Merchandise Planner - Wholesale

About the Role

As Wholesale Planner, you will create a financial roadmap aligned with brand strategy and customer needs. You are passionate about using your qualitative and quantitative skillset in a wholesale retail environment, finding joy and creativity in forecasting and financial planning. You are curious, innovative,
and focused on executing an amazing customer experience while delivering/exceeding financial targets. Strong analytical and storytelling skills will serve you well, and a collaborative mindset is a must.

This role blends financial planning, inventory strategy, and product insight. It is ideal for someone who enjoys data-driven decision-making, cross-functional collaboration, influencing partners, and driving financial outcomes in a dynamic retail environment.
What You'll Do

• Preseason, formulate top-down account and brand level retail sales/wholesale buy targets and strategies for annual budgets and quarterly plans
• In season, reforecast sales plans and identify risk/opportunities to plans; collaborate with cross functional teams to develop action plans to achieve financial goals
• Seasonal hindsight including partner risks/opportunities at the brand level and collaborate with cross-functional team to develop future seasonal strategy and influence partner buys
• Responsible for analysis and understanding health of business, driving wholesale development and growth strategies
• Forecast Wholesale replenishment needs preseason and identify opportunities to drive in season sales and manage inventory levels
• Comfortable with presenting to multiple audiences (internal and external cross-functional meetings, top-line financials, and in-season performance to identify future risks and opportunities with cross-functional teams to hit revenue goals)
• Onboard new partners to planning tools and processes
• Develop processes and tools based on the fast-paced changing retail environment and Wholesale needs
• Collaborate with peers and B2B leaders to ensure consistency of information, share best- practices, and develop systems knowledge

Who You Are

• Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel proficiency.
• Strong business acumen with understanding of retail math, forecasting, and inventory
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Believe in the Power of Team; builds constructive and effective collaborative relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners
• Be a problem solver, not just a problem spotter, and work to drive toward solutions with speed, conviction, and a blue-sky mentality management
• Merchandise planning, buying, or related retail experience.
• Experience in wholesale and consulting-like roles is a plus
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Some travel required
• NY based