Planner APAC

APAC Merchandise Planner

London, UK

Who You Are:

As a Planner for Jimmy Choo APAC region, you will drive the APAC business by running the region’s Omni merchandise planning process, including location & OTB forecasts as well as trading to optimize bestsellers and desrisk slower stock.

What You’ll Do:

• Achieve and drive assigned business goals and objectives including sales, inventory, and gross margin.
• Forecast store level budgets understanding sales curves through use of history and planning building blocks.
• Create Open to Buys, in conjunction with Merchandising lessons learnt, summarising plans for the Global team.
• Control stock levels across the region, proposing and monitoring country stock targets and KPIs.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to improve sales performance through stock transfers or reorders.
• Work closely with the regional Merchandise Buying teams to determine the topline Seasonal OTB strategy prior to the seasonal buying campaign, presenting the key targets to the CEO / CFO and Global Merchandising Teams.
• Determine the OTB requirement by store and set up the Seasonal Option Plan for all departments ahead of the Seasonal Buying Campaign.
• Oversee the Sizing strategy for the Seasonal buys and Continuity reorders, incorporating changing market and client profile needs.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to the Allocator to improve sales performance through stock rebalancing/ transfers, reorders and markdown strategy on a weekly / monthly and seasonal basis.
• Oversee all distribution processes, giving guidance to the Allocator to ensure best practice in all Allocation and Replenishment processes.
• Implement robust Markdown strategies to optimize the markdown inventory and ensure store markdown budgets / reforecasts are achieved.
• Be responsible for the monthly reordering and forecasting of continuative lines, ensuring stock availability is balanced with stock turn.
• Manage weekly Reports and Sales Analysis for business in Asia Pacific.
• Produce trade commentary on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Collate comprehensive hindsight analysis to develop product and inventory strategies.
• Ad-hoc sales analysis for senior management.
• Utilise Merchandise Planning Tool for efficient working practices.

You’ll Need to Have:

• Graduate calibre.
• 3+ years merchandising planning experience within a fashion retail background, preferably within a luxury brand.
• Advanced Excel skills essential, with the ability to handle large data sets.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with exceptional reporting capabilities and attention to detail.
• Commercial awareness to maximise sales and profit opportunities.
• Knowledge of supply chain processes, particularly replenishment systems.
• Excellent communication skills.

We’d Love to See:

• Experience of an Omni-channel retailer (e.g. in store ordering and fulfilling e-commerce orders from store).
• Experience working with a Merchandise Planning tool.

Our values - creative, open, and courageous

Equality, diversity and inclusion

At Jimmy Choo, we are committed to building a representative business that is empowered by our celebration of difference and enriches our creative solutions. We are all responsible for creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We try to inspire change and growth within each other and believe success is a result that comes from our differences. Jimmy Choo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusivity.

• 25 days holiday.
• Summer Fridays.
• Product Allowance and Discounts.
• Exclusive Employee Sales.
• Private Healthcare.
• Pension and Life Insurance.

At Capri, we are all responsible for creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We try to inspire change and growth within each other and believe success is a result that comes from our differences. Capri is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusivity regardless of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. M/D/F/V