Assistant Manager, Retail Planning

Charlotte Tilbury•New York, NY

About The Position

The Assistant Manager, Retail Planning supports Charlotte Tilbury Beauty’s North American Department Store business through sales forecasting, inventory planning, and commercial analysis. The role turns retailer-, product-, and door-level performance into recommendations that drive growth, optimize replenishment, maintain healthy stock levels, and reduce returns. The position manages retail and gross sales forecasts, delivers weekly performance insights, and plans inventory for product launches and new door openings. It works closely with Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, retailer teams, and other partners to align account plans with business targets, support shipment execution, and contribute analysis and recommendations to retailer meetings and business reviews. The role reports to the AVP, Retail Planning.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience in commercial planning, retail planning, merchandising, or a related analytical role.
Ability to translate complex sales and inventory data into clear insights and actionable recommendations that improve business performance.
Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain findings and recommendations to cross-functional partners.
Understanding of retail math, sales forecasting, and inventory management, including weeks of supply, sell-through, and open-to-buy planning.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including lookup functions, complex formulas, pivot tables, and report building.
Strong analytical skills and experience building, validating, and maintaining large datasets and combining quantitative analysis with commercial context.
Collaborative approach and ability to build effective relationships across teams.
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Proactive, solutions-focused mindset and flexibility to adapt to changing business needs and improve existing processes.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the beauty industry or department stores.
Experience with data analytics platforms and SAP.

Responsibilities

Analyze retailer-, category-, SKU-, and door-level sales and inventory across the North American Department Store business to drive sales, optimize weeks of supply, and reduce returns.
Own weekly performance reporting and translate results versus forecast and prior year into commercial insights, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
Develop and maintain gross sales forecasts aligned with retail sales, trends, promotional activity, launch plans, and inventory requirements to support net sales targets for budget and forecasting cycles.
Manage account replenishment recommendations and open-to-buy planning, partnering with Commercial and retailer teams on reorders, stock balancing, and returns.
Oversee inventory planning for new product launches, discontinued products, and limited-life SKUs to support sell-through and minimize residual stock.
Partner with Marketing, Commercial, and Finance on bottom-up SKU-level forecasts, aligning product and account plans with commercial targets.
Align sell-in forecasts with Demand Planning and Supply Chain, incorporating retailer stock needs, product availability, shipment timing, and fill assumptions.
Own new door opening forecasts and initial inventory profiles, coordinating launch timing, allocations, and replenishment requirements.
Support retailer-facing meetings and cross-functional business reviews with analysis and recommendations, partnering with account teams, Ecommerce, Education, Field, and Marketing.
Improve planning tools and reporting processes, and deliver ad hoc analysis to support business decisions.