Associate Merchandise Planner

Job Description

About the role

The Associate Merchandise Planner at Spanx supports financial, demand, and inventory planning for the Ecommerce Lounge business.  This role analyzes sales and inventory performance, supports forecasting and seasonal planning, and recommends actions to maximize sales and gross margin while optimizing inventory. Working closely with Merchandising and cross-functional partners, the Associate Merchandise Planner helps translate business trends into actionable plans.

This role is based in our Atlanta headquarters, requires weekly in-office work Tuesday-Thursday, and reports into the Merchandise Planning Manager, Ready-To-Wear.

You’ll love it because you will…

• Support seasonal and monthly financial plans across sales, inventory, receipts, markdowns, and gross margin
• Monitor performance against plan and last year, identifying variances and recommending adjustments to forecasts, receipts and inventory
• Partner with Merchandising on assortment planning, using style and color productivity to inform breadth, depth, and buying decisions
• Support open-to-buy management and cash flow optimization through inventory and receipt planning
• Prepare business performance recaps and trend analyses for leadership, highlighting key drivers and recommended actions
• Evaluate promotional and markdown performance to recommend actions that balance sales, margin, and inventory goals
• Support purchase quantities and receipt timing based on demand forecasts, selling trends, and inventory targets
• Partner cross-functionally with Merchandising, Sales, and Production to align product opportunities with financial objectives

Qualifications

We require…

• 3+ years in Merchandise Planning, Inventory Management, Allocation, or Buying, preferably within Retail or Apparel
• Strong Excel & analytical skills required
• Demonstrated skills across multiple different technology stacks
• Both a self-starter and team player with great energy and drive
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while meeting strict deadlines and flexibility to handle various tasks
• Creative and strategic thinker who can identify opportunities for growth, and solutions to help achieve goals
• Ability to champion ideas and execute in an expedited time frame and to establish trust and maintain a collaborative spirit working cross-functionally in the organization
• Decision Making Process: Problem Solves; proficient in identifying root causes in a problem, generating effective solutions with teams, using facts and data for prompt decisions, and takes responsibility for results
• Collaboration: Accepts and appreciates other people; demonstrates courtesy and compassion; supports, encourages, and thanks others; consults, listens, and understands others; promotes diversity and builds morale, team cohesion, and collaboration
• Critical Thinking: Gains an understanding of the situation or problem; evaluates, integrates, and categorizes information to identify issues, patterns, trends, and relationships; challenges assumptions and draws informed conclusions that enable effective approaches and solutions

Additional Information

Spanx is proud of our continued Progressive People Practices…  

• Company Healthcare Plan: $0.00 out of pocket (Employee only benefit) 
  Fertility testing and treatment are included in Spanx’s medical plans, even without the diagnosis of infertility 

• Parental Leave Policy: Primary caregiver receives 16 weeks AND will have the option to work a half-time schedule (20 hours per week) for up to four additional weeks with full-time (40 hours per week) pay 

• PTO & Company Holidays: PTO, paid company holidays, including a holiday refresh break between Christmas and NYE 

• Personal Days: 10 days 

• 401K: Matched up to 4% with immediate vesting 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.