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Merchandise Planner

CSC Generation· Backcountry – Planning
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Hybrid (Remote)Full-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Merchandise Planner responsible for open-to-buy plans, demand forecasting, and inventory optimization across multiple product categories, partnering with Merchandising to drive sales, margin, and inventory turn goals.

Responsibilities

  • Develop comprehensive merchandise plans aligned with company goals, sales targets, and market trends for multiple product categories
  • Own and lead Open-to-Buy meetings and monthly reviews with senior leadership
  • Forecast demand using historical data, market trends, and customer insights to drive inventory and replenishment strategies
  • Monitor inventory levels, analyze sell-through rates, and recommend actions to optimize inventory turnover while minimizing stock-outs and overstock
  • Conduct regular financial analysis of sales performance, margin trends, and product profitability, delivering actionable recommendations to management
  • Manage the financial success of your division(s) by meeting sales, margin, and inventory turn targets
  • Ensure structured reporting deliverables are accurate, efficient, and follow standardized best practices
  • Identify opportunities beyond day-to-day operations to maximize sales potential and surface them with clear, data-driven recommendations

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of assortment, demand, or merchandise planning experience, including 2+ years in a retail ecommerce environment
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional aptitude for retail math
  • High proficiency with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, vlookups, or beyond) and strong aptitude to learn new technical applications quickly
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills—able to present complex information concisely to varied audiences
  • Ability to build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships and influence critical stakeholders
  • Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities; able to organize and prioritize workload under pressure
  • Demonstrated daily use of AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, or similar) for real work—you iterate on prompts, evaluate outputs critically, and know when AI is the right tool vs. when it is not

Skills

Required:Assortment planningDemand forecastingOpen-to-Buy (OTB)ExcelCommunication & presentation

Benefits

  • Paid time off policies
  • 401(k) match
  • medical/dental/vision and a variety of supplemental policies
  • employee discounts across our portfolio of brands
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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AI Native Retail Future: Commerce AGI

CSC Generation is the AI-native retail holding company. We modernize iconic brands with data, automation and our Genesis platform to build the future of Commerce AGI.

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