What are the responsibilities and job description for the Retail Buyer Planner position at Harley-Davidson?
Auto req ID: 44355
Title: Retail Buyer Planner
Job Function: Product Management
Location: MUSEUM
Workplace Category:Hybrid
Company: Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Shift: SHIFT1
A walk through the Harley-Davidson Museum is a walk through the history of America. With an unrivaled collection of Harley-Davidson® motorcycles and memorabilia, a 20-acre, park-like campus, and a calendar full of activities, the H-D Museum is one of Milwaukee, WI’s top tourist destinations for visitors from around the globe. Join the H-D Museum as a Retail Buyer Planner and help create an experience that will stay with visitors for a lifetime.
Job Summary
The Retail Planner Merchandising supports planning of product launches and maintains the portfolio of products for Retail at the Museum. This role supports long-term growth and profitability through planning the portfolios high demand profitable products and ensuring on-time delivery. Working closely with cross-functional teams, the Retail Planner Merchandising helps maintain product data and accuracy, tracks performance, and ensures timely execution of merchandising initiatives that align with financial and brand goals. This role provides operational, analytical support across the full product lifecycle — from concept to in-store execution.
Job Responsibilities
Leadership & Team Support:
- Lead through influence by promoting cooperative behavior and team efforts, effectively working with cross-functional groups.
Guest Experience & Sales Performance:
- Support the execution of Retail strategies to achieve or exceed key performance indicators (KPIs) and revenue goals.
Operations & Inventory Management:
- Lead and assist in preparing purchase orders, tracking deliveries, and vendor follow up on order status and sample requests.
- Initiate and generate business analysis to track selling, identify key trends and maximize opportunities in the assortment in order to achieve continued growth and probability.
- Accountable for maintaining data accuracy in the product portfolio assortment line sheets and product data in merchandising systems.
- Monitor and evaluate product performance to identify best sellers, slow movers, and opportunities for reorders or markdowns.
- Coordinate product samples, photography requests, and asset organization for product launches and marketing campaigns.
- Create merchandising presentations for future product plans and line reviews
- Assist with managing timelines to ensure deliverables are met for product launches and events.
Education Requirements
Experience Requirements
Required:
- 1–3 years’ experience in merchandising, retail buying and planning, business analytics and general administrative management
- Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and POS and Inventory/Demand planning systems, merchandising systems (ERP/PDM a plus).
- Effective communication and follow-up skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Passion for product and analytics.
Harley-Davidson is an equal opportunity employer that continues to build a culture of inclusion, belonging and equity through our commitment to attracting and retaining diverse talent from all backgrounds, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We believe in fairness and providing a level playing field for all. We foster a culture that thrives on diverse perspectives and contributions to ignite the creativity and innovation to fuel our business and enhance the employee and customer experience.
The pay range shown represents the national average pay range for this role. Your pay may be more or less than the stated range and is dependent on your geographic location and level of experience.
We offer an inclusive compensation package for all full-time salaried employees including, but not limited to, annual bonus programs, health insurance benefits, a 401k program, onsite fitness centers and employee stores, employee discounts on products and accessories, and more. We welcome everybody to join our family and be united no matter who you are or where you come from. Learn more about Harley-Davidson here.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.
Direct Reports: No
Travel Required: 0 - 10%
Pay Range: $63,000 - $94,600
Visa Sponsorship: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or visa transfer
Relocation: This position is eligible for domestic relocation assistance (within posted country)
Salary : $63,000 - $94,600