# Senior Merchandise Planner (Maternity Cover, 18 months)

**Company**: Pattern
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: temporary
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

### Job Overview

As a Senior Merchandise Planner at Pattern, you will own the forecasting, planning, and inventory management for a defined portion of the European Brand Portfolio.

### Responsibilities

- Owns the forecasting, planning and inventory management for a defined portion of the European Brand Portfolio.

- Drives alignment across the commercial trading functions; inputting into annual, quarterly and monthly budgets in partnership with Ecommerce and Finance.

- Uses available data, statistical models and algorithmic tools to ensure accurate stock and sales projections are maintained throughout the year.

- Uses trading levers such as swap and return negotiations, EOL MD management and promotional planning to ensure inventory position, revenue and margin targets are achieved.

- Provides analytical and actionable insights into forecast deviations and future implications.

- Presents to external clients, leading discussions around Buying Strategy & Sell In-Sell Out forecasts across new and emerging marketplaces.

- Oversees category intake, managing OTB, ordering and selection processes.

- Works closely with brands to ensure order fulfilment and supply chain efficiencies.

- Drives operational excellence through collaboration with key stakeholders and ownership of innovation projects.

### Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree.

- 6+ years and a track record of progression in a multi-category/brand merchandising or planning role.

- Experience in Demand and Supply Chain Planning.

- In-depth understanding of merchandising and trading approach.

- Previous experience working with an eCommerce channel.

- Highly Commercial mindset, considering both the customer and business needs.

- Genuine motivation, curiosity and a desire for a new challenge.

- Comfortable adopting AI tools to support forecasting, planning and reporting workflows.

### Benefits

- 28 days Holiday (increasing to 32 days with each year of service)

- Competitive salary

- Hybrid working (3 days a week in the office Tues-Thurs)

- Private Medical Insurance

- Enhanced Pension Scheme

- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave and pay

- Nursery Scheme

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Regular company socials

## Skills

### Required
- Demand and Supply Chain Planning
- Merchandising
- Trading
- Ecommerce
- Data Analysis
- AI tools

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