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E-Commerce Merchandise Planner

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United States , Los Angeles

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Salary:

65000.00 - 75000.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

The E-Commerce Merchandise Planner is responsible for developing item-level financial and inventory strategies that maximize online sales, margin, and inventory productivity across multiple digital channels. This role combines strong analytical skills with product and consumer insights, focusing heavily on size-level availability, trend lifecycle planning, seasonal demand, and performance by category, silhouette, and material.

Job Responsibility:

  • Build, manage, and update weekly, monthly, and seasonal forecasts for sales, margin, demand, receipts, and inventory
  • Forecast at the SKU/color/size level, taking into account historical analytics, emerging trends, and marketing drivers
  • Translate assortment strategies—Fashion, core, and seasonality—into investment and flow plans
  • Align forecasts with promotional calendars, stylized collections, product drops, influencer campaigns, and seasonal floorsets
  • Own ecommerce OTB strategy for assigned categories and identify risk/opportunity scenarios
  • Monitor in-stock %, size availability, WOS, aging, and reserve inventory to ensure strong sell-through and margin health
  • Manage lifecycle stages for apparel & footwear: test → scale → maintain → taper → exit
  • Recommend inventory actions including replenishment, raise/lower strategies, size adjustments, consolidation, or markdown
  • Create and maintain weekly analytical tools tracking: Sell-through and sell-velocity by size, silhouette and franchise
  • Conversion trends tied to availability
  • Attribute-based performance (core, key, fashion, climate relevance)
  • Newness vs. core productivity
  • Conduct hindsight analysis to influence future category buys, size curves, and channel strategies
  • Identify insights related to climate, region, and occasion-based demand
  • Align with Ecommerce Merchandising on site strategy including hero placements, outfitting, and shop-the-look modules
  • Collaborate with Buying & Planning on buy quantity, size curve accuracy, launch timing, and trend testing
  • Partner with Supply Chain / Allocation to ensure product is launch-ready with proper sizes and DC readiness
  • Ensure Marketing & Creative receive accurate product and inventory insights before campaign execution

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Finance, Analytics, Supply Chain, or related field
  • 3–5+ years experience in ecommerce planning, digital inventory management, or merchandise planning (apparel & footwear preferred)
  • Advanced Excel capabilities
  • comfortable working with large datasets and size-level reporting
  • Experience with ecommerce platforms and planning systems (e.g., Shopify, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Blue Yonder/JDA, Power BI)
  • Understanding of sizing, silhouettes, and seasonality across product categories
  • Consumer-first digital mindset
  • Strong retail math, forecasting, and scenario planning
  • Ability to interpret size-level analytics and predict sell-down patterns
  • Clear and confident communication with cross-functional partners
  • Proactive, fast-paced decision-making and problem-solving
  • Passion for fashion, product trends, and evolving consumer behavior
What we offer:
  • Employee Discount
  • Paid Time Off
  • Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage
  • 401(k) | Roth 401(k)
  • Life Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Opportunities for Advancement
  • Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses
  • Strong Company Culture
  • Employee Resource Groups

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 26, 2025

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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