Merchandise Planner (Home Furnishings)

Job Description
As a Merchandise Planner, you will play a pivotal role in optimising our product assortment and inventory management strategies, delivering to our customers the best value range while maximising our return on investment. This will be across our Home Furnishings category. Leverage your expertise in merchandise planning to drive data-driven decisions and maximise profitability. This position offers an exciting opportunity to blend analytical rigor with a passion for innovation in a fast-paced retail environment.
With strong financial acumen, assortment building skills and a real commercial mindset, you'll work collaboratively to drive optimisation and manage the product lifecycle process, whilst being consistently on top of trends and performance.
Key Responsibilities Include:

Working with the Buyers on a range of assortment plans, controlling markdowns and category spend
Setting budgets and reviewing forward plans
Analysing product performance trends and making recommendations for improvement
Improving stock-flow & product lifecycle management maximising our Stock ROI
Demand planning/forecasting – includes impacts of promotional activity
Interpreting data into a clear narrative & actionable outcomes – story telling
Communicating data and strategy to key stakeholders

Qualifications
You understand retail and merchandise planning; you always have customers front of mind and can interpret data into stories, translate customer mission strategies into actionable decisions that deliver results. All things that describe you – collaborative, excellent stakeholder management and communications skills, strong influencer.
To be considered for this role you must meet the following minimum requirements:

Retail and merchandise planning experience
Balanced commercial acumen with numerical and analytical skills to translate data into commercial decisions
Decisiveness in our dynamic, fast-moving environment

Additional Information
This is more than just a job; it's a chance to make this category your "home away from home," surrounded by the very products that make home, well, home. Dive into a role that offers autonomy, growth, and the opportunity to leave your mark on a beloved category.
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