Retail Planning Manager

Gloria Jeans; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 480,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Private medical insurance

Annual leave

Performance bonus

Learning & development

Job summary

Gloria Jeans in Dubai seeks a Retail Planning Manager to lead store-level sales forecasting, segmentation, capacity planning and monthly financial cycles. You will own a single, defendable set of numbers for the network and guide Territory planning, with a team of six and collaboration with Allocation, Distribution, Finance and Retail.

Relocation and visa support are provided. The role requires advanced Excel, strong analytics, and experience with plan-versus-actual analyses.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in store planning, retail financial planning, or related analytics.
• Hands-on budgeting and sales forecasting experience.
• Strong analytical skills with data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Build annual, monthly and daily store forecasts and consolidate input into one company number.
• Maintain seasonality models and store calendars for openings/closures.
• Forecast KPIs for new stores and reconstructions and compare to actuals.
• Own planning templates, calendar and KPI definitions for area planners.
• Upload forecasts into Anaplan and deliver consolidated files to Finance.
• Compute mark-ups, write-offs and unit sales by store and reconcile with targets.
• Set stock priorities, capacity, weeks-of-supply and sell-through parameters.
• Plan cross-territory transfers and reallocations as needed.
• Prepare plan-vs-actual and variance analyses; challenge non-data-backed assumptions.
• Align Store, Demand, Retail and Finance on a single number source.

Skills

Store budgeting

Sales forecasting

Advanced Excel

Anaplan

Tools

Anaplan

Job description

About Gloria Jeans

Gloria Jeans is one of the largest fashion retailers in its home markets, with a history dating back to 1988, when our founder registered one of the first jeans workshops in the country. From that single workshop in Rostov-on-Don, we grew into a leading fast-fashion group with over 600 stores across Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, more than 7,000 employees, and over $1 billion in annual revenue. We dress the whole family - style and quality at prices millions can afford.

Now we have moved our headquarters to the UAE and are rebuilding the business for international growth, with the GCC and Southeast Asia as our first priority markets, alongside a fast-scaling e-commerce business and new categories in Home and Beauty. Our ambition is to create a genuinely global fashion group and, over time, grow it into a $10 billion business. We are still founder-led and entrepreneurial: decisions here are made in days, not quarters.

The role

The Retail Planning Manager is the analytical and financial engine of the store network. The role owns store-level sales forecasting, store segmentation, capacity and stock-cover frameworks, and the monthly financial planning cycle delivered to Finance.

You will create and defend one reliable set of numbers for the entire network, establish the methodology used by every territory and arbitrate between territories when they compete for stock. You will lead a team of six and partner with Allocation, Distribution, Finance and Retail. The role is fully based in Dubai, with relocation and visa support provided.

What you will own

• Build annual, monthly and daily store-level sales forecasts and consolidate territory input into one company number.
• Maintain the seasonality model, like-for-like store master, and store opening, closure, reconstruction, area and count calendars.
• Forecast sales and KPIs for new stores and reconstructions, then compare actual results with the forecast.
• Own the planning methodology, templates, calendar and KPI definitions used by Area Store Planning Controllers.
• Verify the development plan, upload monthly forecasts into Anaplan and deliver the consolidated file to Finance.
• Calculate mark-up, write-offs and unit sales by store and reconcile them with central targets.
• Set store grading, capacity, weeks-of-supply, stock-cover and sell-through parameters.
• Set stock priorities and decide cross-territory transfers and reallocations.
• Prepare plan-versus-actual and network variance analysis, challenging assumptions not supported by data.
• Reconcile Store Planning, Demand Planning, Retail and Finance around one agreed source of numbers.

What we are looking for

• At least 3 years of experience in store planning, retail financial planning, demand planning or a related analytical role.
• Hands-on experience with store budgeting and sales forecasting.
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large, complex datasets.
• Strong analytical skills and experience turning data into commercial decisions.
• Experience with store segmentation, capacity planning, weeks of supply and stock-cover analysis.
• Knowledge of plan-versus-actual analysis, variance reporting and forecast-accuracy measurement.
• Experience with Anaplan or a comparable planning platform is an advantage.
• The ability to establish common planning standards and challenge territory assumptions constructively.
• Fast-fashion or other high-volume retail experience is an advantage.
• Native Russian and working English.

AI at Gloria Jeans

Everyone at Gloria Jeans works with AI tools daily, including for forecasting, scenario analysis, data validation and reporting, and we invest in the best tooling available. If AI is already part of how you work, you will feel at home here. If it is not yet, all we ask is the curiosity to make it one.

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Annual performance bonus
• Relocation and visa support
• Private medical insurance
• Annual leave
• Best-in-class AI tooling
• Learning and development

From one workshop to 600+ stores - and we are just getting started.

Join the team building a global fashion group. We cannot wait to meet you.