Planning Manager, Travel Retail

Description The TR Planning Manager is responsible for providing sales and inventory plans across all merchandise categories for the TR business across multiple formats and geographies. The Manager will work closely with Planners in Region to develop an aligned Sales and open-to-Buy forecast to achieve Sales Plan and manage Partner Inventory to appropriate levels. The Manager has 4 direct reports, one per Region (Global, EMEA, Americas, Asia). The Manager will work with International MP&A team by providing TR Buy Quantities by category to ensure inventory can be allocated to all regions based on preferences (size curves, etc.) and trends. Your Impact Sales and Inventory Planning Owner of Strategic View of Line (SVL) & TR Merchant Planning Committee (MPC) meetings influencing future strategic buy decisions and aligning in-season plans, mitigating risk Creates process to align Open to Buy (OTB) forecasts with Partners Apply market trends and regional preferences to category sales and open-to-buy to support buys and allocations; communicates buys to category planners in International MP&A Focuses time on inventory management to achieve targeted WOS, minimizing left behinds and chasing inventory, when necessary Develop a close working relationship with Planners in their assigned Region Work closely with in-market team to understand regional nuances, seasonality, Holiday’s, etc. Owns Always in Stock Program (AISP) for key inventory skus to achieve targeted in stocks Retail and Shipped Sales Forecast Manages team to conduct bi-monthly shipment call meeting on assigned agenda topics Aggregates Forecasts of retail and shipped sales across Partners/Brand for current and prospective seasons; completes Tops Down Forecast, comparing to Regional Bottoms Up Puts strategies in place to achieve 90% sell-in of fashion floor-set quantities Aligns on merchandising strategy and in-market activity while building forecasts Provides inputs to Ops for Set Up File creation and helps to resolve order issues Manages sku demand forecast for next 12-24 months; provides to MP&A Category planners Coach Team & Reporting and Analysis Responsible to coach team to achieve objectives promoting associate development Develop standardized reporting across cross functional teams: Regional selling reports, product recaps, inventory ownership and regional level selling variances Call out inventory risk & opportunity, analyzing retail & shipment sales trends, sharing actions #J-18808-Ljbffr