TwoScots Recruitment is proud to partner with a leading national retail business to recruit a Merchandise Planner for their Melbourne head office.
This is a hands-on planning role within a high-volume, fast-paced retail environment, offering strong exposure to end-to-end merchandise planning and close partnership with Buying. The role suits an experienced Planner looking to deepen their commercial impact and continue building their career within a structured, collaborative planning team.
Culture & Benefits
- Permanent opportunity within a well-established Australian retailer
- Competitive salary package aligned to experience
- Melbourne-based head office role
- Highly collaborative, commercial planning environment
- Exposure to a complex, multi-category retail operation across stores and eCommerce
- Clear development pathway within the planning function
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development of the merchandise strategy through detailed forecasting and analysis
- Build and manage sales, stock and margin plans at item, range and category level
- Support seasonal range reviews through performance analysis, SWOT insights and post-season reviews
- Manage in-season trade, including sales, stock flow, markdowns and purchase timing in partnership with the Buyer
- Develop purchase and stock flow plans to support the Strategic Sales Plan
- Optimise inventory distribution across DC and stores to maximise sales and gross profit
- Provide regular reporting and insights to support commercial decision-making
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience as a Merchandise Planner or Planning Analyst within a retail environment
- Hands-on exposure to forecasting, OTB, trade and inventory management
- Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel skills
- Comfortable working closely with Buyers in a fast-paced, high-volume setting
- Commercial mindset with the ability to turn data into practical recommendations
- Experience with merchandise planning systems is advantageous (e.g. Pronto, AP21, Foresight, SAP), but not essential
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Or contact Charlie at [email protected] for a confidential discussion.