Associate Merchandise Planner

The role

The Associate Planner supports the Merchandise Planning Team to maximize the financial plan. You will anticipate potential problems and partner with operational and analytical divisions to achieve objectives.

What you will do

• Support the Merchandise Planning Team in building dashboards to forecast and define new KPIs
• Work closely with other departments to align on seasonal strategy
• Provide weekly reporting on sales and margin for decision making and assortment or pricing improvements
• Build strong relationship with cross-functional buying teams and review investment versus the plan
• Follow-up samples evolution for financial purpose
• Support the Merchandise Planning Team in sharing sales forecast
• Prepare ad-hoc analysis to support the CMO as required
• Initiate or participate to business development projects
• Build clear presentations which include financial information and business strategies

Required qualifications

• A minimum of two years of experience as in Planning within a Retail or eCommerce environment
• Experienced with managing an open-to-buy (OTB)
• Proficiency in Google Suite
• Highly analytical way of thinking
• Strong numerical and retail math skills
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication
• Strong interpersonal skills

Nice to have

• BA|BS degree in Business or Finance
• English, additional language(s) an advantage

Benefits

• NEW state-of-the-art HQ upcoming in 2025
• Formalized career paths for continued professional growth
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Comprehensive health insurance across Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k match, with immediate vesting upon eligibility
• Weekly catered lunches & fully-stock kitchen pantry
• Opportunities to travel for trade shows and vendor meetings
• Summer Fridays Early Departure
• Team bonding events and programs
• Attractive employee discounts

About the company

Fashion Nova is a trend-to-market fashion and lifestyle brand with high-growth categories across Women, Men, Kids and Beauty. The brand has over 40 million social media followers and annual sales of approximately $2 billion.