Merchandise Planner

Love fashion & retail? Love shoes? We might have your dream role
- Do you want to be part of NZ's leading fashion footwear retail group?
- Looking for a unique, diverse, dynamic place to work and be inspired on a daily basis?
- Enjoy a hybrid working environment?
- Do you have an eye for detail, love analyzing data and have passion for problem solving.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Merchandise Planner. We're looking for someone to join our Merchandise team in our Newmarket Support Office in Auckland. This role works collaboratively with key stakeholders in the business, in a fast paced and agile environment. Reporting to our Lead Planner you will be responsible for planning seasonal budgets & ranges, collaborating closely with buying & design to create world class footwear collections.

**Key responsibilities**
- Open to Buy management
- Develop seasonal budgets and range plans
- Manage stock & orders to budget with the buying team
- Manage and forecasts key lines
- Provide insightful trade performance updates & outtakes
- Collate & reviews data for Post Seasonal analysis
- Stock management, monitoring aged stock, working the retail & Distribution centre teams

**We are looking for someone with**:

- 1-3 years' experience in a similar role.
- Strong analytical skills - exceptional attention to detail, you feel at home looking at data and can draw insights from information and have passion for problem solving.
- Intermediate Excel experience
- Clear communication & strong organisational skills
- A team approach - you love to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and can represent the business well in internal & external settings. You thrive on building relationships.
- Alignment to our values - Accountable, Inspiring, Integrity, Inclusive, Innovative and Proactive

**Who are we?**

At Mi Piaci/Merchant we love shoes, our passion and drive for helping our customers feel great, is embedded in our culture and everything we do.

A New Zealand family
- owned fashion footwear Retailer we've been around for 30+ years, we have 40+ stores across 3 brands, Mi Piaci, Merchant and Deuce, in both New Zealand and Australia.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, so you can expect a supportive leader, an individualized growth plan and to be recognized and rewarded for great performance.

Our teams are made up of positive, passionate, and high performing people.

**What's on offer?**

The chance to work with some seriously talented people, lots of employee benefits (your footwear collection is about to get a whole lot better), an informal dress code, flexible start & finish hours, hybrid working and the opportunity to get involved with our very own charity, The Young Hearts Project, supporting youth in New Zealand.

You must be eligible to work in New Zealand to be considered for this position. No agencies thank you.