Retail Planning Specialist

LVMH; Milano; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Loro Piana in Milan seeks a Retail Planning professional to support budgeting, forecasting, and planning at product/Area level. The role delivers sales plans and open-to-buy for the Retail channel, participating in seasonal collection activities and showroom campaigns.

You will monitor KPIs such as sell-through by area/category, stock, forecast accuracy, and targets by category, providing analyses to HQ functions. English required; 3+ years preferred.

Qualifications

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, sensibility to luxury products, proactivity.
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience working in a fast paced very multifaceted environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to combine big picture thinking with detail orientation.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel and reporting/forecasting tools (Power BI, Board, Anaplan).
• Language Skills: proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Elaborates sales plan by category area, together with HQ and regional Merchandising/Retail Teams.
• Supports the definition of the main buying KPI such as Sell-T target, buying depth, SKU N° definition.
• Elaborates the open-to-buy, taking into consideration the sales target and the carry over stock.
• Supports HQ and regional merchandising teams during the buying session to ensure sales expectations and budget goals are met.
• Supervises the actual sales compared to the targeted ones and the running forecast, proposing actions when and where needed.
• Actively support the different Company Projects in which Retail Planning is involved.

Skills

Excel

Analytical skills

English language

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Education

3+ years in similar role

Tools

Power BI

Board

Anaplan

Job description

The resource will be reporting to the Retail Planning Coordinator supporting the Retail Planning team in Milan. The focus will be on the activities of budgeting, forecasting, and planning at product/Area level. The role will deliver sales plan and open-to-buy for the Retail channel, participating also to the main activities of seasonal collection (Retail Selection, Showroom Campaign). The resource will supervise key performance indicators such as: product performance (sell-through by area/category), sales inventory, sales forecast and target by category and will provide analysis to specific HQ functions.

Job responsibilities

• Elaborates sales plan by category area, together with HQ and regional Merchandising/Retail Teams.
• Supports the definition of the main buying KPI such as Sell-T target, buying depth, SKU N° definition.
• Elaborates the open-to-buy, taking into consideration the sales target and the carry over stock.
• Supports HQ and regional merchandising teams during the buying session to ensure sales expectations and budget goals are met.
• Supervises the actual sales compared to the targeted ones and the running forecast, proposing actions when and where needed.
• Actively support the different Company Projects in which Retail Planning is involved.

Profile

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, sensibility to luxury products, proactivity
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience working in a fast paced very multifaceted environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to combine big picture thinking with detail orientation.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel and reporting/forecasting tools (i.e Power BI, Board, Anaplan).
• Language Skills: proficiency in English.

Additional information

For new joiners in this role in Italy, the initial annual gross salary is EUR 35.000.

This salary has been determined on the basis of objective and gender-neutral criteria and corresponds to the compensation normally granted for this position at the time of publication of this job posting. Actual compensation may vary depending on factors such as your unique combination of experience and skills, seniority, and current organizational needs.

This role also provides for participation in a bonus scheme, at Loro Piana's discretion, based on factors such as individual and/or company performance.

In addition to the benefits provided by law, further benefits may be granted in accordance with current company policies.

The employment relationship will be governed by the provisions of the applicable national collective bargaining agreement (CCNL Tessile Abbigliamento e Moda) and the supplementary company agreement, as applied by Loro Piana in Italy.

Originally from Trivero in northern Italy, the Loro Piana family began trading wool in the early 1800s. In 1924, Pietro Loro Piana founded Ing. Loro Piana & C., the current company. Pietro’s nephewFranco took over in 1941, and after the war the firm began to establish its reputation as a supplier of premium wool and cashmere textiles for a growing haute couture industry, both home and abroad. In the 1970s, Sergio and Pier Luigi Loro Piana took up the reins, diversifying into luxury goods and developing an international retail arm. Now the world’s foremost cashmere processor, Loro Piana prides itself on sourcing the very finest, rarest raw materials the world has to offer, including unique cashmere from baby goats in northern China and Mongolia, vicuña from the Andes,extra-fine Merino wool from Australia and New Zealandand lotus flower fiber from Myanmar. The company draws on both time-honored traditions and state of the art technology to offer its discerning customers products that are renowned for their peerless quality. All of the company’s collections of ready-to-wear garments and accessories are made in Italy to the highest standards of craftsmanship and sartorial excellence.

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