Summary

The head of merchandise planning will lead the merchandise planning function for product categories, managing planners and assistant planners across financial, inventory and assortment planning. The role owns category budgets, open-to-buy decisions and trading performance in a hybrid arrangement requiring at least three office days per week.

Responsibilities

• Formulate pre-season sales and stock strategies
• Allocate category budgets across product teams
• Own trading and open-to-buy decisions
• Lead planners and assistant planners
• Analyse category performance and trading patterns
• Guide width, depth and price architecture
• Support adoption of new planning tools