Business Planner, Scandinavia

Brooks Sports Inc; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 480,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Brooks Sports Inc is seeking a Business Planner for the Scandinavian region. You will partner with the Territory Director and Senior Manager to deliver exceptional customer support and oversee the annual sales budgeting process. This role involves data analysis and cross-functional coordination to optimize sales planning.

The ideal candidate holds a degree in Business Administration, is fluent in English and Swedish, and has 3+ years of experience in business planning, preferably in the apparel or sporting goods sector.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Fluency in business English and Swedish is essential.
• Minimum 3+ years in business planning/analyst roles, preferably in the apparel or sporting goods industry.

Responsibilities

• Drive the annual sales budgeting process for Brooks Scandinavia.
• Analyze reports for trends impacting revenue and demand forecasts.
• Work with Sales, Marketing, and Product for accurate forecasts.

Skills

Business analysis

Communication skills

Data analysis

Fluency in English

Fluency in Swedish

ERP systems (Infor M3)

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

Your Job:

As the Business Planner at Brooks for the Scandinavian territory you will partner with the Territory Director Scandinavia and Senior Manager, Business Planning & Customer Service EMEA to deliver best‑in‑class customer support and consumer experience to the Scandinavian Retailers and Distributors. The Business Planner drives the annual Sales budgeting process for Scandinavia in partnership with the Territory Director Scandinavia. You will work with the Territory Director, Sales Managers and the Business Planning Manager EMEA to coordinate the sales planning process for Scandinavia including revenue planning, forecasting and outlook management. You will interface with Sales, Marketing and Product for Territory Director Scandinavia and regularly visit Key Accounts and provide accurate Sales & Inventory data based on monthly period reviews. In addition to your core business planning responsibilities, you will also support the Scandics Marketing team primarily assisting with retail marketing. You will report to the Territory Director Scandinavia.

Your Responsibilities:

• Drive the annual sales budgeting process for Brooks Scandinavia
• Support the Business Planning & CS Manager, EMEA with the monthly revenue reporting process for Scandinavia; generate accurate reports and analyze and control for discrepancies. Develop a deep understanding of the consumer and the market landscape to facilitate insights into your reporting and analysis.
• Analyze reports for trends or irregularities to identify areas that may impact revenue and demand forecasts. Draw insights from the reporting and share with the Territory Director and Sales Managers for Scandinavia.
• Ensure smooth execution and accurate reporting of the demand planning, forecasting and outlook management for Scandinavia.
• Interface between Sales, Product and Marketing to gather cross‑functional data in order to generate accurate forecasts and demand planning.
• Provide Operations team with accurate demand planning based on the territory planning and analysis.
• Contribute to the definition of benchmarks and KPIs for Scandinavia and build tools to measure them.
• Work closely with the Sales team to obtain forecasts and challenge assumptions.
• Join Key Account Manager on visits to our main Strategic Accounts to establish a direct connection.
• Partner with the Territory Director on creating the content and providing data for business plan presentations for the EMEA leadership team.
• Analyze brand performance, brand competitiveness, and market and product trends and provide reports to inform sales strategies and provide business solutions.
• Generate other regular and ad‑hoc business reports for Scandinavia.
• Build and maintain knowledge of competitors, competitive product lines and programs and provide data to inform strategies based on research and analysis.
• Gather insights and information about specific projects that may influence future business and product solutions. Takes on full investigation of the business scope of these projects, consumer and market insights and presents all findings to Scandinavia leadership to inform future decisions and to maximize regional opportunities.
• Provide administrative assistance to Marketing, primarily focused on retail marketing activities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field preferred; may be substituted with equivalent, relevant experience.
• Fluency in business English and Swedish is indispensable.
• Minimum of 3+ years prior experience in business planning/analyst roles, previous experience in apparel, footwear, sporting goods industry preferred.
• Experienced with using a major ERP system, preferably Infor M3. Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.
• Knowledge of manufacturing and/or the footwear and apparel business, systems, and processes helpful.
• Talent for analyzing and communicating alternatives, risks and benefits with the goal of reaching decisions or resolving problems.
• Exceptional ability to positively deal with adverse situations.
• Experience working in a global environment with colleagues from different cultures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills that inspire and build trust resulting in effective working relationships across the company.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrating effective listening through concise, clear verbal and written communication.
• Keen attention to detail in planning, organization and execution of tasks, while still seeing the big picture and understanding how all of the pieces fit together and affect one another.
• Demonstration of innovation and initiative – always looking at improving our products and processes while also displaying a willingness to dive into the details and help wherever necessary, required.
• Ability to travel up to 10% (domestically and internationally)
• Embraces and lives the Brooks values!