Senior Merchandise Planner, Shopbop

About the position

The Senior Merchandise Planner at Shopbop is responsible for driving high revenue growth across multiple complex categories by creating and maintaining financial plans that align with company goals. This role requires a deep understanding of the business to translate needs into large-scale plans that benefit both individual categories and the organization as a whole. The ideal candidate is innovative, results-driven, and comfortable with ambiguity, using their expertise to inform decisions and design long-term strategies that enhance organizational efficiency and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the Open to Buy process for multiple, complex areas; optimize sales and inventory to achieve margin goals in partnership with Buyers
• Build plans for vendors by fashion season; identify opportunities and risks within portfolio
• Manage replenishment for multiple OTB categories; develop out of box strategies to optimize full price selling and improve profitability
• Identify and manage strategic negotiations with key vendor partners to deliver top and bottom line growth
• Active participant in organization long term automation goals: identify new tool opportunities and partner with tech to scope and deliver solutions that improve efficiency for buying/planning

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience with Excel
• Experience communicating results to senior leadership
• Experience leading process improvement, systems development, and project management
• Experience influencing internal and external stakeholders
• 7+ years of merchandise planning experience, related industry experience (consulting, investment banking), or product management

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of statistics or other analytical techniques
• Experience with SQL
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

• Full range of medical benefits
• Financial benefits including equity and sign-on payments
• Comprehensive employee benefits package