Marc Jacobs
Planning Manager - Marc Jacobs
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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 optimize the replenishment strategy & monitor to ensure stocks optimization and maximize 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 the 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.
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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.
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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.
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