Merchandising Financial Planner

SpartanNash • Grand Rapids, MI

9d • Onsite

About The Position

As a member of the C&S Wholesale Grocers family of companies, SpartanNash is a food solutions company that distributes grocery and household goods through a global supply chain network. This role manages the retail and independent wholesale P&Ls, including annual budgeting, quarterly and monthly forecasting, and maintenance of weekly projections. The planner ensures that the business has action plans to meet or exceed assigned financial objectives for assigned categories.

The Merchandise Financial Planner builds and manages sales and margin plans by bucket and week, aligned with financial targets and category P&L results. The role maintains category-level forecasts and collaborates with business partners and Category Managers to review trends, identify risks and opportunities, develop promotional strategies, and support profitability. The position is based at 850 76th Street S.W., Byron Center, Michigan 49315.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, merchandising, or another related field, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Two to five years of experience in merchandising, category management, finance, store leadership, or procurement.
• Strong financial acumen and an analytical mindset to understand the levers of a P&L statement.
• Strong verbal and communication skills.
• Experience working across business units to leverage resources and capabilities to accomplish company goals.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with purchasing systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage sales and margin plans by bucket and week that tie to financial targets for assigned categories.
• Maintain weekly and monthly financial forecasts at the category level by season, month, and week.
• Lead weekly and monthly meetings with key partners to review forecasts and current sales and margin trends, identify risks and opportunities, and seek timely resolutions.
• Work with the Category Manager to develop promotional strategies that drive sales and market share while maximizing profitability.
• Develop and maintain seasonal ladder plans.
• Forecast clearance impact and liability.
• Create long-range, pre-season, and in-season forecasts aligned with organizational strategies and targets.
• Champion the Merchandise Planning process and related calendar.
• Ensure the business has action plans to meet or exceed assigned financial objectives for the assigned category.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time