Merchandise Planner Jobs in the United States

Music & Arts

$60000 - $65000

Frederick, MD

Data Reporting and Insights: Prepare and share actionable insights through regular and ad hoc reports, including: Ad Hoc Analysis: Provide data-driven support for strategic and tactical decision-making as needed. We strive to create lifelong musicians and make a difference in the world by enabling musicians and non-musicians alike to experience the almost indescribable happiness that comes from playing an instrument.

System One

Pittsburgh, PA

The Associate Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining sales and margin plans that tie to financial targets for their assigned categories or departments (across mainline, factory and direct channels) in order to maximize sales and profitability. This Associate Merch Planner will partner with the Merchandise Planning team to plan all components (retail, cost, units, margin, etc.) for specific categories/departments pertaining to class or item level in order to maximize sales and profitability.

Spencer's

Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Access to all Home Office amenities including our collaborative workspaces, fitness center, and subsidized cafeteria. As a Spencer's and Spirit intern, you'll have the opportunity to enhance your skills, explore your talents, and network with peers and leaders.

Lancesoft Inc

$22 - $24

Wayzata, MN

Maintain data relevant to network distribution planning activities including capacity, constraint, logistics, supplier, master and location data.*Provide inventory plans for assigned product or location into the planning process. The Inventory Planner I will help plan, identify and evaluate the network distribution inventories through analysis of the inventory replenishment system, conducts inventory analysis working on assignments of moderate complexity and variety.

Genius Sports

$140000 - $149000

New York, NY

By bringing together next-gen technology and the finest live data available, Genius Sports is enabling a new era of sports for fans worldwide, delivering experiences that are more immersive, interactive and personalised than ever before. This leader will serve as the central point of coordination between Sales, Media Operations, Trading, Product, Finance, and Account Management, ensuring that all commercial opportunities are structured to maximize revenue, protect margin, and scale efficiently.

Spencer's

Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Whether it's developing new and exclusive costumes, quality testing products, or implementing technology solutions, our teams understand the value of working collaboratively to embrace change through innovation, curiosity, and thoughtfulness. They are responsible for helping to exceed department sales goals and profitability by working with internal and external partners to help create impactful assortments, coordinate deliveries, and analyze weekly selling.

Cinemark USA, Inc

Plano, TX

The Buyer & Merchandise Planner plays a dual role, responsible for both the strategic planning of sales, gross margin, and inventory, and the tactical execution of buying and product development. With 500+ theatres and nearly 6,000 screens; we're truly a global presence of 20,000 movie lovers working together to make unforgettable experiences.

Sunrise Systems Inc

Beaverton, OR

Who we are looking for: We are looking for a Senior Assortment Planner to establish clear end-to-end bottoms-up merchandise plans partnering with Merchandising & Enterprise Business Planning to create a line grounded in profitability, productivity, and consumer centric offerings that support the goals and the consumer sport offense. Who you will work with: You will partner cross-functionally with Direct Merchandising, Sport Planning, Sport Merchandising, Allocation Planning, Concept Planning, and Marketing/Brand teams.

Meison

Grapevine, TX

Our brands are found online, through specialty boutiques, and in stores with our various retail partners such as Neiman Marcus, Saks 5th Avenue, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s and Dillard’s. The ideal candidate will not only build financial and merchandise plans but also partner with vendors and factories to ensure smooth production and on-time deliveries.

PetSmart

Phoenix, Arizona

Your involvement in sales and margin forecasts, promotional performance analysis, inventory management, and vendor relationships will play a critical role in obtaining goals while maintaining PetSmart’s reputation in the market as a trusted partner to pet parents. Support the VP & Director to present within various strategic meetings for the division (i.e. Direction Setting, Marketing Execution meetings, Line Reviews, Open-To-Buy, Vendor, QBR, and other meetings).

Urban Outfitters

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Own ladder plans of key investments styles based on the inventory need to support rate of sale, store presentation, targeted sell-through percent, and the current risk parameters and historical trends (long range goal). Role Summary: Urban Outfitters is looking for an Associate Merchandise Planner to maximize sales by developing sound merchandise plans that support Company goals for sales, turn and margin.

AKIRA

Chicago, IL

This position reports directly to the Planning Manager and works closely with Merchandising, Allocation, and Finance to ensure inventory investments align with financial targets and brand strategy. This role is responsible for driving sales, margin, and inventory productivity through disciplined forecasting, open-to-buy management, and in-season trade execution.

Aeropostale

$62700 - $114000

New York, New York

The Associate Merchandise Planner is responsible for supporting the strategic direction of sales and inventory for select business categories through comprehensive analysis of financial performance, historical data, and current market insights. • Ability to clearly and accurately communicate and exchange information verbally, in writing, or through other means in person, telephonically, or through virtual communication methods.

HireTalent

Beaverton, OR

We are looking for a Senior Assortment Planner to establish clear end-to-end bottoms-up merchandise plans partnering with Merchandising & Enterprise Business Planning to create a line grounded in profitability, productivity, and consumer centric offerings that support the goals of Client and the consumer sport offense. You will partner cross-functionally with Client Direct Merchandising, Sport Planning, Sport Merchandising, Allocation Planning, Concept Planning, and Marketing/Brand teams.

MINISO USA

$74000 - $75000

West Covina, California

This role is responsible for translating the buyer’s vision into viable profitable results through developing and maintaining sales, inventory and margin plans that tie to financial targets. Plan all components (retail, cost, units, margin, etc.) for specific categories/departments pertaining to class or item level in order to maximize sales and profitability.

Urban Outfitters

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Artech LLC

Beaverton, OR

Join our dynamic team as a Merchandise Planner 2, where you will play a pivotal role in optimizing our supply chain and logistics operations. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a collaborative environment, driving strategic initiatives and influencing key business decisions.

Oxford Industries, Inc

Lexington, KY

Create, input, and maintain statistical forecast models using quantitative and qualitative analysis, incorporating sales trends, promotional plans, new product launches, and business intelligence across DTC and Wholesale channels. This role partners cross-functionally to align merchandising, inventory, sales, and financial objectives for The Beaufort Bonnet Company, driving financial results that maximize sales performance and inventory productivity across all channels.

Anthropologie

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

This role partners closely with Buying, Production, and cross‑functional teams to ensure accurate inventory plans, support assortment decisions, and help drive sales and margin results. Role Summary: Anthropologie is looking for an Associate Merchandise Planner to support the financial planning, forecasting, and reporting needs of the merchandising organization.

Rural King Supply

Mattoon, Illinois

As a New Store Merchandise Planner you will be playing a critical role in the successful launch of new retail locations by overseeing and coordinating all merchandising activities involved in preparing the store for opening. We offer opportunities for growth, competitive benefits, a people first environment, and an opportunity to work alongside dedicated associates who share a passion for providing an exceptional experience and service to our rural communities.

Hot Topic & BoxLunch

Industry, CA

We are seeking a proactive and analytical Associate Analytics and Merchandise Planner to play a key role in driving inventory efficiency and sales performance. Do you have the organizational skills of Belle keeping her library in order or the strategic mind of Doctor Strange planning ten steps ahead?

Psycho Bunny Inc

QC, CA

Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Psycho Bunny is dedicated to growing our diverse and inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn't perfectly match the listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyways - you could be a great fit for this or other positions.

FP Movement

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Role Summary: Free People is looking for a Merchandise Planner who will maximize sales and profit by developing sound merchandise plans for one or more departments that support the company’s goals for sales, turn, and margin. Clearly communicating and providing reporting and analysis to highlight important trends and/or support key initiatives.

Staples

Framingham, MA

Merchandise Planner is responsible for creating and maintaining period and yearly financial plans for their assigned categories and effectively partnering with Merchants and Inventory Management on identifying and implementing strategies to achieve or exceed them. Additionally, the Merchandise Planner is responsible for item planning and analysis to ensure merchandising and inventory plans are synchronized to achieve or exceed sales, inventory turns, margin and service level objectives.

ThirdLove

San Francisco, CA

Size Planning & Optimization: Analyze size-level selling across channels to optimize allocation, reduce stock issues, and update size curves based on historical and channel-specific data. Tools & AI: Develop, optimize, and implement best-in-class processes and tools for omnichannel sales analysis, receipt planning, and dynamic inventory allocation to ensure a profitable customer experience.

maurices

$75000 - $80000

Duluth, MN

Prepare and present season/class plans through: research and analysis of data, appropriate interpretation of historical data, trend analysis, work with pricing and promotions team, and collaboration with cross functional partners that support total company financial goals.  . Utilize APT or partners with APT knowledge to analyze geographic, demographic, promotional, or other impacts on business or basket analysis by orchestrating test and learn scenarios.  .

Nike

Beaverton, OR

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. In this role, you’ll lead the development and roll-up of multi-season fiscal and inventory plans across the total geo , integrating marketplace and consumer plans to deliver aligned financial targets.

inSync Staffing

Beaverton, OR

The planner will manage assortment strategy from preseason planning through in-season optimization using data-driven forecasting, retail math, and cross-functional collaboration. The position sits on a core team of 6–7 while partnering closely with sport planning, in-line planning, merchandising, and allocation teams across North America.

Free People

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Role Summary: Free People is looking for a Senior Merchandise Planner who will maximize sales and profit by developing sound merchandise plans for one or more departments that support the company’s goals for sales, turn, and margin. Clearly communicating and providing reporting and analysis to highlight important trends and/or support key initiatives.

Free People

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Role Summary: Free People is looking for an Associate Merchandise Planner who will maximize sales and profit by working with the planning team to develop sound merchandise plans for one or more departments that supports the company’s goals for sales, turn, and margin. Role Responsibilities: Working with senior planner or planner to ensure the success of one or more departments by meeting or exceeding sales, gross margin, and inventory turn.

Garan, Incorporated

$115000

New York, NY

Primary responsibilities include driving the store merchandise assortment strategy, creating financial and unit buy plans that meet or exceed sales & margin expectations, item creation and management, developing in-season strategy and tactics, and sales reporting and analytics. Building business financial plans/budgets through data-driven historical analysis, business intelligence, and consumer trends to determine future sales potential.

Foot Locker

$80000 - $100000

Gardena, California

The Vitamin Shoppe

$70000 - $80000

Secaucus, NJ

Partnering closely with Merchandising, Private Brand, Supply Chain, Analytics, and vendor teams, the Merchandise Planner translates demand signals and financial targets into actionable, data-driven plans that balance opportunity with investment. This role serves as a critical link between merchant strategy and operational execution and requires a detail-oriented, logical, and results-driven thinker who can model scenarios, influence partners, and drive disciplined inventory decisions.

Apex Systems, Inc.

Everett, WA

In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.

Free People

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Role Summary: Free People is looking for an Assistant Merchandise Planner who will assist the planning team. Independently running and distributing weekly and month end (attribute and store count) reports.

PetSmart

Phoenix, Arizona

Successful trainees will promote on from the program with a strong understanding of how merchandising and demand planning work together to drive customer satisfaction and business results, and with a clear path forward in PetSmart’s planning organization. The Demand Planning Trainee Program is a 12‑week immersive development experience designed to prepare candidates new to the merchandising field for full‑time Demand Planner roles within PetSmart’s Merchandising Planning organization.

The Pivot Group

$65000 - $98000

East Lansing, Michigan

Demand Planner, Forecasting Analyst, Supply Chain Planner, Inventory Planner, S&OP Planner, Demand Forecasting Specialist, Supply Planner, Production Planner, Merchandise Planner, Supply Chain Analyst. Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, and Product Management to gather critical market insights and refine forecasts.

The Pivot Group

$69000 - $103000

Byron Center, Michigan

Demand Planning Specialist, Forecasting Analyst, Supply Chain Planner, Inventory Planner, S&OP Analyst, Supply Chain Analyst, Forecasting Specialist, Merchandise Planner. Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and production to gather insights and align on a consensus forecast.

PetSmart

Phoenix, Arizona

Owns the end-to-end management of demand planning and allocation optimization, including in-stock and service levels for funded items and promotional product; set targets and achieves plans for inventory and space productivity required to support the sales, gross margin and in-stock plans, maintain high levels of promotional product availability during promotional periods while minimizing ad residue, and optimizing end-caps, aisle, and in-line story telling and integration consistent with consumer shopping patterns. Your involvement in sales and margin forecasts, promotional performance analysis, inventory management, and vendor relationships will play a critical role in obtaining goals while maintaining PetSmart’s reputation in the market as a trusted partner to pet parents.

PetSmart

Phoenix, Arizona

Your involvement in sales and margin forecasts, promotional performance analysis, inventory management, and vendor relationships will play a critical role in obtaining goals while maintaining PetSmart’s reputation in the market as a trusted partner to pet parents. Leads the development and execution of demand planning, including information sharing and problem solving with vendors around purchase orders, capacities, forecasting, and network inventory flow and optimization.

Shane Co.

$97000 - $118000

Greenwood Village, Colorado

Sally Beauty Holdings

Plano, TX

The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, retail stores, and residences or commercial vehicles, e.g., use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals, etc. Through their partnership with the Merchant team and Merchandise Finance team, those analyses will be utilized to increase productivity and profitability of the business in addition to helping support change management throughout the company.

Crane Aerospace & Electronics

$98820.8 - $121326.4

Burbank, CA

Proficiency in Excel and Word and ability to work with Access databases; Ability to coordinate materials and production schedules with multiple teams, solve urgent problems associated with the manufacture of products and document and communicate production outcomes and trends; Ability to perform math and logic computations requiring sequencing of times, critical incidents, and numeric information; Ability to negotiate changes with vendors and manufacturing teams. Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of the manufacturing process used in the operating unit of assignment; Working knowledge of buying, and ordering procedures; Working knowledge of production planning, material requirements planning and Kanban systems; Working knowledge of computer systems that support production, e.g., inventory control, purchasing, production scheduling and Materials Requirement Planning (MRP).

Atrium

$30 - $34

New York, NY

The company operates in a fast-paced, data-driven environment and partners with leading retail accounts across multiple channels, and is looking for a Freestyle Associate Planner. The Freestyle Associate Planner will support the Merchandise Planning team by delivering key insights, reporting, and analysis to help drive sales performance and inventory efficiency.

Conexus Food Solutions

Los Angeles, CA

You will play a key role in ensuring product availability, managing imported supply timelines, and supporting business growth by partnering closely with Sales, Operations, and Finance. Align supply plans with warehouse capacity, shelf-life considerations, and food safety requirements, Establish and monitor inventory targets (safety stock, cycle stock) to balance service levels, costs, and working capital.

Dollar General

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tennessee

Whether you are looking to launch a new career in one of our many convenient Store locations, Distribution Centers, Store Support Center or with our Private Fleet Team, we are proud to provide a wide range of career opportunities. Effective oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly when communicating with all levels of staff, management and vendors.

Centric Brands

$95000 - $110000

New York, New York

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty. 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.

Sally Beauty Holdings

Plano, TX

The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, and residences or commercial vehicles, e.g., use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals, etc. Manage the preplanning process and asset allocation to identify and drive grow / maintain / decline businesses .This position is not a remote role, but hybrid, working at the SBH Support Center located in Plano Texas. “At Sally Beauty Holdings, we find beauty in diversity.

UNAVAILABLE

$97000 - $118000

Greenwood Village, CO

Assists with timely review of current inventory conditions at individual stores versus customer service metrics, identification of issues impacting overall customer service objectives, and resolving issues through allocation/rebalancing and re-prioritization of processing flow where possible. Joining #TeamShaneCo comes with a host of benefits designed to support you and your loved ones- we understand a supportive benefits package is key to a fulfilling work experience.

Bosselman Pump & Pantry, Inc

Grand Island, Nebraska

This employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs., while performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods of time and occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk and hear. Ensure store layouts and planograms are clear, accurate, and executable, maintaining accessible documentation and fostering strong collaboration with merchandising, foodservice, and operations teams to minimize execution issues.