Merchandise Planner

1 week ago

Auckland City, New Zealand Bendon Group Full time

Bendon is a much loved, iconic New Zealand company with a history dating back 75 years. After successfully Brining Bendon Back, we are now ready for the next phase of our transformation, which is an exciting growth journey. We see our immediate growth across ANZ, with a long-term view of going global. We are looking for a dynamic, experienced **Planner **for our **Merchandise and Planning** team. The objective of this position is to achieve all company KPI's by ensuring the development, implementation, and control of all elements of merchandise planning. This role is fixed term for 12 months.

This role will have responsibility for the interpretation and building of the Bendon strategy, building of the merchandise plan and range plan, attending range reviews, trading the brands in season, controlling stock flow, and post seasonal analysis.

At Bendon, we genuinely believe in putting customers first, which is why the customer is at the core of everything we do. We know that by empowering our team members, we create a culture where we are relentlessly pursuing our goals, and we all strive to achieve our vision. We believe this ethos will help make all women feel confident and comfortable for life.

We're unique in that we design, manufacture and sell our own internationally recognised brands including **Bendon, Pleasure State, Fayreform, Lovable,** and our new brand **me.bybendon.**

**What we can offer you**:

- Being part of the Bendon family in a casual and warm environment
- Being part of a team that wants to make a difference and EMPOWER women
- Competitive salary, flexible working hours, and the ability to purchase leave in advance and achieve real work/life balance
- Wellness leave and reduced working hours after a qualifying period
- Reduced office hours over summer, to enjoy family time
- Funded professional development opportunities
- Company discount card that offers great discount prices at our stores and online
- Ability to join Bendon's corporate mobile phone plan
- Career development opportunities
- Free on-site parking

**What you'll do**:

- Translate the company annual financial targets to individual Brand budgets by channel for sales, margin, stock and open to buy
- Prepare seasonal budgets and forecasts in line with required business timelines
- Provide seasonal option counts to merchandise for seasonal ranging
- Provide historical trading data to support range planning and decision making
- Support Range review process and sign off
- Manage gaps between budget and forecast and implement plans with retail/marketing to close the gap
- Work in conjunction with the Marketing team on ideal promotional activity to best fit with stock holdings
- Foster the highest team work ethic with members of the Design, Quality, Product Development and Retail teams

**Who you'll be**:

- At least 3 years' experience in a similar role within the retail industry
- Proficiency with Excel, Word, Outlook, and experience in planning and retail systems
- Experience with Automated Replenishment systems
- Tertiary qualified in a relevant discipline is desirable
- Strong financial, numerical and analytical skills, with ability to interpret and act on market trends
- General retailing skills and business acumen.
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation, presentation and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively manage resources.
- Ability to interpret and act on new lines/best sellers/poor sellers
- Ability to plan, implement and manage promotional programs
- A good understanding of assortment strategies and range building technique

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