layiq

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worthy; deserving; fitting; suitable.

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Merchandise Planning Manager at Away | LAYIQ

You’ll own the end-to-end planning process for assigned channels and categories, managing inventory pacing, monitoring channel trends, and reacting in-season to drive sales performance
You’ll build and maintain open-to-buy (OTB) plans by account, door, market, and/or SKU level aligned to financial pacing and margin targets, collaborating with commercial partners to inform pre-season assortment and volume recommendations
You’ll partner with B2B, Product, and Finance to balance shared product pools across competing channels, evaluating trade-offs to optimize total business performance without overexposing inventory.
You’ll analyze historical trends, sell-through, and delivery cadences to surface actionable insights for product mix, pricing, and lifecycle strategies
You’ll serve as a core functional tester during user-acceptance testing (UAT) and system implementation for our planning and allocation tool, validating demand inputs and planning logic to ensure departmental readiness ahead of the 2027 rollout
You’ll translate topline demand forecasts into automated product-level buys following the 2027 launch of our planning and allocation tool, utilizing system analytics to optimize replenishment and lifecycle execution
You’ll maintain baseline demand-tracking models and current operational tools before the 2027 launch, generating quality benchmark data to support model calibration and ongoing operational pacing
You’ll proactively evaluate and adopt emerging AI tools and digital planning technologies to streamline inventory analysis, automate routine reporting, and enhance category execution
Who You Are
You have at least 5 years of experience in merchandise planning, demand forecasting, or inventory management within multi-channel retail environments
You have demonstrated expertise in building and managing Open-To-Buy (OTB) plans, financial pacing, gross margin optimization, and product lifecycle management
You have hands-on experience participating in enterprise planning system implementations or User Acceptance Testing (UAT), with a strong willingness to learn, adapt to, and leverage AI-driven demand forecasting tools
You have strong quantitative skills with proficiency in data analysis software and inventory management platforms to translate complex data into actionable channel recommendations
You’ve proven your ability to partner effectively across B2B/Sales, Product, and Finance teams, navigating competing channel priorities and communicating data insights with minimal guidance
You’re creative and innovative; you love to build great new things that are fresh and unique while staying on brand
You’re agile and motivated by a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
You’re passionate about transforming travel for all (but that’s a given!)
Who We Are
We’re travelers.
Travel is about the journey - the transformative experiences and the growth each trip offers. All employees are encouraged to take time to get away through our variety of time away from work offerings.
We’re driven.
The work we do matters and collectively drives impact. No matter the job title, everyone at Away is a meaningful contributor in unlocking our ever growing potential.
We’re supportive.
We value the entirety of your life's journey, not just the milestones. You'll find an environment that celebrates balance, understanding that your personal passions and commitments outside of work, are threads of the same fabric that makes you unique.

Merchandise Planning Manager

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