Merchandise Planning Analyst

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🇵🇭 Philippines – Remote

💵 A$1.5k - A$1.8k / month

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧐 Analyst

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Hunt St

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1 - 10 employees

🎯 Recruiter

👥 HR Tech

🤝 B2B

Recruitment • HR Tech • B2B

Hunt St is an Australia-based recruiting firm founded by brothers Shaun and Eliot with the aim of helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) hire top offshore talent directly, avoiding the high costs associated with traditional outsourcing agencies. The company offers a unique one-time finder's fee model, enabling clients to save significantly on recruitment costs. They provide comprehensive services including job postings, candidate screenings, interviews, and legal support for compliant remote hiring. Hunt St specializes in sourcing talent from countries like the Philippines, Nepal, Indonesia, and India, offering a transparent and ethical hiring process that allows businesses to provide fairer compensation to employees while ensuring stringent security and compliance measures are met.

📋 Description

• Support range selection with suppliers through sales, stock and performance analysis • Analyse customer demand, category performance and assortment to identify range gaps and opportunities • Create new SKUs and maintain accurate product and SKU master data • Review aged, slow-moving and underperforming stock and recommend actions to improve stock turn • Support management and maintenance of the Open to Buy (OTB) • Monitor inventory investment against budgets and flag risks or variances • Maintain forward sales and inventory forecasts using historical performance, seasonality, promotions and trading plans • Quantify forward and bulk order requirements to support availability while managing inventory risk • Support planning for trading periods, promotions, launches and supplier opportunities • Analyse sales, stock cover, sell-through and stock turn to identify replenishment and inventory opportunities • Support minimum stock levels, inventory settings, space planning and assortment planning across stores and channels • Recommend inventory requirements by SKU, category and location • Process supplier cost price changes and assess commercial and margin impacts • Monitor Was/Now and promotional pricing for Australian Consumer Law and company compliance • Prepare and distribute weekly Monday merchandise and planning reports • Maintain reporting across sales, stock, margin, aged inventory and planning KPIs • Highlight risks, opportunities and exceptions requiring action • Provide ad hoc analysis and continually improve reporting processes • Collaborate with Merchandise, Supply Chain, Technology, Finance, Ecommerce, Store and Supplier teams • Provide accurate data, disciplined inventory planning and timely commercial insights supporting profitable sales and better decisions

🎯 Requirements

• Philippines-based candidates • Previous experience in merchandise planning, allocation, buying administration or a similar retail analytical role • Experience within retail, ecommerce or consumer products preferred • Shopify experience highly regarded • Strong numerical and analytical capability • Intermediate to advanced Excel skills • Understanding of retail sales, stock, margin, sell-through and stock turn metrics • Exposure to Open to Buy (OTB), forecasting or inventory planning highly regarded • Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy • Ability to interpret data and translate analysis into practical recommendations • Strong organisational skills and ability to manage recurring deadlines • Ability to collaborate across multiple business functions • Ability to work independently, take ownership and make sound judgment calls with light guidance • Initiative and willingness to identify process improvements • Reliable and diligent when working remotely, with strong follow-through and accountability • Proactive communication and ability to build rapport within a close-knit team • Comfortable using AI tools to improve efficiency, productivity and work quality • Availability for meetings and collaboration during core AEST or PHT business hours • Disclosure of existing ongoing roles or client work • Reflecting the engagement on LinkedIn, marked as “Independent Contractor” if not employed via EOR

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% remote work from home • Flexible schedule management as an independent contractor • Occasional collaboration during AU business hours • Engagement may be set up via an Employer of Record (EOR)