Hillhousehome
Assistant Merchandise Planner
New York, New York, United States. Posted 6 months ago
The role
The Assistant Merchandise Planner will build financial plans and manage reporting for an omni-channel business. This role involves analyzing business performance, managing inventory allocation and replenishment, and supporting product launches.
What you will do
- Assist in building pre-season and in-season financial plans by SKU, category, and collection.
- Own weekly and monthly reporting process.
- Analyze business performance and present findings to cross-functional stakeholders.
- Identify risks and opportunities within owned product categories.
- Own initial store allocation and in-season replenishment process.
- Monitor inventory health including sell-through, weeks of supply, and stock coverage.
- Recommend markdown and pricing strategy.
- Support new product launches, line reviews, and product lifecycle planning.
- Champion data integrity and SKU-level accuracy.
- Build relationships with cross functional partners.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field.
- 2-3+ years minimum experience in Merchandise Planning or Allocation.
- Proficient in Excel with ability to manipulate large datasets and create dynamic reports.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Keen attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to influence and collaborate across departments.
- Enjoys working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Strong work ethic, sense of urgency, and commitment to achieving targets and deadlines.
- Organized and able to multitask.
- Takes initiative to provide solutions to improve business processes.
- Naturally inquisitive with strong interest in retail DTC products
Nice to have
- experience within omni-channel consumer goods company
About the company
Hill House Home is a digital-first lifestyle brand that brings beauty and joy to every day rituals. Since launching with bedding in 2016, Hill House Home has extended its collections to offer bath, baby, accessories and apparel.