Merchandise Planner

Set Active•Beverly Hills, CA

2d•$120,000 - $140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

SET is seeking a highly analytical, commercially minded Merchandise/Demand Planner to help translate market insights into demand plans that support healthy inventory and sustainable growth. The role partners closely with Merchandising, Buying, Product Development, Sales, and Operations to ensure the right products are purchased in the right quantities and at the right time. The planner will interpret forecasts and business trends, offer recommendations, and help build structure and improve processes in a growing business. This hands-on position offers an opportunity to contribute to the growth of the brand and the evolution of its planning function. The role is in the Finance department, reports to the CFO, and is based in Beverly Hills, California, with a hybrid schedule: Monday through Thursday in the office and Friday working from home.

Requirements

4–7+ years of experience in demand planning, merchandise planning, inventory planning, or a related function within apparel, fashion, activewear, or consumer businesses.
Strong understanding of demand forecasting, inventory management, and merchandise planning principles.
Strong Excel skills and comfort working with large datasets.
Commercial understanding of how product, customer behavior, seasonality, and sales trends influence demand.
Ability to balance data-driven analysis with business judgment and intuition.
Strong communication skills and ability to translate complex analysis into clear recommendations.
Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, growing environment.
Comfort working cross-functionally and influencing partners without direct authority.
Entrepreneurial, hands-on mindset and willingness to build and improve processes.

Nice To Haves

Experience with planning or forecasting systems, ERP, BI, or inventory management tools.
Experience within a growing, founder-led, drop-based apparel business or digitally native brand.

Responsibilities

Own demand forecasting across key categories, styles, and channels, incorporating historical sales, current trends, seasonality, product lifecycle, promotional activity, and business inputs.
Develop and maintain rolling demand forecasts and proactively identify opportunities, risks, and changes in demand.
Partner with the Design and Production team to translate drop assortments and product plans into actionable demand forecasts.
Analyze sales, inventory, sell-through, weeks of supply, and other key performance metrics to inform forecasting and inventory decisions.
Identify demand trends and provide clear, actionable recommendations to cross-functional partners.
Support seasonal and monthly forecasting processes, including new product launches and replenishment.
Partner with Planning and Allocation to ensure inventory is positioned appropriately across channels and locations.
Work with Production and Operations to flag potential inventory risks and support production and inventory decisions.
Develop and maintain reporting and forecasting tools that improve visibility and decision-making.
Evaluate forecast accuracy and refine forecasting methodologies and assumptions.
Build strong relationships across the organization and become a trusted thought partner.
Help establish and evolve demand planning processes, systems, reporting dashboards, and best practices as the business scales.