Senior Merchandise Planner

As a Senior Merchandise Planner at Mejuri, your primary responsibilities involve developing and maintaining merchandise plans, optimizing inventory performance, and driving collaboration across various teams. You'll build merchandise financial plans, analyze key performance metrics to maximize profitability, and support seasonal assortment planning by providing insights on historical performance and customer preferences. This role is crucial for ensuring the right products are always available, thus contributing to Mejuri's overarching goals.

To apply for the Senior Merchandise Planner position at Mejuri, candidates should possess at least 6 years of experience in merchandise planning or retail analytics. A strong analytical mindset, proficiency with data synthesis, and expertise in financial planning and forecasting are essential. Additionally, familiarity with planning systems like Blueridge or Anaplan and exceptional communication skills are critical for success in this role.

The Senior Merchandise Planner plays a vital role in Mejuri's growth by using data-driven insights to inform product assortment and inventory strategies. This directly affects sales performance and inventory productivity across all channels. By collaborating with various teams, you help align sales and inventory plans with Mejuri's financial objectives, thereby supporting its mission to empower women and redefine luxury in jewelry.

The work environment at Mejuri for a Senior Merchandise Planner is dynamic and collaborative. With a hybrid work model, the role allows flexibility while emphasizing teamwork and relationship building within the office three days a week and remote work two days. The company values open communication, creativity, and support for continuous improvement, making it an inspiring place to work and grow professionally.

Working as a Senior Merchandise Planner at Mejuri comes with several benefits, including a minimum of three weeks of vacation, a hybrid work model, comprehensive medical and dental benefits, and initiatives focusing on work-life balance, such as the ‘Mejuri Passport’ for remote working opportunities. The supportive environment, generous employee discounts, and opportunities for personal and professional development make Mejuri an attractive workplace for aspiring professionals.

In answering this question, highlight your strategic, analytical methodology to merchandise planning. Discuss how you utilize data to forecast demand and influence product assortment decisions. Emphasize your experience in cross-functional collaboration and explain how you align your planning with overall business objectives.

Employ examples from your past experiences to illustrate your approach to monitoring key performance metrics, such as inventory turnover and sell-through rates. Describe how you identify trends and opportunities for improvement and how these insights inform your planning strategies.

Focus on a specific instance where your strategic planning led to measurable results. Illustrate how you identified an opportunity, crafted a plan, and monitored its success over time. Be sure to quantify the impact this had on sales or overall inventory efficiency.

Mention the importance of communication and teamwork. Share how you actively engage with teams such as Merchandising, Finance, and Supply Chain. Focus on your ability to bridge knowledge gaps between departments, ensuring that everyone is aligned on common goals.

Discuss your familiarity with tools like Excel, Blueridge, or Anaplan for merchandise planning. Explain how these tools enhance your analytical capabilities and help you effectively manage inventory plans and forecasts.

Describe your organizational skills and methods for prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact. Provide examples of how you've successfully managed competing deadlines while maintaining quality work.

Identify key metrics such as sell-through rate, weeks of supply, and margin contribution. Explain why these metrics are critical in making informed merchandising decisions and how you leverage them to enhance inventory productivity.

Emphasize the importance of continuous learning. Discuss strategies you’ve used to monitor market trends, competitor analysis, and customer feedback, such as industry reports, webinars, and networking events.

Explain your strategic approach to managing overstocked inventory, such as through discount promotions or reallocating stock to other channels. Highlight how you've successfully navigated similar scenarios in previous roles.

Connect your personal values and career aspirations with Mejuri’s mission. Talk about your passion for jewelry and how you resonate with the brand’s commitment to empowering women. Mention your excitement to contribute to Mejuri's growth as a Senior Merchandise Planner.