Merchandise Planner

**Merchandise Planner - Apparel Big W**
- Permanent opportunity
- Inclusive culture with a focus on creating genuine career opportunities
- Opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia

**What you'll do**

Merchandise Planner brings the BIG W purpose to life by developing plans, forecasts and parameters that ensure our range has the right mix, quantity and price to drive sales, profit and optimise inventory.
- Develop merchandise financial plans informed by top-down and bottom-up data to drive business performance
- Develop category strategy that delivers on financial metrics
- Develop models and forecasts to support accurate financial planning and to optimise stock, sales and profit
- Partner with stakeholders to adhere to the critical path schedule
- Develop the option plan, setting a framework within which Designers/Buyers can select ranges. Prepare the range review for buy sign off and work with the buyer to ensure range is bought within plan parameters and OTB
- In season management of OTB, inventory, profit, accurate replans, markdown and promotional plans
- Monitor the in-season and post-season performance of the Department and work with Buyers on strategies and tactics to quickly respond and improve performance

**What you'll bring**
- 3 years of experience as a Planner, ideally within a large retail environment
- Proven success in trading a sizeable category, both in terms of sales value and number of SKUs, or previous experience planning a full category
- A proactive, can-do attitude with strong attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to work towards and deliver on key performance indicators (KPIs)

**What you'll experience**
- A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline - with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
- Access to Sonder. Sonder provides free confidential 24/7 personalised financial, medical safety, psychological or physical support for team members and their families.
- A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.
- Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
- Opportunity to Salary Sacrifice, enabling team members to purchase selected eligible items or services from pre-tax salary. Can be used for novated leases, superannuation contributions, Qantas Club membership, computing devices etc.

**Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group**

We're a proud part of the Woolworths Group - 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.'

Here you'll be supported and empowered to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

**Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group**

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team's diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

**See how we're creating better experiences together, for a better tomorrow**

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