Manager, Outlet Planning

Levi Strauss & Co.•San Francisco, CA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Outlet Planning will be a trusted partner to support brand/category and channel strategies. You will be an essential team member; with financial experience of the retail market to inform the retail buy plans and achieve continued growth. You can identify important business issues, provide analysis on opportunities and risks, promote consistency in processes, and guide best practices across the business and within the Direct-to-Consumer team. You will work with a merchandising team and allocation partners to ensure end-to-end strategy execution and line productivity. Help build financial plans; cover all store and sales Goals. Balance channel, brand, and our needs. Develop financial forecasts in-season and lead regular financial conversations with a diverse set of partners. Help create a narrative and articulate risks and opportunities. Collaborate with merchants to develop consumer and category segment productivity targets within an assortment architecture. Build and present bottom-up sales and inventory plans. Reconcile against the tops-down financial plans to inform financial and inventory decisions. Align with partners to guide in-season tactical activities in execution of seasonal strategies: promotional strategies, markdown management, etc. Work with allocation partners to ensure in-season allocation, replenishment, usage, and receipt flow. Manage in-season profitability to achieve or exceed goals and submissions. Identify opportunities in, and improve and tools. Take ownership of additional projects that support channel and company plans. Lead projects across all DTC and works across the channel matrix with their "company hat" to ensure inventory profitability for all. Develop direct reports.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or a combination of college education and related work experience.
5+ years of planning experience with a global omni-channel brand.
Understanding of retail math, merchandising financials, and profitability Goals.
Advanced Excel skills (can perform complex functions).

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAS merchandise planning an asset.

Responsibilities

Help build financial plans; cover all store and sales Goals.
Balance channel, brand, and our needs.
Develop financial forecasts in-season and lead regular financial conversations with a diverse set of partners.
Help create a narrative and articulate risks and opportunities.
Collaborate with merchants to develop consumer and category segment productivity targets within an assortment architecture.
Build and present bottom-up sales and inventory plans.
Reconcile against the tops-down financial plans to inform financial and inventory decisions.
Align with partners to guide in-season tactical activities in execution of seasonal strategies: promotional strategies, markdown management, etc.
Work with allocation partners to ensure in-season allocation, replenishment, usage, and receipt flow.
Manage in-season profitability to achieve or exceed goals and submissions.
Identify opportunities in, and improve and tools.
Take ownership of additional projects that support channel and company plans.
Lead projects across all DTC and works across the channel matrix with their "company hat" to ensure inventory profitability for all.
Develop direct reports.