus and other benefit programs.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Temp
