Merchandise Planner

Where You'll Work

This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite at our UK Head Office 2 days per week. Onsite days are predetermined and standard across the company.

What You'll Do

• You will Prepare, monitor and adjust the category business plan within budget across sales, inventory, airtime and margin

• You will act as the category planning business partner for Buying, providing insight-led analysis on sales and margin performance

• You will review schedules up to four weeks out, proactively recommending changes to optimise sales and manage risk

• You'll drive daily trading performance by proposing changes to later airs and identifying cross-category opportunities

• You'll manage the product lifecycle, using promotions and airtime strategically and delivering post-event analysis to inform future decisions.

What You'll Bring

• You will have experience with planning, trading, merchandising or commercial analysis, ideally within retail or an omnichannel environment

• You will have experience with sales, stock and margin data to influence decisions

• You can work collaborating cross-functionally with teams such as Buying, Digital, Programming or Merchandising

• You will have a commercial mindset with the ability to balance short-term trading actions and longer-term category strategy

• You will understand product seasonality and seeing through the eyes of the customer.