Merchandise Planner

7 months ago

Brisbane, Australia Beginning Boutique Full time

Throwback to the year 2008, way back when online shopping wasn’t even a thing (can you believe that?) Our CEO extraordinaire Sarah dreamed of creating an online community that loved getting packages delivered for the weekend and experiencing exceptional customer service at their fingertips. After a 21st birthday trip to Paris, Sarah returned with an idea to do just that 15 years later, Beginning Boutique is the go-to online destination for all your weekend event needs That’s right - if you’ve got a ticket to it, we’ve got an outfit for it
Based in Brisbane, Australia, we’re looking for excellent people to join our expanding team. We love people who love what they do, push boundaries and strive for personal excellence. If this sounds appealing, then hey, hello, we’d totally love to meet you.

Overview:
As a Merchandise Planner at Beginning Boutique, your purpose is to contribute to the strategic planning and execution of key initiatives that drive the success of our brand and ensure alignment with market trends. You play a crucial role in supporting the Product team by providing insightful analyses, leveraging data-driven decision-making, and assisting in the development of comprehensive plans that enhance the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the business.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop and maintain effective relationships with all internal and external parties
- Check pricing is accurate for all new styles prior to launch
- Administration associated with order raising and order management, with accuracy
- Build range/slot plans by the required deadlines and ensure these are used properly by the team.
- Prepare weekly details for HOD & Finance on required spends for stock.
- Review, plan and reforecast all lines, putting forward appropriate recommendations for repeats and stock management
- Monitor and manage production schedules, inventory levels, and logistics to minimise stockouts and overstock situations.
- Suggest required promotions to meet sales and stock requirements, including markdown management
- Planning GP & FM for profit targets.
- Conducting data analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and risks in sales and inventory data.
- Push outs/pull forwards/cancellations actioned to ensure sales are maximised and stock is managed to an agreed stock turn/wc.
- Achieve key performance metrics such as sales targets, inventory turnover, and gross margin.
- Assisting in the development and maintenance of forecasting models
- Generating reports and dashboards to communicate key performance metrics to the team (not limited to), prior to meeting:

- Daily projected sales
- Weekly trade reports
- Monthly SWOT
- Seasonal PSA
- Weekly ranging reports
- Weekly incoming purchases
- MFP weekly data update
- Conduct analysis on any focus area as required to assist team/manager
- Regular competitive analysis undertaken
- Rolling stock
- Ensure extended sizes are constantly growing and expanding with all repeat orders
- Reduce sellouts & avoid overstocks of certain sizes

Requirements:
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following
- Relevant tertiary qualifications
- 3+ years in a Planning role
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- Verbal & non-verbal communication skills
- Planning & organisational skills
- Relationship building
- Strong attention to detail & accuracy
- Strong numeracy skills
- Strong problem solving and decision making
- Self motivated and results driven
- Ability to work autonomously as well as part of team
- Adaptable to change
- Time management
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strong experience in report and analysis
- Experience in retail head office in Planning

**Benefits**:

- Flexible working arrangements available
- Excellent employee discounts on clothing

**Excellent workplace culture**:

- Regular team events
- Work a team that loves what they do
- Work with like-minded people who are passionate and experienced in their fields

**We care about you**:

- Training and development focus for staff
- A culture that supports on your health and wellbeing

**We care about the future**:

- We donate 1% of proceeds to our charity partners through our BB Better initiative
- We have a sustainability and ethical targets
- We work with charities year-round

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