Babylist is hiring a
Merchandise Planner

Summary

Babylist is seeking a Merchandise Planner, Owned Brands to manage inventory and plan for baby apparel and gear. The role requires strong analytical skills, retail math knowledge, and Excel proficiency. The company offers benefits such as health insurance, retirement benefits, paid time off, remote work, flexible hours, life and disability insurance, bonuses and incentives, professional development opportunities, wellness programs, family and parental leave.

Requirements

• 2-4 years in an inventory planning role
• Able to navigate complex issues where analysis of situations requires data and an in-depth evaluation of multiple variable factors
• Strong analytical skills and can interpret meaningful themes and trends from quantitative data
• Pro with inventory planning concepts, retail math, and best practices
• Excel wizard, who can manipulate and analyze data to come up with actionable insights
• Flexible and can adapt to changing priorities. You are able to find efficiencies and improvements to make existing processes more successful
• Strong communication skills and can work effectively with the entire team including merchandising, operations, and customer service
• Passion for e-commerce. You can be scrappy and are comfortable wearing many hats
• Thrive in a fast-paced high growth environment
• Four-year college degree or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Responsible for sales, gross margin, stock, and inventory turn goals for multiple categories within a division
• Review weekly sales performance, produce actionable insights, and pivot priorities as necessary
• Recap weekly/monthly performance with data and insights to present in team meetings
• Participate in monthly vendor meetings-either one on one or as part of the team
• Responsible for all replenishment planning & merchandise planning
• Forecast category/brand/SKU demand and optimize inventory and flow plans to maintain desired stock levels
• Create comprehensive quarterly hindsight reporting and recommend go-forward business strategies
• Suggest sku rationalization. and any assortment edits
• Lead pre-season inventory strategy for your categories to create tops down and bottoms up plans based on assortment strategies
• Partner with Merchandising team to develop future product and inventory strategies
• Partner with key suppliers to ensure optimal inventory levels and provide forecasts as needed
• Focus on top volume/top registered SKUs to maximize revenue, in-stocks, and ensure a great experience for our users and customers
• Manage beginning to end order pipeline of goods and negotiate flow requirements with vendors
• Coordinate with the Operations team to ensure prompt deliveries and appropriate inbound flow planning
• Track out-of-stock or discontinued items with vendors and communicate to internal stakeholders
• Partner with Finance to reconcile vendor payments and invoicing as needed

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Paid time off
• Remote work, flexible hours
• Life and disability insurance
• Bonuses and incentives
• Professional development opportunities
• Wellness programs
• Family and parental leave