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Arc'teryx EquipmentPosted 10/22/2026full-timeNorth Vancouver • CanadaMid-LevelSenior💰 CA$82,000 - CA$108,000 per yearWebsite
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in Merchandise Financial Planning, including sales, margin, and inventory management, with a strong focus on category forecasting and Open-to-Buy strategies. Proven ability to analyze performance metrics and provide actionable insights to drive category growth and profitability.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Merchandise Financial PlanningOpen-To-Buy ManagementCategory ForecastingData AnalyticsCross-Functional Collaboration
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own seasonal and annual merchandise financial plans for the assigned category, including sales, margin, and inventory, and track performance to targets
- Manage Global Open-to-Buy across mid-term and long-term horizons
- Reconcile bottom-up demand plans to merchandise financial plans
- Partner with Global Merchandising to develop assortment strategies balancing category growth with inventory productivity
- Analyze sell-through, margin, and inventory performance
- Provide actionable recommendations to the manager and cross-functional partners
- Track assortment and line plan architecture targets and identify category opportunities
- Develop a stronger category point of view for proactive recommendations on assortment, inventory positioning, and OTB
- Contribute to hindsight and postmortem analysis to improve category performance tracking and forecasting
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or a related field
- 3-5+ years of experience in Merchandise Planning or Demand Planning, preferably in a global consumer goods or apparel environment
- Experience in category forecasting, OTB and inventory planning, and margin and profitability analysis, with experience with global and regional nuances
- Experience managing assortment and line plan architecture targets and understanding how product structure connects to financial outcomes
- Strong retail math fluency and solid data analytics capability, including postmortem analysis and translating findings into forward-looking recommendations
- Strong collaboration and cross-functional partnership skills
- Clear communication of analysis and recommendations
- Commercial mindset, category opportunity identification, and ability to drive strategic plans through data-led performance tracking
- Must be eligible to work in Canada
Benefits
Comp & perks- Hybrid remote work
- Equal opportunity and fair treatment
- Inclusive workplace culture
- Safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance
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Hard Skills
Merchandise PlanningDemand PlanningInventory PlanningMargin AnalysisProfitability AnalysisRetail Math FluencyPostmortem AnalysisAssortment Strategy DevelopmentLine Plan ArchitectureCategory Performance Tracking
Soft Skills
Clear CommunicationCollaborationCommercial MindsetStrategic Planning
Industry Keywords
Global Consumer GoodsApparel EnvironmentCategory GrowthInventory ProductivityCategory Opportunity Identification