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Our retail client is looking to bring on a Sr. Merchandising Planner to their team on a fulltime basis. The role will be hybrid (4x a week onsite) in Oakland, CA. About the Role As a Merchandise Planner you'll be a critical part of a cross-functional team that owns the P&L for one of our product categories (e.g. Shoes, Apparel, Accessories, Beauty). You'll work closely with Buyers, Designers, Finance, and Operations to decide which products to carry and how to allocate inventory investment across them. You'll analyze sales, inventory, and website data to uncover insights that guide the rest of the team and ensure that we have the products our customers want, when they want them.A great candidate will have outstanding critical thinking and problem solving skills, a deep understanding of how to use data to drive decisions, and advanced Excel skills including the ability to work with extremely large data sets. The ideal candidate will also have experience with inventory planning processes tools (category assortment planning, open-to-buy, re-orders, clearance markdowns, etc.) in an apparel business, the ability to collaborate effectively with and manage execution across multiple teams, and experience managing inventory in apparel or another high-SKU category with size or color variations.ResponsibilitiesAnalyze sales, inventory, and website data to uncover insights that guide product assortment and inventory decisionsExecute inventory planning processes including categoryassortment planning, open-to-buy, re-orders, clearancemarkdowns, etc.Drive revenue growth by efficiently allocating inventory investment based on sales trends Improve inventory efficiency turnover by developing buy plans for seasonal and everyday productsRecap and analyze sales results and variances to plan on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basisPerforms independent analysis and recommends courses of action to drive profitable salesExperience planning inventory for apparel or another high SKU count categoryKnowledge of inventory planning processes (assortment planning, open-to-buy, re-orders, markdowns, etc.) and retail math Ability to collaborate effectively with and manage execution across multiple teams Prior experience in a start-up organization Passion for and experience in the fashion industryQualificationsRequires minimum of 3+ years merchandise planning experience involving sales and inventory planning, sales forecasting, and OTB 4-year college degree requiredOutstanding critical thinking and problem solving skills A deep understanding of how to use data to drive decisionsDemonstrated experience gathering and manipulating data to answer questions and solve problems Advanced Excel skills including the ability to work with extremely large data sets, Pivot Tables, v lookups, and logical formulasStrong organizational and time management skills; able to effectively manage multiple prioritiesExcellent verbal and written communication skillsComfort with ambiguity and passionexcitement for building new tools and processes Preferred