What You’ll Do 🛍️Open-to-Buy Ownership: Lead OTB management for the fashion label, creating receipt plans aligned with sales, margin, inventory targets, and cash flow objectives. 💳Demand & Inventory Strategy: Build bottoms-up sales, demand, and receipt plans down to the collection, SKU, channel, and size-curve levels. 🔍Inventory Optimization: Monitor inventory productivity, Weeks of Supply (WOS), sell-through, and stock positions. Recommend replenishment, markdowns, and allocations across Ecommerce and Retail. 🛒Beauty & Supply Planning Support: Support finished goods and component planning for the beauty division, keeping replenishment visible and proactive. 💅Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify stockout risks, low WOS, or excess inventory—making firm recommendations to delay, reduce, or accelerate receipts. ⚠️Executive Insights: Prepare weekly performance reports and executive-level analysis to guide profitability and strategy. 📉Process Improvement: Build, refine, and optimize forecasting models, planning tools, and reporting workflows. 🛠️Must-Have Skills 🎯Experience: 5+ years of merchandise planning experience in fashion or specialty retail. 💼Core Expertise: Direct experience owning Open-to-Buy (OTB) and building bottoms-up SKU, category, and channel financial plans. 📑Retail Math Fluency: Deep understanding of sell-through, WOS, inventory turn, gross margin, and stock positions. 🔢Tech Proficiency: Advanced Excel skills + hands-on experience with ERP/BI platforms (e.g., NetSuite, Looker, or equivalent).Cross-Functional Influence: Proven track record collaborating with Buying, Supply Chain, Finance, and Sales channels.Commercial Judgment: Strong analytical acumen and the confidence to advise against risky inventory investments when necessary.Tools & Tech StackSpreadsheets: Microsoft Excel (Advanced)ERP & BI: NetSuite, Looker, or equivalent planning and analytics systemsOperations: Inventory management software for tracking WOS, sell-through, and stock levelsOur client—a California-based fashion, beauty, and wellness brand—is looking for an experienced Manager, Merchandise Planning to lead merchandise planning for its fashion label.