EMEA Planning Manager, Franchise & Owned Retail

SKIMS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PMI

Group Life Assurance

Income Protection

Critical Illness

Pension Scheme

Modern Health

ClassPass

Job summary

SKIMS is seeking a Planning Manager for Franchise & Owned Retail – EMEA to lead inventory and financial planning across the region. You will partner with Merchandising, Buying, Supply Chain, and Finance to develop sales plans and forecasts that maximize profitability while delivering excellent customer experiences.

The role requires strong commercial acumen, analytical expertise, and the ability to operate across multiple international markets within a fast-growing, high-performance environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Merchandising, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 5–8 years of planning, merchandise planning, inventory planning, or financial planning experience within retail or consumer brands.
• Experience supporting both owned retail and franchise businesses is highly preferred.
• Strong understanding of Open-to-Buy (OTB), forecasting, assortment planning, inventory management, and financial planning principles.
• Experience working within an international or multi-market retail organization.
• Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, Power Query, complex formulas, and financial modeling.
• Experience with ERP, planning, and BI platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Anaplan, NetSuite, Tableau, Power BI, or similar.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to translate complex data into commercial recommendations.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills with confidence presenting to senior leadership.
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Develop seasonal and annual sales, margin, inventory, and receipt plans across EMEA owned retail and franchise channels.
• Own weekly and monthly forecasting, identifying risks and opportunities while recommending actions to optimize performance.
• Analyze sales trends, inventory productivity, sell-through, stock-to-sales ratios, and key planning metrics to drive commercial decisions.
• Partner closely with Buying and Merchandising teams to build balanced assortments aligned with financial objectives and regional customer demand.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain and Operations to ensure inventory availability, allocation strategies, and replenishment plans support business needs.
• Manage Open-to-Buy (OTB) budgets and recommend inventory investments based on business performance and future demand.
• Support new store openings across EMEA by developing initial inventory strategies, launch plans, and ongoing sales forecasts.
• Partner with Franchise teams to monitor partner performance, inventory health, and seasonal planning requirements.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews for regional and global leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, reporting, forecast accuracy, and inventory optimization.
• Build and maintain planning tools, dashboards, and reporting that provide actionable business insights.
• Support long-range planning, annual budgeting, and strategic commercial initiatives across the EMEA region.
• Develop strong cross-functional relationships with global Planning, Finance, Retail Operations, Logistics, and Commercial teams.

Skills

Forecasting

Open-to-Buy (OTB)

Data analysis

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Merchandising, Economics, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Anaplan

NetSuite

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

SKIMS is seeking a Planning Manager for Franchise & Owned Retail – EMEA to lead inventory and financial planning across the region. You will partner with Merchandising, Buying, Supply Chain, and Finance to develop sales plans and forecasts that maximize profitability while delivering excellent customer experiences.

The role requires strong commercial acumen, analytical expertise, and the ability to operate across multiple international markets within a fast-growing, high-performance environment.