Merchandise Planner - Multiple Categories

Location: USA, PA, West Chester, QVC

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers. QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road.

Your Opportunity, Your Team

The Merchandise Planner supports QVC, and helps drive sales, inventory productivity, and category performance across channels.

In this role, you will report to the Manager of Merchandise Planning and own planning decisions that shape how product performs on air and across the business. You will analyze sales, margin, inventory, returns, promotional activity, and customer trends to recommend next actions that improve productivity and support the customer experience.

You will partner closely with fellow Planners and cross-functional teams to guide assortment, pricing, markdown, reorder, and promotional decisions for your assigned categories. This is a strong fit for a planner who enjoys turning data into action, works well in a fast-moving retail environment, and brings sound judgment to both in-season and future planning.

We have openings in the following categories: Accessories, Beauty, Culinary, and & Home Innovations.

Where Youll Work

This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite at West Chester, PA several days per month (onsite days are predetermined and standard across the company). Job seekers must reside in one of the following states to be considered: PA, DE, or NJ. Relocation assistance is not available for this role.

What Youll Do

• Drive on-air sales and category productivity for assigned businesses

• Script assigned shows across channels in line with scripting and productivity guidelines

• Analyze show, item, and category performance and recommend next actions based on sales, margin, returns, customer trends, and current events

• Partner across planning teams and channels to align inventory and selling strategies

• Identify and execute reorders to support sales opportunities and future item development

• Participate in seasonal, quarterly, and assortment planning for assigned categories

• Identify and act on promotional opportunities, including Flex Pay, shipping and handling offers, and sale pricing

• Price products, manage markdowns, and deliver category margin to plan

• Monitor programming and advise on adjustments across channels to improve performance

What Youll Bring

• 3+ years of experience in merchandise planning, assortment planning, inventory planning, or a related retail planning role

• Ability to use data to develop ideas, build strategies, and recommend actions that improve sales, inventory productivity, and margin

• Experience analyzing business performance across sales, promotions, pricing, markdowns, and returns

• Strong understanding of the retail industry and how planning decisions affect the customer experience and business results

• Ability to work across teams and influence decisions in a fast-moving, cross-channel environment

• Bachelor’s degree in business, merchandising, analytics, marketing, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.

QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at workwithus@qvcgrp.com for assistance.

If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidates qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.