Senior Planner
About The Position
Our vision is to establish HUGO BOSS as the leading premium tech-driven fashion platform worldwide and to be one of the top 100 global brands. At HUGO BOSS, we work as a team to apply our knowledge, skills and experience together and create a diversity of ideas and solutions. What unites us? We love fashion, we change fashion! At HUGO BOSS, you have the opportunity to contribute your personality, ideas and creativity — because only when we break new ground together can we create something unique. Become part of our team of more than 19.000 employees worldwide and shape your future at HUGO BOSS! Position Summary: Drive financial and inventory planning and strategies for all brands across ecommerce and DOS stores. This individual will work closely with the merchandising department, to create annual and seasonal merchandise plans, forecast the business based on changes in strategy and business climate and manage inventory to support overall financial objectives. He/she will be critical in developing and executing the strategic direction for our Full price Stores and E-Commerce division and establishing new processes critical to our continued growth and profitability, as well as future expansion.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training and experience
- 5+ years planning and allocation experience
- Retail experience required. Online and international experience a plus
- Communicates clearly in oral and written form
- Demonstrates strong analytical capability. Uses logical thought process to solve problems
- Proven ability to develop strong cross-functional relationships
- Adapts easily to changing situations and demonstrates flexibility in juggling priorities
- Proven experience leading and supervising others
- Proficient in all MS Office applications. Advanced Excel skills a must
Nice To Haves
- Online and international experience a plus
Responsibilities
- Partner with cross-functional teams to build strategies by brand to meet sales, margin and inventory investment requirements
- Build long range plans and goals by brand to give a roadmap of the future for the cross-functional teams
- Strategic development of annual, monthly, and daily demand plans
- Partner with the management to develop seasonal sales, margin, returns, markdowns and inventory plans
- Create and sustain a top down/bottoms up planning and forecasting environment
- Partner with peer planning group to leverage and/or develop tools and business processes
- Responsible for the brand-level quarterly hindsight process in partnership the merchant team to drive strategic assortment decisions for future quarters
- Provide the buyer with analytics to support assortment decisions, SKU performance and depth
- Responsible for the top line markdown and promotional strategy process in partnership with the DOS Planning/Merchandising team
- Provide analytics and guardrails to the Buying team for assortment decisions made in market
- Manage the deliveries, re-orders, replenishments, and allocations to support sales forecasts for both fashion and basic sales plans
- Forecast basic sales plans to help drive business
- Strategic execution of annual, monthly, and weekly demand plans/forecasts for the online business
- Responsible for the weekly sales reporting process to aid in business analysis and strategy development
- Drive omni-channel strategy with Hugo Boss DOS to capitalize on missed opportunities
Benefits
- 21 Paid Days Off (pro-rated based on first year of employment) plus your Birthday off
- Paid Parental Leave for FT employees
- Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits with Health Saving Account (HSA) option
- 401(K) with company match
- SHIP (Share Investment Program) Offers eligible employees the opportunity to become a co-owner and acquire shares in HUGO BOSS AG at special SHIP conditions.
- Flex Spending Account (FSA)
- Generous Employee Discount Program
- Voluntary Benefits and Critical Illness
- Company sponsored Life and Disability benefits
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounts for auto/home/pet insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
