Merchandise Planning Analyst

As a Merchandising Analyst at Funko, you will be instrumental in developing channel and account-specific merchandising strategies. This involves analyzing historical sales, POS trends, and category performance to build accurate forecasts, partnering with various teams to align plans, and identifying growth opportunities. You will also support financial planning by modeling revenue and margin targets, provide insights on product performance, and build reporting dashboards. The role requires determining optimal product mixes and evaluating assortment productivity to support brand priorities and market trends.

Must Have

• Analyze historical sales, POS trends, and category performance to build accurate forecasts
• Partner with Sales, Merchandising, and Demand Planning to align forecasts with promotional plans, launches, and seasonal cadences
• Identify sales opportunity gaps and develop data-driven recommendations to drive future growth
• Support annual and seasonal financial plans by modeling revenue, margin, and productivity targets across product lines
• Provide insights on sales drivers, product performance, and financial risks/opportunities to guide strategic decision-making
• Build reporting dashboards to track performance against plan and inform leadership on trends affecting profitability
• Partner with Merchandising and Sales teams to determine the optimal mix of styles, franchises, colors, and sizes to support account strategies
• Conduct SKU-level and collection-level analyses to evaluate assortment productivity and recommend additions, deletions, or SKU rationalization
• Ensure product assortments support brand priorities, market trends, and account-specific consumer preferences
• Work closely with Sales, Merchandising, Marketing, and Demand Planning to ensure alignment on assortment strategy, forecasting assumptions, and financial targets
• Present insights and recommendations to leadership and cross-functional partners to influence go-to-market strategy
• Utilize Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics, and Excel to analyze large data sets, model scenarios, and create visual reporting dashboards
• Maintain strong data hygiene and ensure reporting accuracy for business-critical decisions
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Analytics, or a related field
• 3–5 years of experience in merchandising planning, sales planning, or financial planning within consumer products or retail
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills with the ability to synthesize insights into clear recommendations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting analytical findings to non-technical audiences
• Proficiency in Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics, and Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables, data modeling)
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, and comfortable analyzing complex datasets

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Full benefits
• 401(K) plan with matching contributions from the company
• Creative work environment with people who love pop culture

Description

Funko Overview

Welcome to the Funko-verse, a world built on pure imagination, a land governed by the philosophy that stories matter, a universe comprised of characters from countless fandoms, a galaxy of once upon a times and happily ever afters.

But what does Funko do?

Funko is a purveyor of pop culture and licensed-focused collectibles company. Funko currently holds thousands of lenses and the rights to create tens of thousands of characters – one of the largest portfolios in the pop culture and collectibles industry. Funko’s Pop! Vinyl is the number one stylized vinyl collectible on the market, selling millions of figures to fans around the world.

What You’ll Do

As a Merchandising Analyst, you will play a key role in shaping channel and account-specific merchandising strategies through sales forecasting, financial planning, and assortment analysis. Your work directly influences how Funko builds compelling product assortments and meets the needs of retailers and fans alike—without direct responsibility for inventory management.

• Analyze historical sales, POS trends, and category performance to build accurate forecasts.
• Partner with Sales, Merchandising, and Demand Planning to align forecasts with promotional plans, launches, and seasonal cadences.
• Identify sales opportunity gaps and develop data-driven recommendations to drive future growth.
• Support annual and seasonal financial plans by modeling revenue, margin, and productivity targets across product lines.
• Provide insights on sales drivers, product performance, and financial risks/opportunities to guide strategic decision-making.
• Build reporting dashboards to track performance against plan and inform leadership on trends affecting profitability.
• Partner with Merchandising and Sales teams to determine the optimal mix of styles, franchises, colors, and sizes to support account strategies.
• Conduct SKU-level and collection-level analyses to evaluate assortment productivity and recommend additions, deletions, or SKU rationalization.
• Ensure product assortments support brand priorities, market trends, and account-specific consumer preferences.
• Work closely with Sales, Merchandising, Marketing, and Demand Planning to ensure alignment on assortment strategy, forecasting assumptions, and financial targets.
• Present insights and recommendations to leadership and cross-functional partners to influence go-to-market strategy.
• Utilize Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics, and Excel to analyze large data sets, model scenarios, and create visual reporting dashboards.
• Maintain strong data hygiene and ensure reporting accuracy for business-critical decisions.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Analytics, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in merchandising planning, sales planning, or financial planning within consumer products or retail.
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills with the ability to synthesize insights into clear recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting analytical findings to non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency in Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics, and Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables, data modeling).
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, and comfortable analyzing complex datasets

Salary Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $77,968 -- $92,000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives.

What Funko Offers

Funko offers a competitive compensation package with full benefits and a 401(K) plan with matching contributions from the company. Most importantly, we offer a creative work environment with people who love pop culture just as much as you do. Can’t wait to gush about your latest binge? Neither can we! Looking for a place where your favorite pop culture t-shirt will receive the compliments it deserves? We know how you feel!

Funko is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

This onsite position is based in Everett, WA.

WHAT FUNKO OFFERS

Funko offers a competitive compensation package with full benefits and a 401(K) plan with matching contributions from the company. Most importantly, we offer a creative work environment with people who love pop culture just as much as you do. Can’t wait to gush about your latest binge? Neither can we! Looking for a place where your favorite pop culture t-shirt will receive the compliments it deserves? We know how you feel!

Funko is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed