Foot Locker
E-Commerce Merchandise Planner - WSS
Foot Locker, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
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E-Commerce Merchandise Planner - WSS
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Foot Locker .
Overview This role will be hybrid in office three days a week at our WSS Corporate office in Gardena, CA. The E-Commerce Merchandise Planner is responsible for developing item-level financial and inventory strategies that maximize online sales, margin, and inventory productivity across multiple digital channels. This role combines strong analytical skills with product and consumer insights, focusing heavily on size-level availability, trend lifecycle planning, seasonal demand, and performance by category, silhouette, and material. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, data-driven, and comfortable adapting plans based on rapid ecommerce demand signals.
Responsibilities
Digital Financial Planning & Forecasting
Build, manage, and update weekly, monthly, and seasonal forecasts for sales, margin, demand, receipts, and inventory.
Forecast at the SKU/color/size level, taking into account historical analytics, emerging trends, and marketing drivers.
Translate assortment strategies—Fashion, core, and seasonality—into investment and flow plans.
Align forecasts with promotional calendars, stylized collections, product drops, influencer campaigns, and seasonal floorsets.
Inventory & Lifecycle Management
Own ecommerce OTB strategy for assigned categories and identify risk/opportunity scenarios.
Monitor in-stock %, size availability, WOS, aging, and reserve inventory to ensure strong sell-through and margin health.
Manage lifecycle stages for apparel & footwear: test → scale → maintain → taper → exit.
Recommend inventory actions including replenishment, raise/lower strategies, size adjustments, consolidation, or markdown.
Performance Analytics & Reporting
Create and maintain weekly analytical tools tracking sell-through and sell-velocity by size, silhouette and franchise.
Track conversion trends tied to availability.
Track attribute-based performance (core, key, fashion, climate relevance).
Track newness vs. core productivity.
Conduct hindsight analysis to influence future category buys, size curves, and channel strategies.
Identify insights related to climate, region, and occasion-based demand.
Cross-Functional Partnership
Align with Ecommerce Merchandising on site strategy including hero placements, outfitting, and shop-the-look modules.
Collaborate with Buying & Planning on buy quantity, size curve accuracy, launch timing, and trend testing.
Partner with Supply Chain / Allocation to ensure product is launch-ready with proper sizes and DC readiness.
Ensure Marketing & Creative receive accurate product and inventory insights before campaign execution.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Finance, Analytics, Supply Chain, or related field.
3-5+ years experience in ecommerce planning, digital inventory management, or merchandise planning (apparel & footwear preferred).
Advanced Excel capabilities; comfortable working with large datasets and size-level reporting.
Experience with ecommerce platforms and planning systems (e.g., Shopify, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Blue Yonder/JDA, Power BI).
Understanding of sizing, silhouettes, and seasonality across product categories.
Core Competencies
Consumer-first digital mindset
Strong retail math, forecasting, and scenario planning
Ability to interpret size-level analytics and predict sell-down patterns
Clear and confident communication with cross-functional partners
Proactive, fast-paced decision-making and problem-solving
Passion for fashion, product trends, and evolving consumer behavior
Success Metrics
High ecommerce size-level in-stock rate on key items
Increased full-price sell-through with minimized markdown liability
Improved forecast accuracy across category and size curves
Healthy turn and reduced aged inventory
Action-oriented reporting and strategic recommendations
Benefits The pay range is $65,000 - $75,000 per year. Salary will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Salary is one component of the Foot Locker, Inc. total compensation package, which includes the following.
Employee Discount
Paid Time Off
Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage
401(k) | Roth 401(k)
Stock Purchase Plan
Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Opportunities for Advancement
Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses
Strong Company Culture
Employee Resource Groups
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Marketing and Sales
Industries
Retail
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E-Commerce Merchandise Planner - WSS
role at
Foot Locker .
Overview This role will be hybrid in office three days a week at our WSS Corporate office in Gardena, CA. The E-Commerce Merchandise Planner is responsible for developing item-level financial and inventory strategies that maximize online sales, margin, and inventory productivity across multiple digital channels. This role combines strong analytical skills with product and consumer insights, focusing heavily on size-level availability, trend lifecycle planning, seasonal demand, and performance by category, silhouette, and material. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, data-driven, and comfortable adapting plans based on rapid ecommerce demand signals.
Responsibilities
Digital Financial Planning & Forecasting
Build, manage, and update weekly, monthly, and seasonal forecasts for sales, margin, demand, receipts, and inventory.
Forecast at the SKU/color/size level, taking into account historical analytics, emerging trends, and marketing drivers.
Translate assortment strategies—Fashion, core, and seasonality—into investment and flow plans.
Align forecasts with promotional calendars, stylized collections, product drops, influencer campaigns, and seasonal floorsets.
Inventory & Lifecycle Management
Own ecommerce OTB strategy for assigned categories and identify risk/opportunity scenarios.
Monitor in-stock %, size availability, WOS, aging, and reserve inventory to ensure strong sell-through and margin health.
Manage lifecycle stages for apparel & footwear: test → scale → maintain → taper → exit.
Recommend inventory actions including replenishment, raise/lower strategies, size adjustments, consolidation, or markdown.
Performance Analytics & Reporting
Create and maintain weekly analytical tools tracking sell-through and sell-velocity by size, silhouette and franchise.
Track conversion trends tied to availability.
Track attribute-based performance (core, key, fashion, climate relevance).
Track newness vs. core productivity.
Conduct hindsight analysis to influence future category buys, size curves, and channel strategies.
Identify insights related to climate, region, and occasion-based demand.
Cross-Functional Partnership
Align with Ecommerce Merchandising on site strategy including hero placements, outfitting, and shop-the-look modules.
Collaborate with Buying & Planning on buy quantity, size curve accuracy, launch timing, and trend testing.
Partner with Supply Chain / Allocation to ensure product is launch-ready with proper sizes and DC readiness.
Ensure Marketing & Creative receive accurate product and inventory insights before campaign execution.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Finance, Analytics, Supply Chain, or related field.
3-5+ years experience in ecommerce planning, digital inventory management, or merchandise planning (apparel & footwear preferred).
Advanced Excel capabilities; comfortable working with large datasets and size-level reporting.
Experience with ecommerce platforms and planning systems (e.g., Shopify, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Blue Yonder/JDA, Power BI).
Understanding of sizing, silhouettes, and seasonality across product categories.
Core Competencies
Consumer-first digital mindset
Strong retail math, forecasting, and scenario planning
Ability to interpret size-level analytics and predict sell-down patterns
Clear and confident communication with cross-functional partners
Proactive, fast-paced decision-making and problem-solving
Passion for fashion, product trends, and evolving consumer behavior
Success Metrics
High ecommerce size-level in-stock rate on key items
Increased full-price sell-through with minimized markdown liability
Improved forecast accuracy across category and size curves
Healthy turn and reduced aged inventory
Action-oriented reporting and strategic recommendations
Benefits The pay range is $65,000 - $75,000 per year. Salary will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Salary is one component of the Foot Locker, Inc. total compensation package, which includes the following.
Employee Discount
Paid Time Off
Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage
401(k) | Roth 401(k)
Stock Purchase Plan
Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Opportunities for Advancement
Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses
Strong Company Culture
Employee Resource Groups
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Marketing and Sales
Industries
Retail
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