Merchandise Planner - Produce jobs in Irvine, CA

Culture Kings is a premium streetwear brand with exclusivity and superiority across a wide range of genres, styles, and cultures. Curated with an extensive selection of over 100 leading street, sport, and fashion brands from around the globe, as well as World Exclusive pieces you won’t find anywhere else, the Culture Kings collection stands as one of the most sought-after streetwear retailers on the market today.

Each Culture Kings store displays an electrifying atmosphere unparalleled in retail presenting leading DJs performing daily in-store. Frequently visited by some of the world’s greatest athletes, artists and tastemakers, Culture Kings is ahead of its game offering an elite perspective of the ever-changing global streetwear landscape.

About the Opportunity: As the Merchandise Planner, you will be  will be up for the challenge and responsibility of merchandising and planning activities that ensure the right product, is in the right place, at the right time!

In this pivotal role, you will optimize product assortments and inventory levels, ensuring our offerings meet customer demands and drive profitability. The ideal candidate will possess a keen analytical mindset, a passion for trend forecasting, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. Join us in delivering excellence and innovation in the retail space

• Build financial demand, sales and OTB plans, ensuring that the plan reconciles with the financial plan developed by the finance team
• Ensure solid retail and inventory targets are used to drive supply planning and decision making across the business.
• Responsible for OTB inventory management, review of sell-thru and identifying the opportunities for reorders and mitigating out of stock risks.
• Be an efficient influencer who is intelligent with numbers, organized, proactive, a true team player and able to work under pressure.
• Drive in-season management through weekly recap and analysis of best and slow sellers versus plan and last year and making recommendations to capitalise on opportunities or mitigate risk
• Provide insights and recommendations to key stakeholders including Finance, Development and Marketing.
• Work with Site Merchandising to link financial results to daily and weekly performance, along with delivering promotions and markdown management best practices.
•  Review receipt flows and aged inventory to ensure your department has the right inventory to maximize sales.
• Partner with IT to deliver custom reporting and business reporting

• 3 Years experience as a Merchandise Planner in Retail OMNI environment.
• Exceptional financial understanding and the ability to interpret data through sales analysis and reporting.
• Experience with Inventory Control, Allocation, Merchandising, Demand Forecasting, Financial Planning or Analysis.
• Knowledge of inventory planning processes (assortment planning, open to buy, reorders, markdowns, etc.) and retail math.
• Excellent communication - able to build internal and external relationships.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Google Docs (Sheets)
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and quality control.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and reorder workload.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

• Outcome-focused and strategic. Always innovating and testing new ideas to take Culture Kings to the next level
• “Best in the world” mindset. Ask the question “if we were the best in the world, what would we do?”
• Resourceful. Find the way or make the way
• Own it. See it through till the end
• 1 1=11. We are stronger together but individually brilliant

At Culture Kings, we offer a package that can only be described as the best in class within the ecommerce space today!

·        Amazing Employee Discount Program

·        Company Sponsored Medical (HMO & PPO Options), Dental, & Vision Plans

·        Company Paid Life, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, & Employee Assistance Plans

·        401(k) Program (100% Match Up to 5% of Pay)

·        Employee Stock Purchase Plan

·        15 Vacation Days 10 Sick Days 10 Holidays

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Culture Kings is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and welcoming workplace. To facilitate this, we actively promote a culture of inclusivity internally and encourage both those with non-traditional backgrounds and candidates that identity as part of a traditionally marginalized community to apply for opportunities with us and our portfolio of brands. Additionally, we routinely review our hiring practices and recruiting sources to eliminate both potential and actual bias in the hiring process.

If you need assistance or accommodation during the hiring process due to a disability, please contact us at hrus@culturekings.com. Please note that we do not respond to application inquiries or resume submissions via this email address.

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