E-Commerce Merchandise Planner - WSS Job Location(s) US-CA-Los Angeles Position Type Regular Full-Time FLSA Status Exempt Job ID 2025-66911 Category Digital Overview

This role will be hybrid in office three days a week at our WSS Corporate office in Gardena, CA.

The E-Commerce Merchandise Planner is responsible for developing item-level financial and inventory strategies that maximize online sales, margin, and inventory productivity across multiple digital channels. This role combines strong analytical skills with product and consumer insights, focusing heavily on size-level availability, trend lifecycle planning, seasonal demand, and performance by category, silhouette, and material. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, data-driven, and comfortable adapting plans based on rapid ecommerce demand signals.

Responsibilities

Digital Financial Planning & Forecasting

Build, manage, and update weekly, monthly, and seasonal forecasts for sales, margin, demand, receipts, and inventory.Forecast at the SKU/color/size level, taking into account historical analytics, emerging trends, and marketing drivers.Translate assortment strategies—Fashion, core,  and seasonality—into investment and flow plans.Align forecasts with promotional calendars, stylized collections, product drops, influencer campaigns, and seasonal floorsets.

Inventory & Lifecycle Management

Own ecommerce OTB strategy for assigned categories and identify risk/opportunity scenarios.Monitor in-stock %, size availability, WOS, aging, and reserve inventory to ensure strong sell-through and margin health.Manage lifecycle stages for apparel & footwear: test → scale → maintain → taper → exit.Recommend inventory actions including replenishment, raise/lower strategies, size adjustments, consolidation, or markdown.

Performance Analytics & Reporting

Create and maintain weekly analytical tools tracking:Sell-through and sell-velocity by size, silhouette and franchise.Conversion trends tied to availabilityAttribute-based performance (core, key, fashion, climate relevance)Newness vs. core productivityConduct hindsight analysis to influence future category buys, size curves, and channel strategies.Identify insights related to climate, region, and occasion-based demand.

Cross-Functional Partnership

Align with Ecommerce Merchandising on site strategy including hero placements, outfitting, and shop-the-look modules.Collaborate with Buying & Planning on buy quantity, size curve accuracy, launch timing, and trend testing.Partner with Supply Chain / Allocation to ensure product is launch-ready with proper sizes and DC readiness.Ensure Marketing & Creative receive accurate product and inventory insights before campaign execution. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Finance, Analytics, Supply Chain, or related field.3–5+ years experience in ecommerce planning, digital inventory management, or merchandise planning (apparel & footwear preferred).Advanced Excel capabilities; comfortable working with large datasets and size-level reporting.Experience with ecommerce platforms and planning systems (e.g., Shopify, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Blue Yonder/JDA, Power BI).Understanding of sizing, silhouettes, and seasonality across product categories.

Core Competencies

Consumer-first digital mindsetStrong retail math, forecasting, and scenario planningAbility to interpret size-level analytics and predict sell-down patternsClear and confident communication with cross-functional partnersProactive, fast-paced decision-making and problem-solvingPassion for fashion, product trends, and evolving consumer behavior

Success Metrics

High ecommerce size-level in-stock rate on key itemsIncreased full-price sell-through with minimized markdown liabilityImproved forecast accuracy across category and size curvesHealthy turn and reduced aged inventoryAction-oriented reporting and strategic recommendations

 

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