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Merchandise Planner HYBRID

Davids Bridal•King of Prussia, PA
•Hybrid

About The Position

The Merchandise Planner partners closely with the management and buying teams to establish seasonal divisional merchandise sales, margin, and inventory parameters and manage the business toward sales, inventory-turn, and return-on-investment goals. The role uses knowledge of David’s Bridal’s business and open-to-buy metrics to make pre-season, in-season, and post-season sales-planning and inventory-management recommendations and decisions. The planner manages seasonal open-to-buy, advises the buying team on inventory levels, and controls merchandise flow. The role requires minimal travel, approximately one to two times per year.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or 1–2 years of related experience.
  • At least 3 years of experience in merchandise or demand planning.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Relationship-building skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

  • Manage monthly open-to-buy and advise the demand planner and buying team on inventory metrics, sales, margin, inventory, and promotional changes.
  • Make pre-season inventory-management recommendations, including assortment gaps, liquidation candidates, novelty/fashion mix, and productivity benchmarks.
  • Make in-season recommendations and decisions on business approaches, including pricing, sales-driving promotions, and inventory-flow remediation.
  • Analyze and recommend cost benefits for assortment expansions or changes, pricing or promotional strategies, special programs, vendor diversification, and company-wide inventory expansion.
  • Define inventory with the buying team to achieve the sales plan.
  • Analyze and make recommendations on return on investment for styles and SKUs.
  • Optimize markdowns and liquidations for underperforming merchandise.
  • Provide analytical support on sales variances for new and discontinued products compared with in-season replenishment output.
  • Act as liaison between the buying team and demand planning team.
  • Decide whether to stop production or orders for underperforming styles and SKUs.
  • Provide a strong point of view in sales projection reviews with cross-functional teams.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

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