Merchandise Planner
Posted 3 Jan 2025
Advertised as “Merchandise Planner ”
BranchFactor Summary
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- Expected experience
- 5–7 yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- On-Site
No salary listed for this role.
Study levelBachelor's
ABOUT US
Fashion Nova is the world’s leading trend-to-market fashion and lifestyle brand with high-growth categories across its Women, Men, Kids and Beauty divisions. Renowned for delivering the most-wanted styles to millions worldwide, Fashion Nova earned the title of the Top 5 Most-Searched Fashion Brand on Google in 2022, alongside Louis Vuitton and Nike.
Founder & CEO Richard Saghian launched the brand in 2006, from a retail location in Los Angeles. After multiple store openings, Saghian launched the e-commerce website for Fashion Nova in 2013, pioneering a disruptive social commerce model of affordable, on-trend, size-inclusive clothing online – powered by an innovative, social media-first marketing strategy.
Today, Fashion Nova has amassed over 40 million social media followers, with annual sales of approximately $2 billion!
The brand’s name has been featured in chart-topping hit songs by Cardi B, Drake, 21 Savage, Saweetie, The Game, Tyga and Offset and its styles have been worn by many celebrities, artists and athletes including Meg The Stallion, Ice Spice, Chris Brown, Floyd Mayweather, Rick Ross, Kourtney Kardashian, and Kylie Jenner.
ROLE OVERVIEW
The Merchandise Planner will own product planning across categories and support growth initiatives. You will have eCommerce experience in the fashion industry and will leverage your analytical skills and creative problem solving to aid Fashion Nova in ensuring the availability of the products our customers demand.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and manage annual, seasonal, and monthly merchandise plans for assigned product categories
- Partner with Re-Order teams to effectively manage inventory composition across new, re-order and core styles for assigned product categories
- Create pre-season assortment plans using historical and trend SKU productivity performance
- Analyze sales, inventory and margin performance and effectiveness of promotions, price adjustments, markdowns, and product launches
- Collaborate with Site Merchandising to effectively manage collection|landing pages while maximizing product views and conversion for assigned product categories
- Assist in the execution and distribution of weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting for the Merchandising department
- Recap assigned product categories quarterly hindsight to drive future strategic inventory, profit, and assortment decisions
- Develop relationships with cross functional team members - Buying, Site Merchandising, Marketing and Re-Order Teams
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
- 5-7 years of experience in Merchandise Planning, Inventory Management, Financial Planning, or a similar role across fashion/apparel
- Experience using Shopify as an eCommerce platform
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets required, including VLOOKUPS and pivot tables
- Experience with data analysis and recommending solutions from insights
- BA | BS degree or equivalent work experience
- English, additional language(s) an advantage
- Schedule of this position: Monday – Friday | Core business hours | Onsite
BENEFITS
- NEW state-of-the-art HQ upcoming in 2025!
- Formalized career paths for continued professional growth
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Comprehensive health insurance across Medical, Dental and Vision
- 401k match, with immediate vesting upon eligibility
- Weekly catered lunches & fully-stock kitchen pantry!
- Opportunities to travel for trade shows and vendor meetings
- Summer Fridays Early Departure
- Team bonding events and programs
- Attractive employee discounts!
Fashion Nova, LLC, and subsidiaries thereof, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are steadfast in our commitment to equal employment opportunities and pledge that these objectives are reflected in all aspects of our daily operations. We will continue to recruit, hire, train, and advance in employment qualified individuals in all job titles without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, status as a protected veteran, criminal history, or status as an individual with a disability; and shall not discriminate against any individual, any such characteristic, nor any other classification protected by local, state and|or federal law.