Merchandise Planner - Deli develops strategies and techniques to increase sales of deli meats and other products. Analyzes department profits and profit margins of individual items. Being a Merchandise Planner - Deli controls ordering, inventory, and quality of deli products. Responsible for increasing business with new and existing customers. Additionally, Merchandise Planner - Deli may require a bachelor's degree in area of specialty. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager. To be a Merchandise Planner - Deli typically requires 2 to 4 years of related experience. Gains exposure to some of the complex tasks within the job function. Occasionally directed in several aspects of the work. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Sseko Designs uses fashion (and now coffee!) to create opportunity, sustainability, and community for women across the world and right here at home. From luxury leather travel bags to customizable footwear, Sseko creates stunning goods with an innovative business model that enables women in the countries where we make products to attend university and pursue their dreams. We are also committed to circularity, keeping all our products in circulation and out of landfills. We want the places where our community of women live and work to not just be more prosperous, but also more healthy and green. Our products are sold by Sseko Fellows, a bright and bold community of dreamers and doers, who are using their passion and smarts to support female scholars across the globe, save the planet, and earn an income to pursue their own dreams.
The Merchandise Planner plays a critical role in serving Sseko Designs’ mission to use business to create opportunity and sustainability for women across the globe. This role will be the analytical merchandising bedrock of Sseko’s world class product team. You will be responsible for supporting all demand forecasting, supply planning, buying, and inventory management processes with thoughtfully presented merchandise models and analyses that drive Sseko’s revenue and profit growth while increasing Sseko’s positive impact around the world.
This role requires an action-oriented, creative, product-loving, numbers-driven, articulate professional who thrives on bringing order to the natural chaos of fast-moving lean businesses, is ambitious and gains energy from a busy schedule, and is driven by our mission. The Merchandise Planner will be market- and numbers-obsessed and be able to immerse quickly and effectively in a business model powered by direct selling. Reporting to our Product Line Manager, you’ll be at the heart of our product team and our profitable business growth.
Key Responsibilities:
In the first 12 months at Sseko you will have achieved:
We are looking for that someone special!
You will be a part of an innovative team that is pioneering the path that merges traditional for-profit business models with positive social change for women around the globe and right here at home. You will have the opportunity to grow a company and develop a new model for doing business. The ideal, and rare, candidate will be an incredibly dynamic communicator as well as a true corporate professional. The candidate will be an innovator – excited to communicate a powerfully modern approach to social selling. The candidate must have a passion for our mission, love of people and demonstrate extraordinary professional maturity and leadership skills. If you are an optimist by nature, driven and ready to take charge in building an impact driven brand, this could be the role for you.
Time / Opportunity
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Headquarters in Portland, OR - Strong preference for local; open to fully remote.
Compensation: Depending on Experience, Health Insurance, 401k, PTO
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Sseko is on a mission to use business to create educational and economic opportunities for women across the globe. This is an ambitious goal that will only be accomplished with an inclusive culture that creates space for the most creative and courageous minds to have a seat at the table. We believe that in addition to being in alignment with our value for justice and equality, building a diverse and inclusive team is required in order for us to achieve our audacious dream of creating a brighter and more just future for women everywhere. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
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