Merchandise Planner

Fantastic, inclusive culture
- Great perks including car lease, bonus and discounts
- Very encouraging of progression within the business

**About the role**

Reporting into the GM of Planning this senior position is pivotal to the success of the category to ensure trading is constantly operating as best as possible.

**Duties**

Working within the Buyers to ensure the category is trading as best as possible. Manage any gap between the forecast and the budget (i.e. where the forecast falls short of the budget, presents and implement plans to close the gap in conjunction with Senior Planner).

**Skills & Expertise**
- Demonstrated experience as a Merch Planner
- Be able to work with a fast paced environment covering 100-200 SKUs
- Ability to build relationships across multiple teams
- A commercial & curious mindset
- Strive for continuous improvement of processes
- A born collaborator; who enjoys working with multiple teams to achieve a shared goal
- Experience leveraging customer data & insights to build effective plans
- Effective numerical, critical thinking and analytical skills
- High degree of Excel knowledge and experience with utilising Power BI

**Benefits**
- Generous pay offering
- Bonus split for company and personal performance
- Discounts for stores and other brands
- Open door culture creating a non-hierarchy business
- 3 days in the office, 2 at home with flexibility on start and finish times
- Car lease incentive

**About the company**

Leading Retailer in Australia, $8 Bill turnover across 7 Categories across apparel and general merch. Based in Mulgrave they have free parking for all staff, with onsite coffee shop and cafe. Huge emphasis on D&I within the business with ongoing events and a reflection room for religious worship and meditation.

**Culture**

One of the best company cultures in the industry with flexible working, free parking, D&I events to educate staff and grow awareness as well as an open communication culture building a non-hierarchy business

**How to apply