Planner, DTC (Timberland)

Timberland; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

VF, overseeing Timberland, is seeking a Retail Planner to translate sales, inventory and consumer insights into actionable plans across stores and online channels.

You will develop financial plans from long-range to OTB, balance revenue and margins, and drive store productivity using data, analytics, and automation to improve forecasting accuracy and business insights.

Qualifications

• Strong retail mathematics and Open-to-Buy management.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret data across channels, markets and dimensions.
• Advanced Excel skills with financial modeling and scenario planning.
• Experience with BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management to influence decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop monthly, quarterly, seasonal, and long-range financial plans including store plans, KPI forecasts, OTB plans, and long-range planning assumptions.
• Build and manage pre-season merchandise financial plans and seasonal product flow plans aligning inventory investments with objectives.
• Create rolling forecasts covering sales, margin, markdown, inventory, sell-through and productivity.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and KPIs, identify variances, and recommend corrective actions.
• Partner with Marketplace to evaluate openings, closures, relocations, and renovations during planning cycles.
• Work with Buying, Allocation and Inventory teams to ensure product flow supports seasonal strategies.
• Lead regular business reviews with fact-based performance updates and recommendations.
• Leverage AI, automation and analytics to enhance planning productivity and insights.

Skills

Retail math

OTB management

Forecasting

Excel modeling

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

A day in the life of a Retail Planner at VF looks a little like this.

As the planning partner for the business, you will help shape financial plans, optimize inventory investments, and drive business performance across stores and consumer channels. Working closely with Marketplace, Buying, Allocation, Inventory Management, and Operations teams, you will translate sales, inventory, and consumer insights into actionable plans that support profitable growth.

From long-range planning and seasonal forecasting to open-to-buy management and commercial decision-making, you will play a key role in balancing revenue, margin, inventory productivity, and consumer demand. You will also leverage data, analytics, AI, and automation to improve forecasting accuracy, planning efficiency, and business insights.

Let's break down that day in the life a bit more.

• Develop and maintain monthly, quarterly, seasonal, and long-range financial plans, including store plans, KPI forecasts, Open-to-Buy (OTB) plans, and long-range planning assumptions.
• Build and manage pre-season merchandise financial plans and seasonal product flow plans that align inventory investments with financial objectives and consumer demand.
• Create and maintain rolling forecasts, managing sales, margin, markdown, inventory, sell-through, and productivity assumptions to support business decisions and in-season management.
• Develop forward-looking business outlooks to identify future risks, opportunities, and investment priorities across multiple planning horizons.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and planning KPIs, identifying variances and recommending corrective actions to improve business performance.
• Partner with Marketplace teams to develop store productivity plans, evaluate store openings, closures, relocations, and renovations, and provide recommendations during planning cycles.
• Work closely with Buying, Allocation, and Inventory Management teams to ensure product flow, inventory commitments, and planning assumptions support seasonal business strategies.
• Monitor key business metrics including sales, margin, inventory, sell-through, traffic, conversion, ASP, UPT, and stock productivity, providing insights and recommendations to improve results.
• Analyze inventory health, weeks of supply, aged inventory exposure, and sales trends to identify opportunities to improve inventory productivity and business performance.
• Build scenario planning models and conduct sensitivity analysis to support commercial and financial decision-making.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate markdown, pricing, and promotional strategies that support revenue, margin, and inventory objectives.
• Lead and participate in regular business reviews, sharing performance updates, forecasting risks and opportunities, and influencing business actions through fact-based recommendations.
• Leverage AI, automation, and analytics tools to enhance planning productivity, improve forecasting accuracy, streamline reporting, and generate actionable business insights.
• Drive continuous improvement across planning processes, reporting capabilities, business tools, and ways of working.

What do you need to succeed?

We all bring unique experiences and strengths to the workplace. For this role, we are looking for someone who can combine analytical thinking, commercial judgment, and collaborative partnership skills to influence business outcomes through data-driven planning and decision-making.

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• Strong understanding of retail mathematics, merchandise financial planning, and Open-to-Buy (OTB) management.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets across multiple channels, markets, and business dimensions.
• Advanced numerical and quantitative analysis capabilities with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong forecasting, scenario planning, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks, evaluate alternatives, and recommend solutions.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including experience building financial models, forecasting tools, and scenario-based planning frameworks.
• Ability to transform data and analytics into clear business insights, recommendations, and actions.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, with an understanding of revenue, margin, inventory, and productivity drivers.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence decisions through fact-based analysis.
• Strong organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to build productive partnerships across functions, markets, and organizational levels.
• A proactive, self-motivated mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement and learning.
• Ability to leverage AI, automation, and digital tools to improve planning efficiency, reporting, and decision-making.
• Fluent English communication skills in a business environment.
• There are also a few skills that are not required but preferred.
• Experience in retail planning, merchandise planning, allocation, demand planning, inventory planning, or related analytical functions.
• Experience within retail, fashion, footwear, apparel, or consumer goods industries.
• Experience supporting commercial decision-making, business reviews, and cross-functional planning processes.
• Experience with planning, reporting, and analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar business intelligence platforms.
• Experience working with global or regional stakeholder groups across multiple markets.