Senior Manager, Merchandise Financial Planning

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Manager to join our Global Merchandise Planning Insights team. This role is pivotal in driving pre-season and in-season planning strategies that shape our product investment decisions, support financial targets, and enable profitable growth across our global business.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing team, fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture.
• Own the merchandise financial planning (MFP) process across global to cluster ensuring gender, category, and class level alignment with company growth targets.
• Manage total brand rollups, including long-range category plans, seasonal assortment frameworks, and cluster MFPs, ensuring product strategies are financially sound.
• Drive global in-season performance recaps through weekly analysis, identifying risks and opportunities to optimize inventory and sales.
• Lead seasonal hindsight recaps and contribute to MBR/QBR meetings with leadership, providing clear financial narratives and recommendations.
• Consolidate global buy review and investment review materials to support executive-level decision-making.
• Support pre-season development milestones with financial inputs highlighting risks and opportunities to our revenue or margin targets.
• Collaborate with cluster teams to gather insights and ensure financial plans reflect both global priorities and cluster needs.
• Partner with Finance to align merchandise plans with broader financial forecasts and targets.
• Track performance of key product stories, new fits, and seasonal initiatives to inform future planning cycles.
• Conduct ad hoc deep dives into product, category, or channel performance to uncover drivers of growth or underperformance, and deliver actionable recommendations to cross-functional partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business with financial, Data Analytics/Statistics related field.
• 6+ years of experience in data analytics, planning, business intelligence, or reporting.
• Proven people management skills, with experience coaching, developing, and inspiring analysts and cross-functional teams.
• Strategic manager who excels in ambiguity, asks the right questions, and can guide partners through data-driven storytelling.
• Strong financial acumen and understanding of key DTC and Wholesale metrics (e.g., AOV, UPT, sell-through, margin, inventory turns).
• Ability to translate financial data into actionable strategies and influence cross-functional partners.
• Experience with financial modeling, forecasting, and statistical analysis techniques.
• Ability to distill complex data into clear, compelling business narratives.
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders in planning, merchandising, and product.

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a hybrid environment, with a typical schedule of 3 days in the office per week.
• The expected starting salary range for this role is $135,200 - $198,300 per year.

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Financial Planning
• Team Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Business Intelligence

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Paid leave
• Health insurance
• Product discounts