Senior Manager, Planning (Emerging Brands, APAC)

Job Definition:

Liaise with merchandise, finance, omni-channel planning and operation teams to deliver seasonal/ monthly buying, allocation, inventory forecasts and replenishment order, provide analytics and reporting for decision making. Facilitate regional S&OP meetings and participate in dialogues with key counterparts to improve demand visibility.

Key Roles & Responsibility:

• Partner with Finance, Merchandising, and omni-channel planning and operation team on formulating 5 years strategic planning on product category and Omni-channel from buying, allocation, to inventory management
• Multi-Horizon Planning for supporting 5-year Production Capacity Planning
• Seasonal product level forecasting at SKU level.
• Provide weekly and monthly end to end ST and inventory as well as seasonal in-coming product tracking reports.
• Co-ordinating with Global Planning Team on seasonal forecasting requirements.
• Consolidation & validation of channel / country level product forecasts
• Support the Merchandising & Omni-channel Sales & Operation team with their planning and forecasting of the line as part of the GTM calendar.
• Alignment and reconciliation of monthly/ seasonal demand signal to financial forecast / parameter per DC (Order book review)
• Reporting order book progression vs Seasonal Demand forecast
• Partner with Brand on forecasting of NOOS / In-season replenishment items.
• Product line analysis:
• SKU productivity
• Demand / Order book phasing
• Product launch phasing
• Forecast accuracy and icon management reports
• Working with Merchandising & Omni-channel Sales & Operation team in order to follow SMU products / special in-season needs.
• Aligning on ‘placeholder’ orders (Contracts)

Essential –

• Building strategic work relationship
• Decision making
• Coaching & developing others
• Business Acumen

Desirable –

• Customer focus
• Empowerment
• Facilitating Change

• Detail-oriented
• Data maintenance, analysis & visualization.
• Technical savvy (System & Process)
• Multi-tasking
• High efficiency and logical thinking with operational excellence

Experience

• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in planning and analysis, preferably with planning experience in multi-national company, apparel industry experience is desirable but not mandatory

• Solid work experience in retail business and S&OP is highly preferred

• Strong business acumen with analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Well-organized, logical & mature thinking, attention to details, dedicated, energetic and being a self-starter

• Computer literate with excellent knowledge and hands-on experience in Excel, PowerPoint and other MS Office applications. Practical experience in SAP /APO, forecasting system is definitely an advantage