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Merchandise Planner
Qurate Retail Group. Prepare, monitor and adjust the category business plan within budget across sales, inventory, airtime and margin .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in category planning and commercial analysis, leveraging sales, stock, and margin data to drive trading performance and inform strategic decisions. Collaborates effectively across functions to optimize product lifecycle management and enhance customer insights.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Category Business PlanningCommercial AnalysisSales Performance OptimizationCross-Functional CollaborationProduct Lifecycle Management
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Hard Skills
PlanningTradingMerchandisingCommercial AnalysisSales Data AnalysisStock ManagementMargin AnalysisPromotional StrategyPost-Event AnalysisRisk Management
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommercial MindsetInsight-Driven Decision MakingCustomer-Centric Thinking
Industry Keywords
RetailOmnichannel EnvironmentProduct SeasonalityAirtime ManagementTrading Actions
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Prepare, monitor and adjust the category business plan within budget across sales, inventory, airtime and margin
- Act as the category planning business partner for Buying, providing insight-led analysis on sales and margin performance
- Review schedules up to four weeks out, proactively recommending changes to optimise sales and manage risk
- Drive daily trading performance by proposing changes to later airs and identifying cross-category opportunities
- Manage the product lifecycle, using promotions and airtime strategically and delivering post-event analysis to inform future decisions
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience with planning, trading, merchandising or commercial analysis, ideally within retail or an omnichannel environment
- Experience with sales, stock and margin data to influence decisions
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with teams such as Buying, Digital, Programming or Merchandising
- Commercial mindset with the ability to balance short-term trading actions and longer-term category strategy
- Understanding of product seasonality and seeing through the eyes of the customer
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive compensation
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance program
- Parental leave
- Paid volunteer hours
- Amazing company discounts