Merchandise Planner

 Who We Are:

We believe that home is a place to surround yourself with the people and things you love. We believe that there is beauty to be found in the mundane and the magnificent. We are prolific creatives with kind hearts and a strong work ethic. We make life beautiful. We make it beautiful when we create with vision, purpose, and tact. We make it beautiful when we find light and energy as a team. We make it beautiful when we inspire those around us to find good moments in the everyday.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Uphold McGee & Co.’s Mission, Vision, and Values 
• Develop and maintain bottom-up merchandise plans that align with top-down financial targets for multiple product categories that support company and category strategies and achieve desired sales goals, inventory levels, turnover, and in-stock rates 
• Lead monthly OTB meetings for designated categories
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with cross-functional team members to execute overall brand and category strategy
• Reforecast sales, inventory, receipts on a weekly basis or as needed to accurately reflect shifts in the business 
• Collaborate with Buying Team to support product strategies and vision to achieve the financial budgets/plans
• Analyze historical data, sales trends, pricing and promotion plans, inventory levels, markdowns, and budgets to provide recommended actions to improve the business
• Work with Buying Partners monthly to determine reorder quantities by style for designated categories
• Quantify in-season risks and opportunities and recommend actions that will maximize results
• Create hindsight reports including learnings and recommendations to drive strategic assortment decisions for future investment 
• Prepare ad-hoc reports and analysis that lead to data driven insights 

Required Skillset:

• Educational Requirements 
  1. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience 
• Previous Years of Related Experience 
  1. 3-5 years in a Retail Planning or Merchandising role 
• Specific Skill Requirements 
  1. Advanced Excel skills are a must. Candidate must be able to navigate through large amounts of data using v-lookups, pivot tables, and a variety of formulas 
  2. Strong strategic, financial, and analytical skills; can easily translate data from an array of sources into insights and recommendations  
  3. Proven ability to achieve results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment 
  4. Sense of urgency responding to internal and external customers. 
  5. Organizational and time management skills; must have an ability to manage deadlines. 
  6. Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities 
  7. Strong collaboration skills to partner with cross-functional teams 
  8. Self-motivated with critical attention to detail and deadlines 
  9. NetSuite experience is a plus 

Benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO
• 401k
• Bonuses

Job Type: Full-Time

McGee is proud to be an equal opportunity employer - we see the beauty of celebrating our teams' differences, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. Together we Make Life Beautiful.