Senior Merchandise Planner, UGG

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Job Title: Senior Merchandise Planner, UGG

Reports to: Sr. Manager, Merchandise Planning - UGG

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 strong working relationships across teams
• Skilled at translating data into actionable insights to drive results
• Action-oriented, forward-looking, and systems savvy (Advanced Excel; Oracle and Tableau preferred)
• Change management skills and ability to manage ambiguity
  
  

What We'll Give You –

• Competitive Pay and Bonuses - We’ve created a variety of competitive compensation programs to foster career development, reward success and to show our employees just how much they’re valued.
• Financial Planning and wellbeing - No matter what financial goals our employees have set, we want to help them get there. Our plans provide powerful ways to protect income, pay for expenses and invest in the future.
• Time away from work - Sometimes we need time away to be with family, focus on our health or just simply recharge. Our plans support our employees’ needs to get out, get healthy and come back stronger than ever.
• Extras, discounts and perks - Being a valued member of the Deckers Brands team means more than just a paycheck. From generous discounts to community-based programs, we offer a variety of cool extras
• Growth and Development - Deckers Brands was built on the idea of pursuing passion. That’s why we offer extensive opportunities and support for personal and professional development.
• Health and Wellness - There’s nothing basic about our comprehensive health and wellness programs and offerings. While at work and at play, we aim to support a healthy lifestyle.
  
  

$90,000 - $100,000

The salary range posted reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this role in Goleta, CA. Individual pay will be determined by location and additional factors, including job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for our brands. We welcome qualified applicants regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition and all the other beautiful parts of your identity.