DTC Business Planner

Ralph Lauren Corporation; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralph Lauren Corporation is seeking a strategic and technical expert for their direct-to-consumer business planning team. This hybrid role focuses on supporting their global ERP transformation and requires 3-5 years of experience in retail or financial roles, advanced Excel skills, and strong attention to detail.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in retail merchandising, data, or financial role.
• Passionate about systems, technical processes.
• Advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Become the go-to expert for systems transition and BI queries.
• Partner across teams to build relationships and highlight challenges.
• Support channel leads with ad-hoc analysis and performance reporting.

Skills

Data integrity

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Advanced Excel skills

Job description

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Position Overview

An exciting new position (12 month FTC) within the direct-to-consumer business planning team for EMEA. As our business is undergoing a global ERP & planning system transformation, we are looking for a data-driven, technical expert to be our team’s key link and support to these initiatives, whilst also supporting our channel planning with ad-hoc reporting queries, projects and roll ups across DTC business channels.

Please note this is a hybrid role spending at least 2 days a week in our Watford office.

· Become the go-to expert for systems transition, new processes, BI queries & data integrity within the team

· Partner across the business planning team and cross functionally to build relationships, align on requirements, highlight opportunities & challenges with systems transitions

· Feedback requirements, findings, being vocal about EMEA’s needs to ensure a seamless transition

· Represent our department in meetings (deputizing for lead where required)

· Robust testing of new systems, metrics, processes ensuring usability & accuracy for planning digital and physical business channels

· Continuously update the business planning team during migration to new systems, creating SOPs and running training sessions

· Support channel leads & planning managers with ad-hoc analysis, monthly forecast & annual budget process and provide additional coverage on regular daily & weekly performance reporting where required

· Identify and feedback process opportunities for greater synergy & integration across business planning channels

Experience, Skills & Knowledge

· 3-5 years strategic cycles in retail merchandising, data or financial role (role equivalent to junior manager level with no direct reports)

· Passionate about systems, technical processes & data integrity

· Strong attention to detail, quality and accuracy imperative

· Keenness to learn, problem solve and adapt to new tools & models

· Ability to work under pressure and to respect deadlines

· Advanced Excel skills to process & interpret data

· Thorough understanding & application of retail maths & KPIs