Merchandise Planning Director

4 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Pet Circle Full time

About the Role
The Merchandise Planning Director will lead the merchandise planning function, working closely with category management, operations, finance, and marketing to achieve the merchandise budget. This role provides critical analytical support, producing and analyzing financial metrics and key performance reports to drive commercial insights.



Key Responsibilities



• Creation of the merchandise budget, working closely with category managers to ensure alignment to objectives as directed by the VP of Merchandise and VP of Inventory & Planning.



• Monitor weekly performance metrics and current trends to identify risks and opportunities, working with the team to develop strategies to mitigate or optimize.



• Manage the month-end OTB sign-off process, ensuring that in-season forecasting at the category/brand level reflects current trends and supports strategic objectives.



• Partner with the VP, Merchandise, and category manager in new product assortment strategies.



• Ensure forecasts set by planners on new product introductions align with merchant expectations of trends.



• Manage ongoing in-season and post-season review of assortment performance.



• Work with planners to ensure commercially sound forecasts.



• Ensure inventory policies best support local market inventory objectives.



• Manage the collaboration of the supply chain planning process with the merchandise planning process, ensuring objectives are being realized.



About Us



We're Pet Circle, a community-driven pet store with a mission to help the world pet better. We're looking for talented team members who share our passion for pets and our commitment to excellence.



What We Offer



• Development opportunities, including stretch projects, focus groups, and secondments.



• Flexible working environment.



• Up to 50% employee discount.



• Product sample giveaways.



• Pawrental leave and wellbeing leave.



• Team charity volunteer days.



• Classpass subsidy.



Location



We're based in Sydney with a hybrid arrangement of 3 days per week in our pet-friendly offices. This is subject to change in line with business requirements.

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