- Manage and regularly review the Open To Buy, forecasting and inventory position, taking practical trade actions in response to sales performance, risks and opportunities.
- Prepare detailed weekly product reporting and translate results into clear actions that maximise sales, margin and stock productivity.
- Monitor sales, stock turn, sell-through, intake and inventory performance across boutiques, digital channels and global markets.
- Review seasonal, promotional and key trading-event performance, using the results to update future intake, range and inventory plans.
- Manage stock-on-hand across core and fashion products, maintaining availability while minimising aged, slow-moving and excess inventory.
- Review product performance and identify opportunities to repeat, discontinue, move products from fashion to core, or move stock to markdown.
- Oversee daily replenishment and regularly adjust boutique targets, grades and space allocations to reflect performance, capacity and trading periods.
- Review warehouse stock and work closely with Warehouse and 3PL partners to manage product arrivals, stock availability, bottlenecks and dispatch requirements.
- Manage the product launch calendar and coordinate stock allocation to support on-time launches across boutiques, digital channels and all markets.
- Maintain accurate product, pricing, promotional, purchase order and inventory data across planning systems.
- Partner with Design, Production, Retail, Marketing,



Digital and Finance to keep product activity on track and support key commercial initiatives.
- Manage and develop the Merchandise Planning team through clear priorities, regular communication and coaching, while remaining actively involved in the day-to-day planning work.

Requirements

- Proven senior experience in merchandise planning, forecasting and replenishment across multiple markets, ideally within fashion, apparel or lifestyle retail
- Strong commercial acumen with advanced analytical and forecasting skills
- A hands‑on approach, with the ability to work confidently in the detail and translate trading results into practical actions
- Experience managing, mentoring and developing merchandise planners while remaining actively involved in the day‑to‑day planning workload
- High attention to detail and a rigorous approach to data integrity, pricing and promotional accuracy
- Confident stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to communicate clear commercial insights across all levels of the business
- Highly organised, with the ability to manage competing deadlines, launch calendars and critical paths across a global business

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in merchandise planning, forecasting, and inventory management within the fashion retail sector, with a solid focus on data integrity and stakeholder communication. Capable of leading and developing teams while driving commercial initiatives and optimizing stock performance across multiple markets.

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📌 Head of Merchandise Planning (City of Sydney)
🏢 Jobtailor
📍 City of Sydney