24 Seven
Location:
Addison, TX (In-Office, 5 days/week)
Job Type:
Contract (potential contract-to-hire)
Note: Ideal start date is January 13th, 2026
Our retail client is seeking a
Merchandise Planner
to join the team on a temporary basis (with potential for contract-to-hire). This role will partner closely with the Senior Merchandise Planner and cross‑functional teams to support seasonal planning, inventory management, and forecasting for a primarily e‑commerce business. This is a hands‑on, flexible role ideal for someone who has worked in smaller or emerging brands and is comfortable wearing multiple hats while helping build and refine planning processes.
Responsibilities
Own and maintain ladder plans for ecommerce, ensuring alignment with marketing, drops, and financial targets
Take over and manage the Ecommerce Open‑to‑Buy (OTB) — build, update, and communicate OTB to support growth and manage risk
Help with seasonal ecommerce buys and forecasting; gradually take on more of the forecasting responsibility for future drops
Lead sizing strategy for seasonal buys, including detailed size curve and size performance analysis to right‑size buys and reduce stock imbalances
Support the company’s entry into wholesale with planning insights on assortment, depth, and sizing
Work heavily in Excel to build, maintain, and enhance planning tools, reports, and models (including complex formulas and multi‑tab workbooks)
Use Netsuite (ERP) to manage and maintain critical item master data and ensure accurate product information flows through the business
Oversee and validate inventory uploads from Shopify, ensuring data integrity across systems
Support and refine reporting coming out of WFX (PLM)
Develop new reporting around color performance, category performance, and key merchandising KPIs to bring a more nuanced, data‑informed view to buying decisions
Introduce more structured markdown planning and recommendations; help identify when and where to take action on slow movers, excess inventory, and aging styles
Proactively flag inventory risks and opportunities to marketing and ecommerce (e.g., excess, low stock, broken style/size/color ranges)
Help build a more mature merchandising analytics function — including analysis by color, size, channel, and launch type
Work with our 3rd‑party warehouse data to ensure stock, receipts, and availability line up with ecommerce and wholesale plans
Collaborate closely with Marketing/Ecommerce/Customer Service to provide clear, actionable data on inventory, new launches, and promotional opportunities
Partner with Production & Design on future seasons, ensuring buys are informed by hindsight and in‑season performance
Work with finance on topline planning, OTB discipline, and margin‑aware decision‑making
Interact directly with our founders/owners, who are very hands‑on, to present insights and discuss key inventory and assortment decisions
Take full ownership of ladder plans with minimal oversight; ensure they are accurate, timely, and actionable
Assume responsibility for the ecommerce OTB and be able to walk stakeholders through it confidently
Support ecommerce buys & forecasting for upcoming drops
Stand up or improve basic color and size analysis to inform future buys and reduce misses
Qualifications
3–5 years of merchandise planning experience in apparel, fashion, or a closely related retail category
Some traditional retail experience (e.g., department store, specialty retail, or branded retailer) to ground you in core planning disciplines is preferred
Experience working in a small or fast‑growing company where you’ve had to be flexible, wear multiple hats, and work without a large, structured planning department
Comfort owning a mix of “classic” planning tasks and non‑traditional responsibilities that happen in a lean environment
Advanced Excel skills are required. You should be fluent with: complex formulas (e.g., nested IFs, INDEX/MATCH/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, etc.), large data sets and multi‑sheet workbooks, and building and troubleshooting planning templates and reports
Comfortable working in at least one ERP (Netsuite is a plus) and one PLM system
Experience with Shopify or similar ecommerce platforms is a plus
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Addison, TX (In-Office, 5 days/week)
Job Type:
Contract (potential contract-to-hire)
Note: Ideal start date is January 13th, 2026
Our retail client is seeking a
Merchandise Planner
to join the team on a temporary basis (with potential for contract-to-hire). This role will partner closely with the Senior Merchandise Planner and cross‑functional teams to support seasonal planning, inventory management, and forecasting for a primarily e‑commerce business. This is a hands‑on, flexible role ideal for someone who has worked in smaller or emerging brands and is comfortable wearing multiple hats while helping build and refine planning processes.
Responsibilities
Own and maintain ladder plans for ecommerce, ensuring alignment with marketing, drops, and financial targets
Take over and manage the Ecommerce Open‑to‑Buy (OTB) — build, update, and communicate OTB to support growth and manage risk
Help with seasonal ecommerce buys and forecasting; gradually take on more of the forecasting responsibility for future drops
Lead sizing strategy for seasonal buys, including detailed size curve and size performance analysis to right‑size buys and reduce stock imbalances
Support the company’s entry into wholesale with planning insights on assortment, depth, and sizing
Work heavily in Excel to build, maintain, and enhance planning tools, reports, and models (including complex formulas and multi‑tab workbooks)
Use Netsuite (ERP) to manage and maintain critical item master data and ensure accurate product information flows through the business
Oversee and validate inventory uploads from Shopify, ensuring data integrity across systems
Support and refine reporting coming out of WFX (PLM)
Develop new reporting around color performance, category performance, and key merchandising KPIs to bring a more nuanced, data‑informed view to buying decisions
Introduce more structured markdown planning and recommendations; help identify when and where to take action on slow movers, excess inventory, and aging styles
Proactively flag inventory risks and opportunities to marketing and ecommerce (e.g., excess, low stock, broken style/size/color ranges)
Help build a more mature merchandising analytics function — including analysis by color, size, channel, and launch type
Work with our 3rd‑party warehouse data to ensure stock, receipts, and availability line up with ecommerce and wholesale plans
Collaborate closely with Marketing/Ecommerce/Customer Service to provide clear, actionable data on inventory, new launches, and promotional opportunities
Partner with Production & Design on future seasons, ensuring buys are informed by hindsight and in‑season performance
Work with finance on topline planning, OTB discipline, and margin‑aware decision‑making
Interact directly with our founders/owners, who are very hands‑on, to present insights and discuss key inventory and assortment decisions
Take full ownership of ladder plans with minimal oversight; ensure they are accurate, timely, and actionable
Assume responsibility for the ecommerce OTB and be able to walk stakeholders through it confidently
Support ecommerce buys & forecasting for upcoming drops
Stand up or improve basic color and size analysis to inform future buys and reduce misses
Qualifications
3–5 years of merchandise planning experience in apparel, fashion, or a closely related retail category
Some traditional retail experience (e.g., department store, specialty retail, or branded retailer) to ground you in core planning disciplines is preferred
Experience working in a small or fast‑growing company where you’ve had to be flexible, wear multiple hats, and work without a large, structured planning department
Comfort owning a mix of “classic” planning tasks and non‑traditional responsibilities that happen in a lean environment
Advanced Excel skills are required. You should be fluent with: complex formulas (e.g., nested IFs, INDEX/MATCH/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, etc.), large data sets and multi‑sheet workbooks, and building and troubleshooting planning templates and reports
Comfortable working in at least one ERP (Netsuite is a plus) and one PLM system
Experience with Shopify or similar ecommerce platforms is a plus
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