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Planning Manager, Americas

This role will support the Director of Supply Chain on all administrative task, reporting, vendor shipping follows up, invoicing, daily updates, shipment tracking, missing parcels, daily store flow and weekly presentation updates. By supporting the team on a variety of analysis and projects, the Planning Manager will acquire an understanding and knowledge of Rimowa multi-channel and multi-country supply chain.

Your Responsibilities:

• Monitor the level of stock in store and online (AVR, Sell-through, ...) and get the feedback of the region to ensure stock availability during the peak periods defined by the region
• Show initiative to create new strategies and processes for constant cross-category optimization
• Initiate reverse logistics when needed, following the lifecycle of the products and long tail analysis
• Define business strategy of the categories, reporting and sales recaps, product tool creation, competitive market analysis, and allocation/distribution of Goods in accordance with company strategic business plans.
• Prepare and analyze weekly sales reports ensuring planned sales and stretch targets are met.
• In collaboration with the Logistics Manager, propose and standardize best practices of storage and packaging; maximize stock efficiency according to lead times and frequency of delivery.
• Give visibility to Logistics and Stores regarding the characteristics of the new products: dimensions, units of distribution, in order to optimize the organization of the warehouse and the Back-of-House in terms of space and accessibility.
• Collaborate with Merchandising Manager and Retail Managers to develop a strong understanding of market dynamics and needs, supplemented by store visits and competitor analysis
• Support the Director in overseeing all product categories for the Americas. (North America, Latin America, and Canada)
• Manage a team of 3-4, specializing in Demand Planning and Distribution Planning.
• Identify opportunities and present strategy to Director and GM
• Collaborate with Central SC and Regional corporate partners (Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Training, Marketing, Supply Chain, Retail Performance, Production…)
• Analyze and contextualize selling reports to suggest and execute stock movements and transfers. Oversee team’s optimization and management of finished goods and non-sellable inventory.
• Present analyses and findings to stakeholders; “telling the story “And identifying drivers and opportunities of business performance
• Drive stock deployment at launch and coordinate the distribution to the stores through auto-replenishment
• Communicate and partner closely with Retail teams and leadership on client needs and day to day inquiries
• Deploy regional processes and tools defined with the Supply Chain community
• Consolidate sales forecasts in quantities at SKU level for the Region, in collaboration with Regional Demand Planner and Supply Chain Planner.
• Challenge the forecast initiated by Central Team on novelty with Regional Demand Planner, in collaboration with Regional Finance and Sales
• Build strong relations with the workshop and regularly review production plan to ensure it supports forecasted market needs
• Partner with Merchandising Manager on topics including store assortments, launch distribution and allocations, and stock updates including optimization strategies.

Profile

• Practical, innovative, and agile mindset; ability to learn quickly, even from mistakes
• 6+ years’ experience in Demand Planning, Production Planning, Assortment Planning, or Analytics with deep analytical and financial analysis
• Ability to travel up to 30% (2x/quarter) a year to US & Canada markets
• Client-centric and commercial approach
• Bachelor’s degree, business, analytics, merchandising, or related field. MS or MBA preferred
• Ability to work under deadlines, manage multiple priorities, work independently, take initiative, and pay close attention to detail
• Ability to simplify and communicate on topics
• Collaborative and exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills. Entrepreneurial and results oriented.
• Strong skills with Microsoft Excel and analytics.
• Proven experience building compelling and engaging data visualization and presentation. Strength in presenting to large audiences and storytelling
• Strong work ethic
• High proficiency of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Maintain effective business relationships and influence cross-functional leaders.
• Strong, proven team leadership and mentorship capabilities
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Team spirit and self-motivation

Additional information

Additional Responsibilities:

Community, Project & Development

• Represent business needs and liaise with IT Team for future enhancements of trade compliance and logistics related information systems.
• Strongly collaborate with Sales Department to anticipate strategic changes.
• Stays abreast of applicable local, state, and federal hazardous materials/dangerous goods regulations and legislation, including hazardous waste disposal.
• Show initiative to create new strategies and processes for constant optimization.
• Develop strategies, in collaboration with customers, vendors and operations, to ensure hazardous materials/dangerous goods are transported safely and in compliance with all relevant global, regional, and local regulations.
• Create potential synergies with other brands of LVMH group.
• Contract type: Permanent Job