Packed Party is looking for a senior merchandise planner to jump in the middle of our rapidly growing team here in Austin, TX at the ground level.

We have a number of large retailers and a rapidly growing business. This person will be a key point of contact across cross functional teams helping to drive decisions on product selection, promotion and will drive company wide analytics and will report to our Director of Operations.

Essential roles and duties:

* Extremely detailed and process oriented, helping to implement processes while keeping timelines and schedules of production and processes

* Strong Excel skills and highly analytical in nature

* An over-communicator, you understand our sales team and customers need to know timelines of when products are arriving so you feel comfortable communicating timing to the larger team

* Self-starter, you see an issue on our website or with a product and you find the best way to fix it quickly

* Trustworthy, you are holding the key to our manufacturers and margins so transparency and direct communication with our Director of Operations and President is of the utmost importance

* Ability to properly analyze large sets of data and put together key take-aways to report to the larger team

This role would be responsible for:

* Assisting in forecasting sales and inventory needs for our different channels of business

* Pricing and sales analysis: Maintain all sell-through analysis, reporting to the Director of Operations and President so that strategic decisions can be made for future orders and/or designs

* Determining price points on products based on internal and industry analysis

* Monitor inventory levels and reorder as necessary on popular items

* Offer creative ways to push slower moving inventory-- Build unique pricing bundles for our customers based on inventory on hand and needs

* Entry of Purchase Orders to our manufacturers in Cin7

Reporting and Analysis:

* Drive reporting decisions and build a robust reporting plan to keep all cross functional teams aware of results and opportunities

* Owner of overall Walmart reporting analysis to support product development team to make stronger strategic assortment plans and drive topline Walmart growth

Logistics Management:

* Relationship owner with our freight forwarder, Flexport-- responsible for staying up to date with changing trends and shifts needed to stay on top of rapidly changing supply chain issues

* Managing receipt flow and shipping plan of importing goods from our manufacturers to optimize timelines and reduce shipping costs

* Analysis of true landed costs to benchmark costing and report on changes to assumptions

* Owner of PO Tracker to report to all teams of estimated arrival dates, potential timing risks, and any changes to planned flow

Qualifications:

* 3-5 Years experience working in a retail support environment

* Strong Excel skills required

* Experience with an inventory management system (Cin7 or Stitch Labs) preferred

* Background in merchandise buying and planning preferred

* Employment Type - Full Time