Senior Merchandise Planner – NA Wholesale
About The Position
Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton. A play on the words “can do”, Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora. Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. The salary range for this position is $108,300 - $135,500 per year. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and San Francisco location. This is a hybrid role based in our downtown San Francisco office – Tues through Thursday in-office, with Monday and Friday remote. The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Eau de Parfum, Fenty Hair, Ole Henriksen, Lip Lab.
Requirements
- 5+ years of merchandise planning or wholesale planning experience.
- BA/BS in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
- Strong proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, Power Query, advanced functions); experience with an enterprise planning platform, Anaplan a plus.
- Analytical problem-solving, scenario modeling, and data storytelling.
- Negotiation and influencing skills with internal partners and account contacts.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment and manage multiple priorities against tight deadlines.
- Clear written and verbal communication, strong organizational discipline, high attention to detail, and a growth mindset oriented toward process improvement.
Nice To Haves
- experience with an enterprise planning platform, Anaplan a plus.
Responsibilities
- Build bottom-up retail and wholesale plans by account, category, and SKU, and support the channel's top-down plan.
- Partner with Sales and Brand to translate assortment direction into SKU-level plans.
- Maintain account-level OTB and flag risks and opportunities to the planning lead.
- Monitor weekly sell-out and stock-outs and coordinate corrective actions with account merchants.
- Prepare and maintain monthly forecasts, identifying risks and opportunities and recommending actions to chase demand or mitigate risk.
- Contribute to forecast consensus with Demand Planning and flag exceptional demand.
- Partner with Sales and Finance on promo, markdown, and RTV forecasts.
- Track new product launch POs with Supply Chain and escalate delivery risks.
- Provide account-level inputs into monthly and annual sales budgets.
- Support Sales and Brand on account and channel strategies.
- Use advanced Excel and enterprise planning tools (Anaplan) to build reporting and analysis.
- Improve forecast accuracy, data quality, and scenario modeling.
- Share best practices with the merchandise planning team.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- flex paid time off program
- parental leave
- employee discount/perks
- a retirement plan with employer contributions
- Summer Fridays
- opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks during the calendar year
- December wellness/shutdown week for applicable positions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
