Job Description

Central Sydney // Full-time or four days per week

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- Own the planning function for an established Australian women's fashion eCommerce brand.
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- Take a seat on the leadership team and influence product, trade and growth.
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- Work from a great central Sydney location, with a four-day working week considered.
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Your opportunity to shape how a fashion business grows.

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For a merchandise planner who loves fashion, understands online trading and wants genuine ownership, this role offers plenty to get stuck into. This established, founder-led women's fashion eCommerce brand is back in growth mode. With Buying and Marketing already transformed, the next priority is planning: building the structure, insight and commercial discipline to support sustainable growth.

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From range investment and forecasting to stock availability and margin, you'll influence the decisions that determine what the business buys, how it trades and where it grows. You'll have a seat on the leadership team, direct access to senior decision-makers and an existing Planner to lead and develop.

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It's a hands-on role with strategic scope, in a business where you can see your recommendations put into practice.

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What you'll be doing

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You'll work closely with Buying, eCommerce, Finance and Marketing to connect product decisions with customer demand and commercial performance.

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Your remit will include:

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- Owning the merchandise plan. Develop and manage sales, margin and inventory plans, with responsibility for OTB and WSSI.
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- Shaping the range. Partner with Buying on seasonal planning,



using product performance and customer insights to guide where and how much to invest.
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- Driving weekly trade. Understand what's selling, spot changes in demand and turn your analysis into clear actions across buying, replenishment, promotions and markdowns.
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- Improving stock performance. Manage forecasting and inventory flow across 3,000+ SKUs, keeping availability strong while controlling excess stock.
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- Protecting profitability. Develop promotional and markdown strategies that balance revenue, margin and stock clearance.
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- Connecting planning with business strategy. Partner with the CFO and wider leadership team to align trading and buying decisions with financial goals.
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- Developing your Planner. Provide clear direction, coaching and feedback, helping them build their capability and confidence.
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- Making planning better. Improve reporting, processes and systems, exploring where automation and AI can support accuracy and efficiency.
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What you'll bring

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You know the pace of fashion eCommerce. You're comfortable working through a large, changing range, making decisions on weekly trading cycles and adjusting the plan when customer demand moves.

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You can get into the detail, explain what matters and make a clear recommendation. You're also happy taking ownership:



challenging assumptions, working through problems and following decisions through.

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- Five or more years' experience at Planner level or above, with strong experience in women's fashion and eCommerce.
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- A solid technical grounding in merchandise planning, forecasting, OTB, WSSI and stock management.
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- Experience managing high SKU volumes and complex datasets, ideally across a range of 3,000+ SKUs.
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- Advanced Excel skills and confidence using planning systems.
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- Strong commercial judgement across sales, margin, stock investment and customer buying behaviour.
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- Clear communication and the confidence to influence colleagues across different functions.
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- The ability to coach and develop an existing Planner while staying hands-on yourself.
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Why this role?

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Ownership with influence. You'll lead planning and help shape the wider business through your position on the leadership team.

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Fashion eCommerce at the centre. Product, customer demand and online trading will drive your work, with a broad range and a rapid weekly trading rhythm.

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Room to make your mark. There's a clear opportunity to strengthen how planning operates, from the quality of the forecasts to the way the business makes decisions.

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Close to the decision-makers. You'll work directly with senior leaders across Buying, Marketing, eCommerce and Finance in a founder-led, entrepreneurial environment.

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Based on-site in a great central Sydney location, the role is available full‐time, with four days per week also considered.

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