Sr. Merchandise Planner at Lovesac in Stamford, CT

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About Lovesac We are a young-at-heart, fast-growing furniture company, dedicated to helping people fill their homes with Total Comfort™. We do this by designing and innovating furniture solutions that are adaptable, washable, expandable, and delivered right-to-your-door-able, allowing our customers to live the life they want to live. Our Designed for Life mission started with Sacs, a seat so much better than your classic beanbag made with repurposed Durafoam and designed to reduce environmental impact while providing unimaginable, cloud-like comfort. From there, we expanded the possibility for sustainable furniture with Sactionals, a customizable modular sectional that can be endlessly rearranged to evolve with you. Our product line has grown a lot since our Sacs days, but our goal will always remain the same – to create truly adaptable, comfortable furniture that can be with you for life. About our Culture At Lovesac, we strive to be an employer of choice by embodying a culture that encourages team members to think and dream big. We call this Top Ambition. We aim to not only excel within our industry but also make a meaningful impact on the world. Above all else, we’re driven by love (because it matters) and are dedicated to promoting love and happiness in all aspects of our work. It’s about success, of course, but it’s also about making a positive impact on everyone our business touches. About the Role As our Sr. Merchandise Planner, you will own the financial and inventory strategy for assigned product categories across channels, translating enterprise goals, customer insights, and product strategies into actionable merchandise plans. Serving as a strategic business partner to Brand and cross-functional teams, you will shape pre-season and in-season decisions that optimize sales, margin, inventory productivity, and profitable growth. You will develop and manage category plans across key performance indicators and through analysis, forecasting, and scenario planning, you will identify risks and opportunities, influence investment decisions, and help build scalable plans for new products and categories while delivering against financial targets. What You’ll Do Creates pre-season plans across multiple channels, consistent with the company's top-down goals, to be used in the development of the merchandise strategies for the season and to support line development and buying needs. Works closely with Planning and Brand partners to develop preseason product trends to revise the season's plan with updated projections that maximize sales and profitability. Partners with Planning leads to present monthly revisions of demand plans to Merchandise/Inventory Planning executives. Analyzes historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities. Review and analyze business performance trends. Understands and forecasts effects of markdowns on item sales rates and category/department profitability. Engages in all meetings involving the Merchandise Planning department (ex . Monthly S&OP, Weekly Business Meetings). Provides fiscal control through promotional decisions and inventory control. Develops in-depth knowledge of Omni-Planning and executes building plans at an item level that supports top level goals. Enhances knowledge of data resources that are available and become familiar with the merchandise for which they are developing plans. Supports team projects as needed; additional responsibilities as assigned. Qualifications Who you Are Core Values: Top Ambition, We All Win Together, Conscious Operations, As Few as We Can Get Away With , Love Matters Table-Stake Values: Willing to Sweep Floors, Grit, Positive, Self-Aware, Self-Starting, Insatiable Learners, Transparency, Customer-Centric Core Competencies: Builds Customer Centricity, Drives Remark-able Results, Collaborates Effectively, Makes Good Decisions, Demonstrates Self-Awareness Requirements Bachelor's degree in business administration, Finance, or related field requi