Retail Planning Manager

About the role

The Retail Planning Manager forecasts and acts to support local business needs. Mains responsibilities involve sales forecasting and inventory management. It requires strong collaboration with Retail Merchandisers, and Logistics Departments.

What you'll do

• Responsible for sales budget by category and store
• Responsible for stock management which includes defining the right level of stock per store per category and allocating products through sales analysis and stock monitoring on a regular basis
• Responsible for the establishment of stock replenishment strategy based on group strategy and local business character
• Team Management of Retail Planners
• Define yearly sales budgets by store and category of products in collaboration with the Retail Merchandising Director
• Monthly sales performance reporting and reforecasts vs financial reporting; provide updated sales forecast for all key financial reporting moments
• Weekly update of sales and MOS for all categories, flagging any risk of stocks for sales performance
• Monitor stock ageing and propose adequate actions; manage phased out stock with related Departments
• Conduct stock allocation from the local distribution center to stores on a daily basis
• Manage and optimize monthly stock positions to guarantee the right level of inventory, avoiding lost sales or overstock situations
• Conduct monthly meetings with internal logistic teams to manage stock flow and tackle challenges, suggesting areas of improvement for optimum stock efficiency
• Collaborate with Retail merchandisers on the definition of OTB and monitor spending throughout the seasons
• Facilitate products supply in coordination with HQ supply department, follow up on quality of deliveries from Paris, and communicate with HQ and Region to solve delivery issues
• Define PSI selection and min/max levels for automatic replenishment from Paris to Korea stores twice a year; define min/max quantities for local distributor replenishment every quarter; update min/max for seasonal items twice a year
• Manage discounted sales, stock returns from stores to local distributor center based on phased-out item list, participate in annual stock-taking, ad-hoc projects, and SAP integration as a key partner

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years in the retail industry
• People/team management experience is required
• Must be a good team player, detail-minded, service-oriented, and self-motivated
• High analytical, exceptional organisational, interpersonal and communication skills
• Influential, structured and pedagogic leader
• Detailed in the analysis, but synthetic and action-focused when sharing to others
• Fluent in English is a must
• Good at Microsoft Office program, advanced level in Excel

Preferred qualifications

• Planning, Merchandising & Logistic experience is preferred
• Retail/sales experience is an advantage
• Ability to understand French is an advantage

Benefits

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