Director - Merchandise Planning & Commercial Inventory Strategy

Omanyp; Oman; On-site; OMR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Omanyp is seeking an experienced merchandising leader to drive end-to-end strategy across multiple brands and channels in Oman. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in luxury retail planning, proven OTB management, and hands-on experience with SAP.

This role demands a people-centric leadership style to build high-performing teams and engage with senior stakeholders. Responsibilities include developing financial plans, monitoring inventory performance, and leading system transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in merchandising leadership within multi-brand retail.
• Hands-on experience with SAP planning systems.
• Demonstrated ownership of OTB and in-season inventory management.

Responsibilities

• Lead merchandise planning strategy across brands and channels.
• Deliver annual and seasonal financial plans and budgets.
• Monitor sales performance and adjust intake as needed.

Skills

Merchandising leadership

Luxury retail planning

SAP planning systems

Inventory management

People-centric leadership

Commercial awareness

Job description

A market leading multi-brand retail and distribution platform operating at regional scale, managing a diverse portfolio across fashion, lifestyle and beauty categories. The organisation is known for its strong brand partnerships, omni-channel growth and continued investment in systems, people and commercial capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive the end to end merchandise planning strategy across multiple brands, categories and channels including stores and digital
• Deliver annual and seasonal merchandise financial plans, budgets, forecasts and OTB frameworks aligned to revenue and margin targets
• Drive in-season trading performance through active monitoring of sales, sell-through, stock cover and margin, adjusting plans and intake as needed
• Operate and optimise OTB controls to manage spend, reduce risk and protect profitability across business units
• Run inventory and intake planning processes including purchase order flow, stock phasing and replenishment frameworks
• Create and implement planning policies, processes and governance to improve accuracy, speed and cross-functional alignment
• Lead planning system and data improvement initiatives including SAP and related planning tools
• Influence senior stakeholders across Buying, Finance, Commercial and Digital functions to support fact-based decision making

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in merchandising leadership ideally within a complex department store or multi-brand retail environment; track record in luxury retail planning environment is a must, with fast fashion considered as secondary
• Mandatory background in fashion retail planning, with additional beauty category exposure viewed as a strong advantage. Clear planning and merchandising career path - not a buying profile with limited exposure to planning functions
• Demonstrated ownership of OTB, forecasting, budgeting and in-season inventory management across multiple categories and channels
• Hands‑on experience with SAP planning systems is highly preferred
• Comfortable working in evolving and partially manual planning environments and leading process and system transformation
• Highly commercial and trend‑aware, able to engage credibly with Buying leadership on fashion performance and category direction
• People‑centric leadership style with experience building and developing high‑performing planning teams