Merchandise Planner

6 days ago

Auckland City, New Zealand The Warehouse Group Full time

**Company Description**
Are you a talented merchandise planner with a passion for shaping ranges through data-driven insights and commercial precision? Here’s your chance to make an impact, driving the success of our Print Copy Centre, Art & Craft categories

The Warehouse Group (TWG) has become a Kiwi household name, proudly recognised for the role we play in communities throughout New Zealand. As the country’s largest general merchandise retailer across The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery & Noel Leeming, we’re on an exciting journey to become brand-centric, delivering an unparalleled customer experience. Agility and collaboration are cornerstones of our culture, empowering us to adapt swiftly and work seamlessly together.

As a Merchandise Planner at the Warehouse Stationary, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring financial rigour, commercial effectiveness and category growth. Partnering closely with our buying and supply chain teams, you’ll build robust commercial and assortment plans, manage OTB with precision, and ensure our budgets are delivering strong return. You’ll diagnose issues, provide clear solutions, and consistently analyse category performance to drive improvements.

This is a dynamic role where pace, accuracy, and energy are essential. You’ll enter a highly communicative, ambitious team that thrives on collaboration, while bringing your own diligence and commercial mindset to help us deliver for our customers.

Key responsibilities include:

- Partnering with Buyers to create robust assortment plans and manage OTB
- Setting budgets and delivering financially accurate forecasts
- Driving financial planning and building category growth strategies
- Analysing product performance, diagnosing issues, and identifying consistent solutions
- Optimising stock-flow and product lifecycle to maximise ROI
- Forecasting demand, including the impacts of promotions and seasonal trends
- Turning data into actionable insights and clear commercial storytelling
- Communicating strategies and recommendations across stakeholders

**Qualifications**
You understand merchandise planning and bring strong financial acumen, commercial nous, and analytical skills. You’re at your best working at pace, with accuracy, and thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment where transparency and problem-solving are key.

To be considered for this role you’ll bring:

- Retail and merchandise planning experience
- Strong financial planning, budgeting and OTB management skills
- Commercial acumen, with proven ability to translate analysis into decisions
- Energy, diligence, and the ability to work with pace and precision
- Decisiveness and adaptability in a fast-moving environment

**Additional Information**
We offer a dynamic, flexible and supportive team environment, working with like-minded people in a business that recognises and values individuals. You’ll also enjoy a range of benefits including flexible working arrangements, team member discounts, wellbeing support, leave benefits and more.

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