Merchandise Planner

Description

Join the LuCrew as a Merchandise Planner—optimize inventory, drive sales, analyze data, and mentor team members to maximize business success.

Lulus Vision

At Lulus, our team is committed to offering the best possible service to our customers throughout the world. Our fun and casual work environment focuses on innovation and teamwork at all levels of the organization. We are always on the lookout for talented and dedicated people to join the Lulus team as we continue to build our community!

Our Commitment

Lulus is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strives to create an organizational climate that fosters diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging so that all of our team members can show up as their authentic selves and thrive. We are committed to increasing the representation of marginalized people across our team through hiring practices that value lived experience and unique perspectives. Our work environment embraces creative expression, collaboration, and connection without the expectation of assimilation.

Job Summary

The Merchandise Planner is responsible for pre- and in-season planning of sales and inventory. This includes planning inventory to hit target in-stock levels while minimizing overstocks, tracking & reporting results to management and working closely with cross-functional teams to maximize the business. They are also expected to use analytics to solve complex problems as well as mentoring their associate planner. This is a hybrid position based out of our LA Office, with in-office days on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. 

What You’ll Do

• Take a leading role in managing inventory and work toward creating a collaborative, innovative and results-oriented environment with cross-functional teams.

• Balance workload priorities across in-season and pre-season planning deliverables to ensure successful execution of inventory management (including buy planning, pre-season forecasting and bi-weekly re-forecasting).

• Reconcile top-down & bottoms-up department plans to division plans and forecasts.

• Analyze pre-season plan and merchandising strategies for significant changes against last year.

• Create category level quarterly hindsight reports to drive strategic assortment decisions for future quarters and in-season management.

• Own and drive the OTB actualization process on a monthly basis.

• Identify and communicate tool and process improvement opportunities to the Director of Inventory Planning.

• Provide support to leadership on special projects as needed.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree required (in Business or Finance preferred).

• Minimum of 4 years of retail apparel planning and OTB management experience

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.

• Strong analytical skills and ability to understand financial metrics and reporting.

• Detail oriented.

What You’ll Love About Us: 

• Great Company Culture - Where you can be your true authentic self!

• Employee Bonus Plan for applicable roles

• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits 

• Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance, Critical Illness, Short Term Disability

• Prepare for the future - 401(k) with a company match

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Wardrobe Perks - 30% employee discount!

• Recognition of employee birthdays and work anniversaries!

• Work that stays at work - Genuine work/life balance

• Rest and Relaxation - Generous Paid Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Company Holidays

• Paid Parental Leave

We’re ready to meet you! Come help us achieve our ambitious goals!

At Lulus, we believe our people are our greatest asset and we seek to structure competitive compensation offers to ensure that we are able to attract and retain the best talent. Our job postings include an annual base salary range for the role. The stated base salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on several factors, including the selected candidate's educational and professional experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the selection process. Base salary is part of a total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include an annual bonus and other benefit programs.

Qualifications

Salary : $80,000 - $90,000