Lead Planner - Apparel

QVC; London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in London seeks a Lead Planner for the Beauty Category. The role involves managing the business plan, overseeing product lifecycle, and mentoring team members. Ideal candidates will have substantial merchandising experience, strong decision-making authority, and financial acumen. This position is hybrid and offers competitive rewards.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards package

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Company discounts

Qualifications

• Experience managing products and categories with a minimum sales volume of approximately €50 million.
• Strong authority to achieve key figures.
• Familiarity with financial metrics like margin, profit, and inventory management.
• Trade conscious with negotiation experience.
• Ability to analyze data to influence business positively.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, monitor, and adjust the business plan for the Beauty Category.
• Manage the product lifecycle and provide postmortem business analysis.
• Control schedules for live TV shows.
• Mentor Planners and develop their skills.

Skills

Merchandising experience

Excellent decision-making

Financial metrics analysis

Negotiation skills

Data analysis

Job description

Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Qurate Retail Group comprises six leading retail brands – QVC, HSN, Ballard Designs, Frontgate, Garnet Hill and Grandin Road – all dedicated to providing a more human way to shop. Qurate Retail Group is the largest player in video commerce ("vCommerce"), which includes video-driven shopping across linear TV, ecommerce sites, digital streaming and social platforms.

The Opportunity

QVC UK is looking for a Lead Planner. Based in Chiswick Park, West London, and reporting to the Planning Manager, you will prepare, monitor and, if necessary, adjust the business plan within the scope of the budget (Sales, Inventory, Airtime & Margin) for the Beauty Category. Partnering with the buying team, providing analysis of sales and margin.

Who We Are

QVC empowers shoppers with knowledge and shares insights in a lively, engaging way. We offer an ever-changing collection of familiar brands and fresh new products – from home and fashion to beauty, electronics and jewellery – and we connect shoppers to interesting personalities, engaging stories and award-winning customer service. Worldwide, QVC reaches more than 200 million homes via our 12 broadcast networks and reaches millions more via multiple streaming services, websites, mobile apps and social pages. In 2021, QVC International served 4.7 million customers and has more than 7,000 team members in the U.K., Germany, Japan, Italy, Poland and China.

Your Impact

• The Lead Planner is responsible for the active participation in and improvement of processes that maintain and increase sales, productivity.
• You will manage the product lifecycle through strategic and balanced use of promotion and maximisation of airtime, providing postmortem business analysis to support future buying decisions and strategies.
• You will Control schedules for live TV shows.
• You will be Involved in the developing of ideas and strategy for the Beauty category.
• You will partner with Buying to manage the open to buy.
• You will control and approve all promotion and pricing decisions, shipping costs and markdown.
• Work with buying to control and approve any re-orders or return to vendor at item level.
• You will be involved in the review of campaigns and events across all platforms.
• As a lead Planner you will mentor Planners, developing their skills and providing guidance.

What You Bring

• You will have Merchandising experience with a focus on managing products and categories with a minimum sales volume of approximately €50 million.
• Excellent decision-making authority to achieve our key figures
• Experience with financial metrics, especially margin, profit, sales and inventory management.
• You will be trade conscious and have experience leading successful negotiations
• Analysis of data and draw relevant conclusions to positively influence the business and solve problems

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If you enjoy being a part of a team, creating experiences and delighting customers, you’ll love it here. If you’re excited about retail, media, social, live streaming, technology, customer service, design and more, you’ll find amazing projects to work on. If you want to grow professionally and learn every day, you ’ ll thrive with us . If you appreciate a company committed to inclusion and belonging for all, you’ll be amazed at what’s available for our team members . We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package including competitive compensation, paid time off, employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, company discounts and much more. Best of all, working with QVC Group means friendly teams, ambitious projects and fast-moving careers!

For QVC Group, our commitment to inclusion and belonging for all is deeply rooted in Our Principles. They call on us to Drive Progress, Act With Empathy, Be Brave, Embrace the Future, and Do What’s Right so that everyone can thrive. We are committed to ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at [e-mail] for assistance. QVC UK is a Disability Confident employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme. For any UK based roles - if you’d like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this on the application form.

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