Planning Manager - Marc Jacobs

POSITION

The role will lead the Planning function for the region, enabling efficient data / product analysis across multiple channels to drive overall profitability.

The role will operate cross functionally, linking product and store / partner performance with Finance, Marketing, Visual, NY HQ, providing insights / analysis on strategies enabling increased visibility.

Key Responsibilities

Retail:

• Provide store and product performance on a daily, weekly, monthly and seasonal basis, sharing analysis on KPIs, reports and retail analysis to the Commercial Director / Retail Manager / Managing Director.
• Suggest and set up corrective actions to drive retail sales (incentives, workshops, training's…) in collaboration with Visual Merchandising, Retail Operation and Retail Training & Clientelling Managers.
• Work with NY to optimise the replenishment strategy & monitor to ensure stocks optimisation and maximise sales and sell-throughs.
• Work with NY to build store range and OTB plans.

Wholesale:

• Manage and upgrade WHL reporting function and seasonal analysis.
• Expand upon the current Partner performance analysis for internal teams / external partner meetings.
• Enable faster data integration from Partners to MJ EMEA region.
• Support WHL team and NY with most effective analysis of ATS (available to sell), so to drive re-order volumes.
• Expand upon the current end of Market analysis / Budget strategy / Seasonal strategies by working with Commercial Director.
• Review margin, terms, incentives offered to partners to establish profitable growth strategies

Cross Functional:

• Support functions with pre / during / post analysis for product related initiatives – WHL activation's / marketing events, VM installations etc.
• Work with NY and regions to test business cases and new ways of working for the region e.g. allocation process, reporting insights.
• Contribute to SOP / Business case creation for departments / initiatives / NY as requested.
• Benchmark competitors on trends, products, prices, commercial activities.

Management:

• Cross functional management with Wholesale, Retail, Finance, Sales Ops, Marketing, Visual Merchandising
• Head Office management with NY teams – Merchandising, Buying, Allocation and Planning, Operations / Logistics, E commerce

Buying:

• Contribute to open-to-buy definition by category by store & challenge macro-level assumptions from Finance and Planning (stock equation, target sell-through, mix seasonal/carryover…) in line with Budget and Strategic Plan.
• Estimate carryover share and forecast monthly sales at SKU level, in collaboration with NY Planning and Allocations team.

PROFILE

The ideal candidate will be at Senior / Planning/Merchandise Manager level, and is still working close to the business but has also implemented department / business strategies.

They will have proven experience in creating new ways of working to drive Merchandising/Planning results; their approach to the task should be that of a highly motivated, pragmatic problem solver who is able to manipulate data between reporting systems and Microsoft excel, with a long term vision of building a function that will grow to support the future pace and scale of the region overall.

Knowledge of RetailPro / Anaplan / Microsoft AX is helpful but not essential.