Merchandise Planner

Job ID 10147608 Location London, United Kingdom Business Disney Store Date posted Apr. 15, 2026

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Job Summary:

About the Role & Team
As a Merchandise Planner, you'll harness business insights and analytics to craft innovative quarterly and annual financial strategies and compelling assortments across multiple channels, including Ecom, Bricks-and-Mortar, and Marketplaces. Your expertise will ensure our offerings stay ahead of market and consumer trends, maximizing opportunities in every segment. You'll evaluate assortments and swiftly respond to in-season performance, trends, and learnings, keeping our inventory optimized and our business agile. Join our dynamic team and showcase your deep understanding of financial KPIs, balancing them to drive success and foster collaboration across the organization.
This role will be based in our London Hammersmith office, 4 days a week, with either a Monday or Friday working from home.

Values
You'll join a team grounded in our Disney values, acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

What You Will Do

Accountable for building effective relationships with key stakeholders across the business, and also externally such as vendors and licensees
Collaborate with leaders, cross-functional teams, and e-commerce analytics to develop and execute inclusive strategies and category financial plans that drive growth and profitability, ensuring alignment with key product initiatives and effective inventory flow across all channels.
Lead and manage pre-season and in-season category plans, including optimal SKU frameworks, refresh rates, and item stratification, to maximize acquisition, productivity, and inventory turnover.
Oversee category product releases and retail category plans, proactively identifying and addressing financial gaps and opportunities to ensure sustainable performance year after year.
Monitor in-season performance and trends using weekly business insights and item-level analytics, maximizing opportunities, minimizing liability, and informing future planning. Regularly reforecast sales, inventory, and margin based on category performance for all channels.
Establish and provide benchmarks and comparable analyses to deliver product ranges that achieve financial objectives and support data-driven decision-making. Analyze and optimize SKU productivity and inventory management to ensure effective stock turnover and open-to-buy efficiency.
Partner with regional buying teams to evaluate and rank new products, maximizing buying decisions through a clear understanding of product lifecycles, market needs, and pricing and liquidation opportunities.
Provide thoughtful explanations for changes and recommend optimization strategies in monthly open-to-buy meetings, fostering transparency and supporting collective success through proactive communication of stock availability.
Support, mentor, and empower direct reports, fostering professional development and an inclusive, collaborative team culture. Utilize available tools to purchase, analyze, and respond to business trends, striving to achieve growth and profitability objectives.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience in merchandising planning.
Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, as well as external partners such as vendors and licensees.
Demonstrated experience as a Merchandiser within an omni-channel retail environment.
Global experience is a plus.
Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships at all organizational levels, and effectively manage stakeholders within large, multi-national, matrix organizations.
Experience in developing and implementing business plans.
Experience leading and developing teams.
Proven team leadership skills.
Strong computer skills; proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required. Experience with Business Objects is desirable.
Excellent financial and analytical abilities.
Outstanding accuracy and attention to detail.
Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex data clearly.
Fluent written and spoken English for business purposes is essential.
Highly detail-oriented and strong organizational skills.
Flexible and adaptable, able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Resourceful with proven ability to prioritize, solve problems, and make sound commercial decisions.

The Perks

25 days annual leave
Private medical insurance & dental care
Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
Excellent parental and guardian leave
Employee Resource Groups - WOMEN @ Disney, Disney Mosaic, Disney PRIDE, our disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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About Disney Store:

Disney store, which debuted in 1987, carries high-quality products, including exclusive product lines that support and promote Disney’s key entertainment initiatives and characters from Disney, Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel. shopDisney.com is the ecommerce destination for guests of all ages, offering a curated selection of the best product from Disney store, Disney Consumer Products licensees, global collections and collaborations, and Disney Parks and Resorts, including trend fashion and accessories, toys, home and collectibles. Disney store and shopDisney offer magical shopping experiences that can only be delivered by Disney, one of the world’s largest and most successful entertainment companies. There are currently more than 240 Disney store locations in North America; more than 40 Disney store locations in Japan; two locations in Shanghai, China including a flagship; and more than 70 Disney store locations in Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with The Disney Store (UK) Ltd, which is part of a business we call Disney Store.

The Disney Store (UK) Ltd is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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