Merchandise Planner

3 weeks ago

Dandenong, Victoria, Australia Baby Bunting Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Merchandise Planner to join our team at Baby Bunting. As a key member of our planning team, you will be responsible for developing and implementing merchandise planning strategies to achieve sales, margin, and inventory targets.

Key Responsibilities
  • Build merchandise plans in Foresight Retail based on key metrics and work collaboratively with buyer and broader team.
  • Replan monthly and presenting in forecast review.
  • Trade your portfolio to achieve maximum profitability.
  • Contribute to executing business strategy with Buyer.
  • Managing significant open to buy.
Product Distribution and Allocation
  • Forecast stock requirement to maximise revenue margin and stock turn performance.
  • Work with Planning Assistants to quantify and flow right stock.
  • Quantify New store purchases based on like stores, planogram, and store turnover.
  • Quantify new product lines with buyer.
Analysis and Reporting
  • Prepare weekly and monthly reporting to capture progress on key metrics, PLEX, SOO, SIT, vendor performance, availability in DC and network.
Leadership Responsibilities
  • Manage, lead and professionally develop the Planning Analyst, ensuring best-in-class ranging for members and customers.
About You
  • Extensive experience in developing and implementing merchandise planning strategies to achieve sales, margin, and inventory targets.
  • Solid commercial and analytical skills.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong leadership and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience of working in a fast-paced retail environment with strong buying/category management experience.
  • Ideally, you will have been in a similar Merchandise Planning role for 4+ years.
About Us

Baby Bunting (ASX:BBN) is a purpose-led organisation which is experiencing an exciting period of growth, just over half-way through its store rollout (with more than 70 stores and a continuously growing network in Australia and New Zealand) and significant investment in transformation.

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