Senior Manager, Demand & Distribution Planning

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead monthly, quarterly, and seasonal demand planning across categories, channels, and geographies, ensuring alignment with commercial and financial objectives.
• Develop and refine forecasting methodologies by integrating historical performance, demand drivers, and market intelligence.
• Provide forward-looking insights on demand risks and opportunities, recommending actionable mitigation and upside strategies to senior leadership.
• Lead seasonal sales planning and Open-To-Buy (OTB) in close partnership with Merchandising, Finance, and Central Supply Chain.
• Ensure alignment between financial targets, buys, and operational forecasts through top-down and bottom-up planning cycles.
• Deliver quarterly and seasonal hindsight analyses to influence future assortments, investments, and category strategies.
• Define and oversee inventory strategies across core, fashion, launches, and phase-outs, balancing availability, freshness, and working capital.
• Own allocation and re-allocation across retail and e-commerce, optimizing product flow by store profile, launch phase, and demand signals.
• Partner with Logistics and Warehouse teams to manage shipping priorities, resolve inventory constraints, and support critical business initiatives, including Outlet and Off-price strategies.
• Act as a senior planning partner to Merchandising, Retail, and Country teams, leading regular business reviews focused on performance and actions.
• Influence Director and VP-level decision-making through clear, data-driven insights and recommendations.
• Support network evolution initiatives (store openings, closures, renovations, channel shifts) with demand and inventory impact assessments.
• Coach, develop and manage the performance of one intern, fostering accountability, collaboration and continuous learning within the planning team.

Job Responsibilities

• Own the evolution of planning tools, reporting, and governance to improve scalability, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across forecasting and planning processes.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert and mentor, elevating planning standards and analytical capabilities across the organization.

Required Experience, Skills & Attributes

• 5+ years of progressive experience in demand planning, merchandise planning, allocation, buying, or retail analytics within a luxury or premium retail/wholesale environment.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels, with a proven track record of influencing business outcomes.
• Strong command of retail and supply chain economics, including margin, markup, sell-through, inventory turns, and productivity metrics.
• Advanced analytical capability with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear, executive-ready insights.
• Expert-level proficiency in Excel and strong experience building presentations and narratives in PowerPoint.
• Experience working with planning systems (e.g., Anaplan, Demand Planning tools); Power BI proficiency strongly preferred.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence presenting to senior leadership.
• Highly organized, resilient, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with tight deadlines.
• Strategic mindset with strong problem-solving skills and a bias toward action and results.