Assistant, Global Merchandise Planning

• Assessing the Global Replenishment forecasts for their Division/Areas, and creating a culture of accountability for forecast accuracy.
• Maintaining the Global board line cards for Replenishment items and ensuring adherence to the Replenishment monthly critical path.
• Collaborating with a designated Region to identify and maximise opportunities in Replenishment products.
• Determining long range forecasting to support some key vendor strategies.

• Assisting in the Global Single Pool of Inventory, including forecasting future procurement by size and weekly Single Pool Stock allocations to regional contracts.
• Accountable for communication to the Regions on weekly allocation and stock drops.
• Partnering with Region to define optimal A&R parameters, driving global alignment, championing a unique relationship with an assigned Region whilst covering their product areas for all.
• Alongside Planner, responsible for assessing the Global Replenishment line cards and ensuring adherence to global Weeks of Cover targets for both store and hub.
• Alongside Planner, responsible for driving the Global Replenishment Buy process across all lines actualising against seasonal plans.
• Assists in preparation of insightful commercial analyses to highlight missed opportunities and hindsight for future collection guidance/development particularly with respect for regional ranging.
• Assist other Replenishment Planners on coordinating regular free stock drops to optimise replenishment inventory.
• Assisting in forecasting and planning Replenishment margin for Input into the Seasonal Plans.

• Responsible for maintaining parametres within Global Line Card across all Replenishment options, including addition and removals, seasonal set-up, link line management.
• Responsible to reviewing Replenishment sized procurement, drive SPI allocation to Regions.
• Responsible for building and maintaining any necessary line card functionality to ensure optimum process and changes in business process.
• Responsible for reviewing trading and buy summaries across the line card which flag anomalies versus centrally defined Hub WOC, Mins and Maxes.
• Responsible for updating Training documentation and driving ongoing training on Line cards across the regions.
• Responsible for maintain good working relationship with IT to ensure data inputs into the Replenishment Line Cards are sustainable and fit for purpose.

• Demonstrated experience in a global planning role in a commercial and luxury environment at an Assistant / Allocator level.
• Demonstrated experience across replenishment buy process.
• Customer-oriented approach to problem solving
• Well-developed communication skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships with cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Experience with SAP would be advantageous.

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