Merchandise Planner

When we started in 2012, we set out to reinvent men’s basics – with underwear and socks as our starting point. Today, we are a full-fledged menswear brand that powers radically-efficient wardrobing. Rooted in smart design and performance fabrics, our products are engineered to work together through our pioneering “Daily Wear System”.

As we continue to expand our product offering and distribution beyond e-commerce, we are looking for passionate, proactive, strategic, and creative problem-solvers to join our rapidly growing team. If that sounds like you… keep reading.

Mack Weldon is looking for a Merchandise Planner to manage sales analysis, financial plans, inventory flow, and product purchasing for select categories. Our ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who is also skilled in detail oriented work and has experience in both top-down and bottoms-up planning styles. Through their analysis and development of pre-season and in-season plans, the merchandise planner will collaborate with teams including E-Commerce, Production, Design, and Logistics.

• Build financial sales, gross margin and inventory plans at a category level to support the company’s strategies
• For monthly OTB review, re-forecast categories in-season based on current performance and upcoming strategies and make recommendations to leadership and cross functional teams to maximize sales and mitigate inventory risk
• Manage core replenishment models on a monthly basis to avoid stock outs and maintain healthy inventory flow
• Run standard weekly and monthly sales reports and analyze item and category performance versus expectations
• Identify and communicate potential inventory issues and strategies to right-size inventory or adjust seasonal receipt flow
• Hindsight quarterly selling, major product launches, and events to share insights with cross functional teams and influence future strategies
• Plan seasonal SKU targets based on receipt flow, recent trends, and strategic goals for each category to help build assortments in partnership with the merchandising team
• Partner with the design and production teams to plan unit buys on a quarterly basis, using historical trends and data, overarching assortment strategy, and production guardrails
• Run ad hoc analysis and reports on an as-needed basis to support the business

• 3+ years of experience in merchandise planning, apparel/retail DTC experience is a plus
• Advanced in Microsoft Excel and proficient with Microsoft Office and G Suite. Prior experience with Looker or Toolio is a plus
• Analytical mindset, data-driven, and detail oriented
• Highly collaborative and able to quickly establish credibility within the team to impact decisions through both formal and informal influence
• A self-starter with an eagerness to learn
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Full insurance benefits
• Open vacation policy
• Hybrid office model (in office M/T/Th)
• Great location in the heart of Nomad district
• Office snacks and drinks
• Thursday happy hours
• Free Mack Weldon gear
• Salary range of $90,000 - $110,000 *