About the Role
This is a strategic, data-driven role focused on merchandise planning, involving forecasting, OTB management, and SKU-level performance analysis to shape assortment strategy. You will partner with the Merchandising team, providing analysis and insights into business recommendations.
Responsibilities
- Support development of monthly, quarterly, and annual sales and inventory forecasts for assigned categories
- Own day-to-day planning responsibilities for assigned categories
- Maintain category-level OTB and reconcile planned versus actual sales, receipts, inventory, and margin
- Analyze historical sales trends and current business performance to identify risks and opportunities
- Perform SKU-level analysis and make strategic recommendations for product investment, replenishment, markdowns, or exit strategies
- Partner with Buying on seasonal assortment plans, purchase recommendations, and support category decisions
- Support inventory planning for product launches, marketing campaigns, promotions, and peak periods
- Analyze forecast accuracy and continuously improve planning assumptions
- Develop dashboards and tools to simplify business performance understanding and action
- Present key insights and recommendations during weekly/monthly business reviews
Requirements
- 2–3 years in merchandise planning, retail analytics, ecommerce, or a similar analytical function
- Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills, including pivots, lookups, formulas, data manipulation, and model building
- Strong understanding of retail math and metrics (sales, margin, sell-through, weeks of supply, inventory turn, OTB)
- Ability to work with large datasets and identify meaningful trends
- Strong attention to detail and data accuracy
- Comfortable building forecasting models and analyzing multiple scenarios
- Excellent communication skills, able to explain the 'why' behind the numbers
- Self-starter who enjoys working in a high-growth environment
- Genuine interest in product, customers, and the DTC/ecommerce environment
- Adapt quickly to new tools and systems for planning, analysis, and decision-making
Skills
- Excel
- Google Sheets
- Pivots
- Lookups
- Formulas
- Data manipulation
- Model building
- Retail math
- Forecasting
- Data analysis
- Communication
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Associate
Salary/Compensations
- $75,000 - $85,000
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Company equity
- Opportunity for annual bonus
- Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- FSA options
- Access to One Medical, Health Advocate, Teladoc, KindBody and Talkspace
- Unlimited vacation time
- 401k with 3% company contribution
- $250 per month home office allowance
- Up to $500 per year learning allowance
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible schedule
- Up to $500 annual 1:1 donation match
- Free Bespoke Post box each month
- Additional discounts
- Regular team learning and social events
About the Company
- Bespoke Post is a lifestyle brand built on the spirit of discovery, dedicated to finding under-the-radar goods and creating guides to enhance customers' daily lives.
- We operate through our shop, editorial stories, subscription boxes, and in-house brands, highlighting quality products and interesting people to spark curiosity and enrich experiences.
Equal Opportunity
- Bespoke Post is an equal opportunity workplace and recognizes that success depends on an inclusive, collaborative, and diverse team.
