Merchandise Planner

Merchandise Planner - Fashion

Function: Merchandising / Planning

Experience: 2-3 Years

Industry: Fashion / D2C / Retail / E-commerce

Role Overview

We are looking for a Merchandise Planner who can translate market trends, customer demand, competitive assortment, and historical sales performance into a commercially strong product and inventory plan.

The role will have strong ownership of assortment decisions, product depth, category performance, and inventory productivity -helping determine what products to introduce, where to increase depth, what to reduce, and how the assortment should evolve over time.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain category-level and seasonal assortment plans .
• Analyze historical sales, style-level performance, and customer demand .
• Identify fashion trends and emerging product opportunities .
• Track competitor assortment, pricing, and product trends .
• Identify assortment gaps and white-space opportunities .
• Recommend new styles, categories, and product opportunities .
• Recommend styles/categories to reduce, replace, or discontinue based on performance.
• Develop attribute-level assortment mixes across categories.
• Partner with Buying Sourcing teams to translate assortment recommendations into products.
• Partner with Inventory Planning to determine the right product depth and stock levels.
• Monitor Sell-Through, ROS, Stock Cover, Inventory Ageing, and Stock Productivity .
• Identify underperforming products and recommend corrective actions .
• Evaluate new product launches and incorporate learnings into future assortment plans.
• Build and manage monthly, seasonal, and category-wise assortment plans .
• Continuously optimize the assortment based on sales performance, customer behavior, and market trends .

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Sell-Through %
• Stock Productivity
• New Style Success Rate
• Inventory Ageing
• Assortment Productivity
• Forecast Recommendation Accuracy
• % of Assortment Meeting Productivity Targets
• Reduction in Slow-Moving / Dead Inventory
• Sales Contribution from New Assortment
• Category / Style-Level Sales Growth

What Were Looking For

• 2-3 years of experience in Merchandise Planning, Fashion Merchandising, Buying, or Category Planning.
• Strong understanding of fashion products, consumer trends, and assortment planning .
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales and product-level data .
• Ability to make data-driven assortment and inventory recommendations .
• Strong understanding of sell-through, ROS, stock cover, ageing, and inventory productivity .
• Good understanding of fashion categories, product attributes, and market trends .
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills; experience with merchandising/planning tools is a plus.

Ideal Candidate

Someone who doesnt just report what sold , but can understand why it sold, what should be sold next, how much should be bought, and what should be discontinued .

The ideal candidate will bring a combination of commercial thinking, fashion sense, analytical ability, and strong ownership .

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