High Salary: Merchandise Apparel Planner Apparel

Overview

With our iconic logo, we are one of the most renowned Australian retail brands and for almost 100 years, we have held a special place in the hearts and minds of Australian families. We’re immensely proud of our history and are looking for people to join us who are as excited by our future as we are. We’ll be moving to our brand-new office at Chadstone, a hub of creativity, collaboration, and inspiration in early 2026. Join us as we step into an exciting new chapter

What will you do?

We are looking for passionate Merchandise Planners with Apparel and/or Soft Home experience to join a fun & supportive team within a fast-paced & dynamic environment to drive our strategy and play a key part in the growth of our Apparel functions. You are responsible for maximising sales and profit through the effective management of the department range architecture and product assortment and ensuring that the commercial plan is executed to deliver the department strategy. You will be accountable for inventory health and balancing customer-facing availability with stock productivity. You will work collaboratively with key stakeholders to develop strategies and processes to drive sales and profitability in line with Target’s values. This is a pivotal role where you can make an impact across our stores and the wider merchandise team through superior planning skills of our inventory. Strong experience in price architecture and product assortment ranging in a large volume retailer is essential.

- Range Planning: Building a product range that meets both customer needs and business goals.
- Trend Analysis: Incorporate market trends and customer feedback into your range planning process.
- Private Label Strategy: Develop strategies to manage private label products.
- Supplier Relationships: Work with suppliers to ensure the quality and timely delivery of private label products.
- Pricing Strategy: Develop and implement pricing strategies for different product categories.
- Management of supplier range plans to ensure alignment to the Target strategy.
- Support the Buyer to develop the category strategy by developing & managing the category budget and forecast. Accountable for allocation strategies, incorporating the merchandise plan and flow strategy to meet store inventory needs providing guidance to inventory controller and Demand Planner.
- Ensure key deliverable KPI’s such as Sales, Profit, OTB and inventory are managed within agreed parameters.

What are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have at least 5+ years of planning experience and management of multi-million-dollar portfolios in a large-scale big box retail environment, with a tertiary qualification in Finance, Operations or Business (advantageous). Experience in leading a small to medium-sized team is essential, as is the ability to plan, implement and lead a merchandise strategy, plus cross-functional collaboration to achieve objectives and the ability to trade in a fast-moving market. You should be commercially savvy, have a data-driven mindset, and a passion for all things Retail. You should focus on product, keep customers at the front of mind, and excel at building and managing relationships with stakeholders.

- Strong commercial acumen and numerical skills, high attention to detail; Advanced Planning Skills – Forecasting, OTB management, Financial Skills and Strategic thinking.
- Ability to observe, interpret and act upon trends in customer behaviour.
- Highly inquisitive, self-driven with strong organizational skills in a fast-paced retail environment.
- Quantification of individual products over time.
- Strong in range architecture and product assortment experience.
- Ability to articulate observations and reasons for actions with persuasiveness.
- Proficient with business intelligence tools, Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Experience completing accurate product plans, replans, preparing budgets and department performance analysis.
- Ability to optimise stock turn through sales forecasting, stock flow and product planning.
- Proficiency in merchandise planning software such as enterprise planning (Blue Yonder/JDA), SAP, Oracle, etc.
- Tertiary qualifications in Finance, Business, Commerce or Retail-related degree.
- Planning experience across a variety of apparel categories is advantageous.

Benefits we’ll offer:

- Flexible hybrid working options through our Flex Where, Flex When, Flex Well policy.
- Access to our team member discount program across Target, Kmart, Bunnings, and Officeworks.
- A free OnePass membership offering free delivery across Target and Kmart on eligible products.
- Access to our benefits program with exclusive discounts and benefits from 60+ suppliers.
- Opportunity for eligible team members to participate in a bonus program.
- Free onsite parking when required to come into the office.
- Inclusive parental leave and ongoing support through our partnership with Circle In for team members of all backgrounds and family circumstances.
- Dynamic learning and support program; Mentor Program as a Mentee or Mentor.
- Kudos recognition program to nominate peers for prizes.
- Wesfarmers ownership option: eligible employees can elect to purchase shares via salary sacrifice.
- Great career opportunities across the Wesfarmers Group.

Diversity and inclusion

We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities we operate in. We are committed to creating inclusive and safe environments where all our team members can contribute and succeed. We strive to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and welcoming, with applications encouraged from all candidates.

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