Merchandise Planner

Job Title: Merchandise Planner III

Location: Beaverton, OR 97005

Duration: 05 months contract

Pay Range: $(42.25 – 43.79)/hr on W2 all-inclusive without benefits

Job Description:

· On-site role at WHQ

· Typical work hours, WFH Fridays

· Degree will be a requirement for this role (minimum Bachelor’s; prefer something business related)

· 5 years’ minimum experience required in merchandise planning

Top must-have skills include the following:

· Fluency with Excel and experience working with large sets of data

· Experience with web-based planning tools (team uses O9)

· Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

· Comfortable presenting to high level stakeholders

· Ability to tell a story using data

· Expertise in retail planning

Desired soft skills:

· Time management

· Organizational skills

· Attention to detail

Combination of skills/expertise that might make a candidate stand out:

· Experience working with other large consumer/product retailers

· Someone who has worked in fashion or apparel/footwear industry before

· Someone who is curious and a self starter (can point to examples in the past of leading large projects under ambiguity with success)

· Knowledge of sneakerhead culture.