Demand Planner

Demand Planner

Kate Spade

London, LND, GB

Since its launch in 1993 with a collection of six essential handbags, Kate Spade New York has always been colorful, bold, and optimistic. Today, it is a global lifestyle brand that designs extraordinary things for the everyday, delivering seasonal collections of handbags, ready-to-wear, jewelry, footwear, home décor, and more.

Primary Purpose: The Demand Planner is responsible for planning inventory flow and optimization for the Kate Spade Wholesale channel in Europe & Middle East. The Demand Planner will develop a strategic product SKU level demand plan aligned to the global strategy and oversee inbound and outbound shipments to ensure a smooth delivery to the end customer.

Responsibilities:

• Own and maintain inventory reporting, including monthly statistics on sales, inbound production deliveries, stock holding, out of stock prevention and reorder analysis.
• Perform root cause analysis of supply/demand issues, provide solutions for the commercial business and escalate to the Demand Planning Manager where necessary.
• Analyse monthly and seasonal sales, reacting to trends and informing future buy strategy.
• Plan SKU level demand under made to forecast inventory model in line with sales and inventory targets.
• Review MOQ’s and reinvest in relevant SKUs to ensure sales plans are achievable.
• Lead cross functional alignment meetings to provide teams with an overview of seasonal buy vs sales plan strategy.
• Review current and future inventory holding to minimize inventory excess and maximize sales.
• Own SKU level forecast maintenance using planning tool RPAS.
• Partner closely with cross functional teams (Finance, Sales, Buying and Account Services) to ensure inventory investments are aligned to the global strategy.
• Partner with Wholesale Customer Service on facilitating Stock Transfer Orders (STO) to ensure smooth outbound delivery to end customer.

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years in a Demand Planning/Buying/Supply Chain role, with experience in Retail, B2B, Franchise or Wholesale business models.
• Highly analytical with an eye for detail and ability to translate data into action points.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and perform well under pressure and multiple deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What Kate Spade can offer you:

• Hybrid working (3 days working from the office, 2 days remote).
• Option to finish early on a Friday (Flex Fridays).
• 1 Paid Volunteering Day per year and opportunities to volunteer with global projects.
• Internal mobility & career progression.
• Regular Social Events - Seasonal & Cultural.

Other benefits include:

• 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays.
• Annual Incentive Plan (company performance bonus).
• Multi brand discount up to 50% off Kate Spade, Coach, Stuart Weitzman.
• Private Healthcare with health assessment (Bupa).
• Employee Assistance Program.

Kate Spade is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration.