SupplyHouse.com, a fast growing and successful e-commerce company, is looking for a new Merchandise Planner to join our Merchandise Planning Team! If you have a passion for analyzing and reforecasting merchandise financial plans, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving strategies to optimize sales, inventory, and gross margin, we want to hear from you!
This is a remote-based role within select states in the United States. At this time, we are only able to employ those located in the following states: Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
This position will require travel to our NY office headquarters up to three times per year for internal meetings and team-building activities. The cost of travel for employees out of the area will be covered by the company. Additionally, our offices are always available for staff to use as much as desired.
A company laptop and other necessary equipment will be provided along with a $250 stipend for your work from home space.
Role Type: Full-Time, Exempt
Location: Remote (Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin)
Schedule: Standard business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST. However, there is some flexibility as per our Flex-Time Policy.
Salary: $70,000-80,000 (Annually)
Responsibilities:
- Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities for the business, and recommend strategies to achieve financial goals
- Manage the financial success of assigned categories by driving the business to exceed sales, gross margin, gross margin return on investment, and inventory turn goals
- Reconcile financial plans from a top down and bottoms-up perspective
- Recommend seasonal merchandise flow strategies that maximize sales, profitability, and customer expectations
- Collaborate with the category merchants to develop and communicate a comprehensive pre-season strategy that aligns financial and product opportunities across multiple categories
- Support and lead cross-functional business meetings to identify and manage opportunities and risks in critical/milestones
- Provide analysis related to driving business goals (e.g., hind sights, seasonality, brand performance, etc.) in weekly business meetings and monthly planning meetings
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Merchandising, Operations, or a related field
- 3-5 years of Merchandise Planning, Replenishment/Demand Planning, or Financial Management experience
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Aptitude with numbers, retail math skills, and understanding of merchandise planning and forecasting methodology
- Effective communication and presentation skills as well as the ability to concisely present complex information across multiple levels of the organization
- Ability to build collaborative partnerships cross-functionally
- Ability to identify, negotiate, and influence stakeholders effectively
- Proven record in managing business to achieve financial targets
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and dynamic Merchandise Planning systems
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing deliverables
Why work with us:
- We have awesome benefits – We offer 401k with company match, 100% company-paid medical insurance, optional dental and vision add-ons, life insurance, vacation, and sick days.
- We promote a work/life balance – We value your time! We encourage a healthy separation between your professional and personal life with our flex-time work policy and health & wellness initiatives that allow employees to feel refreshed and recharged.
- We support growth – We promote continuous learning and development through our on-the-job trainings, educational workshops, DEI initiatives, internal mobility opportunities, and professional development expense reimbursement program.
- We give back – We live and breathe our core value, generosity, by giving back to our local communities and to the heating, plumbing, and HVAC trades. We host donation drives, encourage our team members to nominate organizations, and donate to support the trades.
- We stay engaged – We maintain our company culture through promoting virtual events and annual in-person events. Look out for our End of Year Celebration, Summer Picnic, Core Values Celebrations, Employee Appreciation Day, optional virtual out-of-office monthly events, and more!
- We listen – We value hearing from our employees. Everyone at SupplyHouse has a voice and we encourage that they use it! We actively elicit feedback through our monthly town halls, regular 1:1 check-ins, and company-wide ideas form, and incorporate suggestions to ensure our team enjoys coming to work every day.
SupplyHouse.com strongly values inclusion and encourages individuals of all backgrounds and experiences to apply for this position.
What our employees are saying:
- “SupplyHouse is a great place to work. We witness GRIT here every day. People are respected, our ideas are always valued and encouraged, and teamwork is also a great quality in employees. Overall, we have amazing people here!" -Yash, IT Team
- "I appreciate that SupplyHouse.com values generosity and giving back to local communities. The company truly listens to its team members to gather feedback on which organizations and efforts we should be supporting. This excites not only myself, but my colleagues and throughout the year, we can look forward to a variety of philanthropic opportunities where we can get involved in helping organizations that matter to us.” -Anna, HR Team
Check us out! https://www.supplyhouse.com/our-company
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. SupplyHouse.com will not sponsor applicants for work visas.
We are committed to providing a safe and secure work environment for our employees, customers, and partners. As part of this commitment, we conduct thorough background checks on all potential employees as part of our hiring process. Please note that the background check will be conducted in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
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