Merchandise Planner I

Summary

Join Babylist's growing E-Commerce team as a Merchandise Planner! In this role, you will manage inventory, forecast demand, and optimize stock levels for baby apparel and gear. You will collaborate with various teams, including merchandising, operations, and finance, to ensure smooth product flow and excellent customer experience. This position requires 2-4 years of inventory planning experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Excel. Babylist offers a remote-first work environment, competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career advancement. We are seeking an analytical thinker passionate about e-commerce and thriving in a fast-paced environment. Apply today to join our team!

Requirements

• Have 2-4 years in an inventory planning role
• Have been a key player in driving, defining, and executing pre-season strategy
• Be able to navigate complex issues where analysis of situations requires data and an in-depth evaluation of multiple variable factors
• Have strong analytical skills and be able to interpret meaningful themes and trends from quantitative data
• Be a pro with inventory planning concepts, retail math, and best practices
• Have a strong understanding of Excel (Vlookup, Pivot Tables, etc.), and be able to manipulate and analyze data to come up with actionable insights
• Be flexible and able to adapt to changing priorities. Be able to find efficiencies and improvements to make existing processes more successful
• Have strong communication skills and be able to work effectively with the entire team including merchandising, operations, and customer service
• Have a passion for e-commerce. Be scrappy and be comfortable wearing many hats
• Thrive in a fast-paced high-growth environment

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for sales, gross margin, stock, and inventory turn goals for multiple categories within a division
• Participate in monthly Open to Buy activities for the division, incorporating current trends and future expectations to maximize opportunities and mitigate risks. Present forecast and action plans to the E-commerce team
• 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
• 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 top-down and bottom-up plans based on assortment strategies
• Partner with the 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
• Recommend system, tool, and process improvement to drive efficiency
• Strategize new business processes to drive financial goals and strategies

Benefits

• We invest in the infrastructure you’ll need to be supported and successful: tools, opportunities to connect with colleagues, and a stipend to help you set up your office
• We build products that have a positive impact on millions of people’s lives
• We work at a sustainable pace which means work/life balance is a real thing here
• We believe technology and data can solve hard problems
• We believe in exceptional management
• We are an antiracist organization and doing the work to support differences of all kinds
• We offer competitive pay and meaningful opportunities for career advancement
• We have great benefits like company-paid medical, dental, and vision, a generous paid parental leave policy, and 401k with company match
• We care about employee wellbeing with perks for physical, mental and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning
• Babylist offers equity, bonus, and benefits, including company-paid health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) matching, flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies
• Remote work