Overview
Merchandise Planner Jobs in Chiswick, England, United Kingdom at grapevinejobs
Title: Merchandise Planner
Company: grapevinejobs
Location: Chiswick, England, United Kingdom
Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers. QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road.
Where You’ll Work
This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite at our UK Head Office 2 days per week. Onsite days are predetermined and standard across the company.
What You’ll Do
- You will Prepare, monitor and adjust the category business plan within budget across sales, inventory, airtime and margin
- You will act as the category planning business partner for Buying, providing insight-led analysis on sales and margin performance
- You will review schedules up to four weeks out, proactively recommending changes to optimise sales and manage risk
- You’ll drive daily trading performance by proposing changes to later airs and identifying cross-category opportunities
- You’ll manage the product lifecycle, using promotions and airtime strategically and delivering post-event analysis to inform future decisions.
What You’ll Bring
- You will have experience with planning, trading, merchandising or commercial analysis, ideally within retail or an omnichannel environment
- You will have experience with sales, stock and margin data to influence decisions
- You can work collaborating cross-functionally with teams such as Buying, Digital, Programming or Merchandising
- You will have a commercial mindset with the ability to balance short-term trading actions and longer-term category strategy
- You will understand product seasonality and seeing through the eyes of the customer.
