Timberland: Analyst, Long Range Planning (Americas)

About the role

The Analyst, Long Range Planning (LRP) at Timberland Americas supports the development of 5-year strategic plans across regions and channels, providing insights that align Americas plans with global long-range strategies. This role involves supporting growth through data management, analytics, and forecasting, and directly supports the annual budget process, KPI communication, marketing initiatives, and operational planning.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of 5-Year long-range plans aligned to global strategy meeting decisions by sub-brand, country, channel and global brand architecture.
• Provide data to support deep dive analyses at the key account and retail channel levels to support sustainable growth.
• Perform KPI variance analysis, monitor performance against strategic objectives, and communicate risks and opportunities to stakeholders.
• Support the analysis of business trends and help translate insights into actionable recommendations to inform management’s strategic decision-making.
• Support the development and maintenance of operational dashboards and reporting tools to improve visibility into KPIs; assist in creating clear, impactful presentations for leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Sustain the maintenance and updates of excel models for the annual budget and 5-Year strategic plan, with a focus on sales, margin, KPI performance, and product mix analysis.
• Aid in aggregating and analyzing large datasets using advanced Excel and Power BI; help translate insights into clear, actionable summaries and presentations.
• Collaborate and partner cross-functionally with merchandising, marketing, finance, and operations to support the identification of trends, risks, and growth opportunities.
• Contribute to store-level and e-commerce KPI analyses to help validate long-range plan assumptions and “what-must-be-true” scenarios.
• Support multiple projects and priorities simultaneously; assist in coordinating with stakeholders to help ensure alignment and timely delivery.

Requirements

• Experience in sales and margin forecasting and modeling.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Adeptness in demonstrating strong and effective written and verbal communication with all levels of the organization.

Qualifications

• Curious, self-motivated, and eager to learn.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Effective communication skills.

Benefits

• Annual salary range: $68,000.00 USD - $85,000.00 USD annually.
• Incentive potential includes an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential.

Pay

$68,000.00 USD - $85,000.00 USD annually

Schedule

N/A