Merchandise Planner
We are the champions of childhood
Hanna Andersson is a Portland, Oregon-based premier kids and baby clothing brand. Our clothes are made to play, made to last, and designed to let kids be kids. We have core commitments to design, quality, and sustainability, and we believe in helping families create meaningful everyday moments. These principles guide the Hanna Way, and lead to an experience authentically different from other children’s brands.
We cultivate our unique brand by hiring team members who believe in these values, own a customer service mindset, and who are innovative, results-oriented, and comfortable working in a collaborative and growth-driven work environment. We all share in our brand’s success, and we actively encourage our team members to maintain a healthy balance in their daily lives.
Position Summary
The Merchandise Planner at Hanna Andersson will take charge of both pre-season and in-season inventory investments, ensuring everything aligns perfectly with our business goals. As a key partner to our Merchants, you'll leverage your analytical skills to drive business results through smart portfolio management.
Responsibilities will include overseeing the Open to Buy process, developing style-level pre-season plans, and optimizing prices in real-time to enhance sales, gross margin, and inventory turnover. Successful candidates will demonstratea strong planning background and exceptional analytical skills, a knack for problem-solving, and amazing time management abilities. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are a must, as this position will influence decisions and collaborate with various teams.
Essential Duties
Own the development of division, department & style level plans that support the brand strategy
Partner with merchandising to develop tops/down dept/class sales and inventory plans that align with division objectives
Develop style-level sales and inventory plans
Own bottom-up financial reconciliation of style level to department
Own OTB, sales and inventory forecasting, including assessing total risks and creating resolutions to achieve/exceed financial targets in collaboration with Director of Planning. Drive strategies to positively impact assortment and financials
Own business recaps (week, month, quarterly) to inform short-term and long-term financial strategies/action plans
Provide regular analysis of business trends, both pre-season and post-season, along with the appropriate actions that support effective inventory management and maximize sales and margin and mitigate risk to all business partners
Own recommending and executing in-season pricing strategies
Drives business discussions and adjusts strategies to optimize inventory investments and maximize results
Create and cultivate a collaborative, innovative and results-oriented environment
Influence others, both functional and cross-functional partners, to drive results
Maintain in-stock levels, and optimize inventory
Partner with the sourcing team and provide long-range forecasts and seasonal item forecasts in line with the production calendar to ensure product is ordered and produced to support product launches
Collaborates on continual development and improvement of planning tools and processes
Qualifications
2+ years prior planning experience; direct to consumer preferred
Proven track record in driving results via merchandise forecasting, planning and data analytics
Excellent analytical, mathematical and problem-solving skills and proficiency with retail math
Detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management skills
Demonstrated record of prioritizing, influencing and decision making at multiple levels in the organization
Ability to use sales financial data to make decisions and maximize profitability
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with proven ability to build strong partnerships and influence others.
Excellent analytical application skills (Excel, etc.) and desire to master new systems; productivity application skills (PowerPoint, Word)
Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects with tight deadlines
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain or equivalent experience in related discipline
Location
Portland, OR (hybrid) preferred
Open to remote (west coast hours) - if remote, travel to PDX will be required.
$60,000 - $73,000 a year
Hanna Talent Cultivation Standards:
With a rise in cyber-criminal activity, please note Hanna will never:
-Ask for any sensitive personal information via email, text, or other forms of instant messaging
-Interview you via email and/or send you a list of questions in lieu of an interview
-Extend an offer without speaking to you via phone or video call
-Ask for bank account or financial information during the recruiting process
Legitimate email communication will only be done to and from @hannaandersson.com email addresses. Please examine messages carefully to ensure this is the domain you are receiving messages from, as cybercriminals may also utilize domains that look similar but may have one letter off (such as @hannaandersson.com).
Legitimate candidate application submissions are received directly from the applicant. All unsolicited third-party submissions will be considered illegitimate and will not be reviewed or considered for hire.
Hanna Andersson provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Hanna Andersson prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation of any kind. Hanna Andersson encourages applicants of all ages.
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Merchandise Planner
We are the champions of childhood
Hanna Andersson is a Portland, Oregon-based premier kids and baby clothing brand. Our clothes are made to play, made to last, and designed to let kids be kids. We have core commitments to design, quality, and sustainability, and we believe in helping families create meaningful everyday moments. These principles guide the Hanna Way, and lead to an experience authentically different from other children’s brands.
We cultivate our unique brand by hiring team members who believe in these values, own a customer service mindset, and who are innovative, results-oriented, and comfortable working in a collaborative and growth-driven work environment. We all share in our brand’s success, and we actively encourage our team members to maintain a healthy balance in their daily lives.
Position Summary
The Merchandise Planner at Hanna Andersson will take charge of both pre-season and in-season inventory investments, ensuring everything aligns perfectly with our business goals. As a key partner to our Merchants, you'll leverage your analytical skills to drive business results through smart portfolio management.
Responsibilities will include overseeing the Open to Buy process, developing style-level pre-season plans, and optimizing prices in real-time to enhance sales, gross margin, and inventory turnover. Successful candidates will demonstratea strong planning background and exceptional analytical skills, a knack for problem-solving, and amazing time management abilities. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are a must, as this position will influence decisions and collaborate with various teams.
Essential Duties
Own the development of division, department & style level plans that support the brand strategy
Partner with merchandising to develop tops/down dept/class sales and inventory plans that align with division objectives
Develop style-level sales and inventory plans
Own bottom-up financial reconciliation of style level to department
Own OTB, sales and inventory forecasting, including assessing total risks and creating resolutions to achieve/exceed financial targets in collaboration with Director of Planning. Drive strategies to positively impact assortment and financials
Own business recaps (week, month, quarterly) to inform short-term and long-term financial strategies/action plans
Provide regular analysis of business trends, both pre-season and post-season, along with the appropriate actions that support effective inventory management and maximize sales and margin and mitigate risk to all business partners
Own recommending and executing in-season pricing strategies
Drives business discussions and adjusts strategies to optimize inventory investments and maximize results
Create and cultivate a collaborative, innovative and results-oriented environment
Influence others, both functional and cross-functional partners, to drive results
Maintain in-stock levels, and optimize inventory
Partner with the sourcing team and provide long-range forecasts and seasonal item forecasts in line with the production calendar to ensure product is ordered and produced to support product launches
Collaborates on continual development and improvement of planning tools and processes
Qualifications
2+ years prior planning experience; direct to consumer preferred
Proven track record in driving results via merchandise forecasting, planning and data analytics
Excellent analytical, mathematical and problem-solving skills and proficiency with retail math
Detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management skills
Demonstrated record of prioritizing, influencing and decision making at multiple levels in the organization
Ability to use sales financial data to make decisions and maximize profitability
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with proven ability to build strong partnerships and influence others.
Excellent analytical application skills (Excel, etc.) and desire to master new systems; productivity application skills (PowerPoint, Word)
Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects with tight deadlines
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain or equivalent experience in related discipline
Location
Portland, OR (hybrid) preferred
Open to remote (west coast hours) - if remote, travel to PDX will be required.
$60,000 - $73,000 a year
Hanna Talent Cultivation Standards:
With a rise in cyber-criminal activity, please note Hanna will never:
-Ask for any sensitive personal information via email, text, or other forms of instant messaging
-Interview you via email and/or send you a list of questions in lieu of an interview
-Extend an offer without speaking to you via phone or video call
-Ask for bank account or financial information during the recruiting process
Legitimate email communication will only be done to and from @hannaandersson.com email addresses. Please examine messages carefully to ensure this is the domain you are receiving messages from, as cybercriminals may also utilize domains that look similar but may have one letter off (such as @hannaandersson.com).
Legitimate candidate application submissions are received directly from the applicant. All unsolicited third-party submissions will be considered illegitimate and will not be reviewed or considered for hire.
Hanna Andersson provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Hanna Andersson prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation of any kind. Hanna Andersson encourages applicants of all ages.