Senior Merchandise Planner, UGG

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* Job Title:

** Senior Merchandise Planner, UGG    
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* Reports to:

** Sr. Manager, Merchandise Planning - UGG
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* Location:

** United States (Remote)
Interested applicants must reside in one of the following approved states:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington.
** The Role
** As the Senior Merchandise Planner for UGG Full Price, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving sales, profitability, and inventory turn by developing and executing financial channel, class, and style plans. You’ll collaborate across teams to ensure alignment between top-down and bottom-up planning, influence assortment strategies, and guide the execution of buy plans. Your expertise will help shape both pre-season and in-season strategies, ensuring the UGG Full Price channel thrives in a dynamic retail environment.
** We celebrate diversity--of your background, your experiences and your unique identity. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and equitable workplace where all of our employees can Come as They Are. We believe that when we bring our different perspectives to work, we are truly Better Together.
**** Your Impact
*** Oversee and collaborate on building bottom-up style-color level sales and buy plans, ensuring alignment with top-down strategies
* Present in Investment Reviews and secure leadership signoff for key initiatives
* Integrate promotional and incentive activities into plans based on seasonal calendars and product strategies
* Partner with Supply Planning, Merchants, Site Producers, and Field teams to ensure demand needs and Go-to-Market plans align with financial goals
* Attend Buy Reviews and influence style selection for UGG Merchandise Planning
* Own overall phasing of plans, including building weekly/daily files and partnering with Allocation for store tiering
* Lead bottom-up reforecasting and in-season inventory management, reacting to trends and optimizing inventory positions
* Manage promotional activity to meet sales, margin, and inventory targets
* Collaborate with Demand Planning and Allocation to ensure successful execution of inventory changes and alignment with Open-to-Buy needs
* Drive actionable conversations around pricing and support sales and inventory goals
* Support process and systems transitions, champion continuous improvement, and pioneer best practices
* Develop and implement inventory management strategies for a diverse product range
* Track and improve forecast accuracy, sharing insights with leadership and cross-functional teams
* Train and develop team members, fostering an innovative and results-oriented environment
* Build and maintain effective relationships with cross-functional partners, guiding the team through business challenges and prioritizing key deliverables
** Who You Are*
* • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience  
• 4-5+ years of merchandise planning, inventory management, buying, or finance in a retail environment  
• 1-2+ years of supervisory experience, including training, coaching, and career development  
• Experience in inventory management or financial forecasting is a plus  
• eCommerce and Brick & Mortar experience preferred  
• Team player who leads through ambiguity and inspires others to achieve their best  
• Strong at training and developing others, with a continuous learning mindset  
• Positive, responsible, and proactive approach; comfortable diving into details  
• Able to balance big-picture thinking with attention to detail  
• Skilled at reacting to trends in a fast-paced business  
• Proven track record of analyzing and delivering financial results  
• Effective partner and influencer, highly collaborative and flexible  
• Strong statistical analysis, communication, and problem-solving skills  
• Ability to build and maintain…