Senior Manager, Distribution Planning

LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics • New York, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Distribution Planning will play a key role in supporting the rapid expansion of LVMH Beauty's Direct-to-Consumer business and shaping the future of its distribution planning capabilities. This role is crucial for managing the company-owned Retail boutique network and E-Commerce activities, which have become strategic drivers for the organization. The position involves shaping processes, driving operational excellence, and building scalable solutions to support future business growth. The Distribution Manager is responsible for ensuring optimal product availability across the North America network while maintaining healthy inventory levels and supporting business performance. This includes overseeing end-to-end distribution planning activities for the replenishment and inventory management of e-commerce satellite warehouses, as well as product supply and inventory optimization for company-owned retail stores. The role acts as a strategic business partner to Retail and E-Commerce Teams, Logistics, and Planning teams, balancing service, inventory, and operational efficiency objectives while contributing to the continuous evolution of the organization's distribution planning capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelors with Master’s preferred
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience in Distribution or Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, or similar.
• Experience within the luxury or cosmetics industry is a significant advantage.
• Experienced supply chain professional ready to lead a growing function.
• Strong customer and business orientation, with the ability to translate commercial priorities into operational actions.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Leadership and ability to drive alignment across cross-functional teams.
• Proven experience operating in evolving environments with a strong continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong ability to challenge existing processes and drive sustainable change.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Advanced Excel skills and data manipulation capabilities.
• Experience with Power BI, ERP systems, and planning solutions preferred.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience within the luxury or cosmetics industry is a significant advantage.
• Experience with Power BI, ERP systems, and planning solutions preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute distribution and replenishment strategies that translate business and customer needs into effective supply chain execution, ensuring optimal product availability and service levels across the network.
• Manage replenishment flows between central and satellite warehouses, while balancing service objectives, inventory productivity, and operational constraints.
• Anticipate workload evolution and seasonal business peaks, ensuring resources, processes, and tools remain adapted to changing business needs.
• Monitor inventory health and establish inventory strategies across the network and drive actions to optimize stock levels, reduce excess inventory, and mitigate obsolescence risks.
• Lead inventory reviews and recommend corrective actions based on business performance.
• Drive inventory accuracy across satellite warehouses and retail boutiques through strong partnership, coaching, and process discipline with operational teams and external partners.
• Lead the monitoring and review of key distribution and inventory KPIs, ensuring stakeholder alignment around priorities, risks, and action plans.
• Act as a trusted partner to commercial and operational teams, translating operational performance into actionable business recommendations, supporting decision-making through data-driven analysis.
• Facilitate alignment across Planning, Logistics, Distribution Center Operations, Web Operations, Retail, and E-Commerce teams.
• Support the ongoing development and structuring of the Distribution Planning function.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and standardize operational activities in order to improve scalability and planning tool optimization and support future business growth.
• Participate in strategic projects linked to network evolution, business expansion, and future brand integration.

Benefits

• The published salary range is a good faith reflection of the targeted salary level for the position, LVMH Inc. reserves the right to pay outside of the published salary range of $125,000 - $165,000.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior