Merchandise Planner 3

Position Summary A Global Marketplace merchandise planner supports strategic marketplace planning for Client Direct Channels, partnering across Merchandising, Marketplace, Sales, Finance, Sport Planning, and Geographic Planning teams to translate consumer demand into actionable marketplace strategies. You serve as a key connective point between global strategy and marketplace execution, driving decisions that shape product assortments, franchise investments, seasonal priorities, and retail performance across a multi-billion-dollar global business.

Our client, a leading athletic footwear and apparel manufacturing company, is looking for a Merchandise Planner 3. This is for an initial duration of 04 months and is located at Beaverton, OR.
 
Job Title: Merchandise Planner 3
Reference ID: 26-04505
Location: Beaverton, OR.
Duration: 04 months
Job Type: Contract (Candidates must be able to work on W2 without VISA sponsorship)

On-site role at PHK; typical work hours, 4/1 hybrid schedule
 

• Degree preferred, not a hard requirement
• 3-5 years' experience in a merch planning role (preferred)

Top must-have skills include the following:

• Direct merchandise planning experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Self starter
• Strategic thinking skills
• Excel familiarity
• Comfortable in ambiguity

Skills that would make a candidate stand out:

• Familiarity with AI tools
• Wider merchandising knowledge (beyond just planning)
• Retail experience
• ETW will help support leave coverage by analyzing reporting and updating stakeholders; will also work on projects for future merchandising plans
• 2 others on direct team; responsible for channel-specific work and Client sportswear-specific work
• 1-2 rounds of interviews anticipated

Global Client Direct Merchandise Planner
Position Summary

• A Global Marketplace merchandise planner supports strategic marketplace planning for Client Direct Channels, partnering across Merchandising, Marketplace, Sales, Finance, Sport Planning, and Geographic Planning teams to translate consumer demand into actionable marketplace strategies.
• You serve as a key connective point between global strategy and marketplace execution, driving decisions that shape product assortments, franchise investments, seasonal priorities, and retail performance across a multi-billion-dollar global business. The role combines assortment planning with strategic planning, business analytics, marketplace insights, and executive storytelling to influence both short-term performance and long-term growth.
• The position requires frequent collaboration with global and geography teams to assess business performance, identify opportunities and risks, and align seasonal plans that create consumer-right assortments across owned channels

Key Responsibilities
Global Client Direct Planning

• Develop and maintain a forward-looking view of marketplace demand, consumer trends, and product performance.
• Partner with global and geography planning teams to build demand plans aligned to seasonal priorities and strategic business objectives.
• Translate marketplace insights into recommendations that influence assortment, inventory, and investment decisions.
• Drive alignment between global priorities and geographic marketplace needs.

Help Shape Franchise and Assortment Strategy

• Analyze franchise health, portfolio evolution, and category performance across multiple consumer segments and channels.
• Evaluate opportunities to expand emerging franchises while reducing reliance on legacy business drivers.
• Influence assortment decisions through marketplace insights, performance analysis, and consumer demand signals.
• Partner with merchandising and product teams to inform future line planning and seasonal product strategies.

Support Business Reviews and Performance Management

• Support creating and updating executive-level scorecards, dashboards, and business reviews that monitor global retail performance.
• Provide senior leadership with clear perspectives on performance trends, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Consolidate insights across Client Direct, partner marketplaces, and retail channels into a single marketplace narrative.
• Support key planning forums, operating reviews, marketplace reviews, and seasonal business checkpoints.

Deliver Advanced Marketplace Analytics

• Help build scalable analytical frameworks that improve visibility into sales performance, consumer behavior, inventory health, and marketplace trends.
• Leverage automation, data science, and AI-enabled processes to accelerate decision-making and reporting efficiency.
• Translate complex datasets into clear business implications and strategic recommendations.
• Develop tools, reporting solutions, and planning methodologies that can be adopted across the broader organization.

 
 
 
Interested and Qualified candidates, please send your most recently updated word document resume to

Jaffer.s@sunrisesys.com

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