Merchandising Planner.

About the Role:
We’re working with a fantastic fashion brand currently seeking an experienced Merchandise Planner to join their head office team. This is a brilliant opportunity for a commercially minded and analytically driven planner to play a pivotal role in driving sales, managing stock, and maximising profitability across their omni-channel business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Achieve and drive business goals and objectives including sales, inventory, and gross margin.

• Forecast store-level budgets and build sales curves using historical data and planning metrics.

• Create Open to Buy (OTB) forecasts, summarising key insights and plans for the team.

• Determine OTB requirements by store and set up Seasonal Option Plans ahead of buying campaigns.

• Identify and recommend opportunities to improve sales performance through stock transfers, reorders, and trading actions.

• Define the topline Seasonal OTB strategy in collaboration with key stakeholders ahead of each seasonal campaign.

• Oversee sizing strategies for seasonal buys and continuity lines, adapting to market and customer trends.

• Recommend and implement stock rebalancing, transfer, and markdown strategies in partnership with the Allocator.

• Produce weekly and monthly trade reports, sales analysis, and trade commentary.

• Deliver in-depth post-season analysis to inform future product and inventory strategies.

• Provide ad-hoc sales reporting and insights for senior management.

What We’re Looking For:

• Graduate calibre with 3+ years’ experience in a merchandising planning role within fashion retail.

• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to manage and analyse large data sets.

• Strong quantitative, analytical, and commercial awareness.

• Clear and confident communicator, able to work with a variety of teams and stakeholders.

• Proactive, organised, and results-focused, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.

• Logical problem-solver with a solutions-driven, entrepreneurial mindset.

• Collaborative team player who can build strong relationships and mentor junior team members.

• Experience with BI reporting tools highly desirable.

• Resilient, positive, and able to remain composed under pressure.

• Passion for fashion product and a desire to enjoy your work while delivering results.

This is a full-time, office-based role (5 days a week in the London Head Office).

If you’re a commercially savvy planner with a love for product and data, we’d love to hear from you!