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Senior Planner

Babylist · United States · On-site

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About Babylist

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About the role

Babylist is hiring a Senior Planner to run the day-to-day execution of merchandise planning for our growing e-commerce business. You'll own Open-to-Buy and inventory planning for your departments, making sure the right products are available at the right time to hit customer demand and business targets.

What they're looking for

  • You've owned Open-to-Buy at the department or category level and are comfortable managing day-to-day tradeoffs across sales, inventory, and margin
  • You're proficient in retail math, forecasting, and inventory planning concepts and best practices
  • You're an Excel power user who can analyze data, spot trends, and translate insights into clear actions
  • You understand vendor dynamics and are comfortable owning vendor forecasts, projections, and ongoing communication
  • You bring 6-8 years of experience in inventory or merchandise planning, ideally in e-commerce or retail
  • You're comfortable spending ~80% of your time working directly in planning systems, maintaining forecasts, inventory positions, and projections
More about this role

Babylist is hiring a Senior Planner to run the day-to-day execution of merchandise planning for our growing e-commerce business. You'll own Open-to-Buy and inventory planning for your departments, making sure the right products are available at the right time to hit customer demand and business targets. This is a highly tactical, execution-focused role: you'll spend most of your time working directly in our planning systems, managing forecasts, inventory flow, and vendor projections, while partnering closely with Merchandising and Supply Chain on the daily and weekly running of the business.

  • You've owned Open-to-Buy at the department or category level and are comfortable managing day-to-day tradeoffs across sales, inventory, and margin.
  • You're proficient in retail math, forecasting, and inventory planning concepts and best practices.
  • You're an Excel power user who can analyze data, spot trends, and translate insights into clear actions.
  • You understand vendor dynamics and are comfortable owning vendor forecasts, projections, and ongoing communication.
  • You bring 6-8 years of experience in inventory or merchandise planning, ideally in e-commerce or retail.
  • You're...

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