Senior Planner - Tabletop

Job no: 944812
Work type: Permanent / Full time
Location: Support Office - Docklands

About Myer Group

Myer Group brings together iconic brands that define fashion, beauty and lifestyle across Australia and New Zealand. With a store network that includes Myer, Just Jeans, Dotti, Portmans, Jacqui E, Jay Jays, sass and bide, Marcs and David Lawrence, at Myer Group you’ll be part of a diverse and dynamic team that’s shaping the future of retail across stores, online and beyond.

The Myer Planning team are looking for a Senior Merchandise Planner (known in the organisation as a Senior Planner) to oversee the Tabletop category. You will play a pivotal role by ensuring effective collaboration with the buying team, and developing and delivering a compelling and profitable customer offer that drives the Myer Merchandise strategy. In addition, you will analyse business trends and performance to optimise inventory and sales profit outcomes for entire category.

• Key leadership role within the team
• An exciting opportunity to further develop your career within the Planning stream
• Hybrid working model, partly working remotely as well as our Support Office in Docklands

About the role:

• Accountability for trading the category and implementing appropriate tactical activities in relation to sales, profit, stock to drive business outcomes
• Assist in the development of overarching total category strategy in conjunction with the senior leadership buying teams and executive teams in line with the Myer Customer First Strategy
• Coordinate and present the MMR (monthly merchandise financial forecast) at an executive level and providing leadership and guidance to teams
• Provide accurate forecasting on key financial metrics and effectively communicate any risk based on sales trends, marketing and product performance
• Demonstrated understanding of the market, customer segmentation, trends and competitive landscape
• Planning and analysis including; in-season and post season analysis on supplier delivery performance, stock health and in season reporting and analysis for the business
• Collaboration with Buyer to build and deliver a customer focused range and delivers on key metrics such as Sales, GP and option productivity
• Actively deliver and monitor team development and succession plan strategies through regular and effective coaching, feedback, mentoring and training & development opportunities

About you:

• Seasoned experience as a Merchandise Planner in a leadership position within the Retail industry
• Bachelor degree/diploma in one of the following fields would be preferable but not essential: Fashion Merchandise Management, Commerce, Marketing, Retail Management, Business Management, Economics
• Retail, financial and business acumen
• Strong financial and analytical skills
• Experience in planning systems would be desirable
• Ability to influence at an executive level
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a medium sized team

Benefits to you:

We're committed to providing a positive and supportive environment, where our team members are empowered to reach their full potential.

Our team members enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Team member discounts: Generous discounts in-store and online
• Learning and development: Capability development workshops, succession planning, and internal career opportunities across Myer Group brands.
• **Flexible working:**Lifestyle leave, flexible work hours and hybrid working is available for Store Support Office roles
• **Lifestyle benefits:**Employee Assistance Program (EAP), volunteer leave, discounted health insurance, gym memberships and novated leasing for eligible employees.

Your future starts here — help shape what’s next at Myer Group.

Aust. Working Rights: To be eligible to apply for this job, you must have Australian working rights. For further information contact the Australian Department of Immigration.

Equal Opp. Employer: We pride ourselves on the diversity of the people who work at Myer, representing the community in which we serve.

Agency note: Myer Pty Ltd does not accept unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles from external agencies or suppliers via any method. Any candidates submitted in an unsolicited manner, will be considered a direct candidate application to Myer and no fee will be payable.

Applications close: 14 Jun 2026 AUS Eastern Standard Time