Merchandise Planner
FabFitFun is looking for a Merchandise Planner to join our team at our HQ in West Hollywood! Supporting our Senior Manager, Merchandise Planning, this role will be responsible for merchandise planning specifically surrounding our seasonal subscription box. Ideal candidates will have proven success within a merchandising / buying role, as well as advanced capabilities in Excel and retail math.
What You’ll Do:
- Forecast box product demand based on historical data to determine appropriate buy units to optimize membership experience
- Utilize hindsight analysis to increase forecast accuracy for future seasons
- Setup quantities and monitor product customization each season
- Make recommendations based on membership data to optimize inventory for every member
- Create bottoms up forecast for future box seasons through open to buy management
- Manage inventory to an inventory turn plan to optimize inventory levels including liquidation strategies
- Analyze sales performance and give key insights to cross functional team
- Identify and reserve inventory for evergreen box while monitoring levels and providing recommendations as products sell out
- Provide ad-hoc reporting and analysis for evergreen box program
- Support of data integrity in Salesforce and Business Intelligence systems
What You’ll Bring:
- 2+ years relevant experience in a Merchandise Planning and/or Buying function
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Ability to evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results
- Comprehension in and capable to train retail math
- Can think objectively and interpret meaningful themes from data
- Understanding of rigorous logic and methods to solve problems with effective solutions
- Effective in a variety of presentation settings including one-on-one, small and large groups
- Strength in fostering highly effective and collaborative cross-functional relationships
- Demonstrate an ability to set objectives and goals and organize work to appropriately to meet and exceed goals
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Advanced Excel), Keynote, Google Docs and have aptitude to learn technical applications quickly
What You’ll Get
- Amazing benefits including medical, dental, vision, FSA, and 401k
- The opportunity to work in a collaborative environment full of bright, driven, and happy people
- Be a part of one of the fastest growing companies in the US that is revolutionizing eCommerce
- Open/Flexible PTO policy - we trust our employees to manage their time!
- Free FabFitFun subscription and quarterly credit in the Add-Ons store
- Monthly cell phone reimbursement
- Monthly work from home stipend while the company is temporarily remote