Summary: The Merchandise Planning Manager - Replenishment role involves overseeing replenishment and carry forward planning activities for Accessories and Children's divisions within a luxury fashion brand. The position requires strong leadership skills to manage a team and drive collaboration across departments while ensuring financial and creative objectives are met. The role is office-based with a hybrid working arrangement, requiring a proactive approach to inventory management and strategic planning. The successful candidate will act as a key liaison between various teams and contribute to the overall success of the brand's merchandise strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage Global Line Cards and Open to Buy for divisions.
• Deliver Central Collection Open to Buy guidance and provide Seasonal Plans by Region.
• Drive collaboration with Central Merchants on Collection Development.
• Ensure timely delivery of commercial analysis to drive sales and margin.
• Lead divisional Replenishment planning team in the absence of the Senior Manager.
• Review Global Replenishment & Carry Forward Sales and Procurement forecasts.
• Manage Global Replenishment & Carry Forward OTB and adherence to Weeks of Cover targets.
• Evaluate trading with regional teams for in-season management decisions.
• Drive insightful commercial analyses for future collection guidance.
• Maintain optimum inventory levels across stores and hubs.
• Review vendor projections quarterly and annually to support Supply Planning.
• Accountable for Replenishment and Carry Forward assortment strategies.
• Manage a team of 5 people.

Key Skills:

• Experience managing a continuity planning team in a luxury environment.
• Expertise in Replenishment and Carry Forward planning, including Open to Buy management.
• Customer-oriented approach to business challenges.
• Strong decision-making capabilities for strategic initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills for influencing across all organizational levels.
• Dynamic and collaborative style for building relationships with cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Experience with SAP is advantageous.

Salary (Rate): 270

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: Other