Your New Salary: £218 p/d PAYE or £270 p/d Umbrella (inside IR35)* equivalent of £56K pa
Location: Central London
Duration: 3-month temporary assignment, office-based (4 days a week in office and 1 WFH)
Start date: ASAP
Working hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 9am - 6pm
Who You'll Be Working for: World class luxury fashion brand.
Merchandise Planning Manager (Fashion/Luxury Goods) - What You'll be Doing:
This position will manage EMEIA Outlet planning activities in their respective region within company’s global planning organisation. They will act as an ambassador for the company, driving commercial performance, whilst fostering a culture of simplification, innovation, collaboration and driving excellence with key stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
* Taking the lead in creating strategic and controlled inventory management of the Outlet channel, through the Rolling Open to Buy and Corporate (OTB) process to achieve our sales, inventory and margin targets across all sales channels.
* Accountable for commercial insights in driving pre-season and in-season decisions (with a key focus on promotions) to ensure improved inventory productivity, drive sales and deliver margins.
* Accountable for quarterly buy process for the Outlet channel in line with key strategies.
* Leading the partnership and alignment across Retail, Merchandising, Allocation, Regional Finance and Central Planning teams on Open to Buy, life cycle, fiscal risks, opportunities, markdown, and inventory management.
* Accountable for the Outlet ROTB (Rolling Open to Buy) including intake, transfers, delist and consolidations in line with the overall annual sales/inventory strategy to highlight risk and opportunities.
* Develop seasonal liquidation strategies, including markdowns, promotions, price points and % off strategy.
* Partner with cross-functional teams (Retail, Merchandising, Allocation, VM, Regional Finance, Central Planning and Store teams) to manage delist timings, cooling off periods and assortment.
* Leading the Outlet Allocation team to ensure regular store replenishment in line with key strategies.
* Managing and developing Outlet Planner to support key strategies and objectives.
* Lead the monthly inventory forecast review, working with Mainline Planner on total regional inventory forecasting in the Corporate OTB – providing insight and highlighting risks and opportunities.
* Provide key support to Director of Planning, partnering with regional teams on inventory management, driving sales and controlling margin.
The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:
* Previous Merchandising Planning experience.
* Demand forecasting.
* Sales & Margin Analysis.
* Inventory Management.
* Strong Manager experience in Global inventory planning.
* Effective communication skills.
* Strong leadership skills.
* Creative, innovative and customer-oriented when faced with business challenges.
* Strong decision-making capability.
* Dynamic and collaborative style, able to build positive working relationships with cross-functional teams and translate strategic direction to all levels of the organisation.
* Exceptional attention to detail and analytical skills.
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