Merchandise Planner - Dwell
Role Overview
Hands-on commercial planning role with the Dwell team.
Manage forward commitments, purchase orders, promotional availability, open-to-buy planning, and inventory performance.
Work with Buying, Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Retail, E-commerce, and suppliers to balance availability, stock cover, freight costs, and inventory risk.
Furniture, homeware, bulky goods, or other categories with complex shipping and container planning are an advantage.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Hands-on commercial planning role with the Dwell team.
Manage forward commitments, purchase orders, promotional availability, open-to-buy planning, and inventory performance.
Work with Buying, Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Retail, E-commerce, and suppliers to balance availability, stock cover, freight costs, and inventory risk.
Furniture, homeware, bulky goods, or other categories with complex shipping and container planning are an advantage.
Key responsibilities
- Manage purchase orders against the critical path, tracking supplier confirmations, work in progress, ex-factory dates, shipping timelines, and landed dates.
- Optimize stock availability across stores and sales channels; plan promotions against expected demand.
- Build open-to-buy plans, stock roll-forwards, sales forecasts, intake plans, and inventory projections; develop Excel planning models.
- Identify shortages, excess stock, delayed orders, and availability risks; work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to protect delivery timelines.
- Assess cube, container utilization, freight as a share of landed cost, and minimum-order quantities in purchase plans.
- Own aged and terminal stock reduction plans with measurable targets and delivery monitoring.
- Review and challenge purchase orders against forecasts, current stock, stock cover, open orders, and future requirements.
- Escalate commercial risks, recommend data-led alternatives, and present planning insights and recommendations.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor's degree in Merchandising, Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Retail Management, or a related field.
- Relevant experience in merchandise planning, inventory planning, demand planning, or a similar commercial planning role.
- Strong understanding of open-to-buy planning, stock roll-forward logic, forecasting, intake planning, and stock cover.
- Experience in furniture, homeware, bulky goods, or similarly complex product categories is preferred.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
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