Cluster Product & Planning Manager

LC Waikiki; Fatih; On-site; TRY 360,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

LC Waikiki seeks a seasoned Planning professional to lead merchandise and demand planning. You will partner with Buying, Store Merchandising, and Market Research to align assortments with financial goals and customer needs.

In a fast-paced fashion environment, you will manage seasonal plans, optimize stock and margins, and explain strategy using sales insights and market trends. Travel flexibility is expected to support market reviews.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years in product and planning in fashion.
• Experience with assortment and range planning.
• Customer-focused and fast-paced fashion background.
• Strong ability to interpret sales data and stock profitability.
• Curious, proactive, and collaborative team player.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Buying, Store Merchandising, and Market Research to create initial merchandise and demand plans.
• Manage seasonal sales, gross margin, and inventory plans.
• Select products aligning with brand persona and customer preferences; justify choices with data.
• Adapt global calendar to local market timing and trends.
• Monitor competitors and adjust pricing and product strategy as needed.

Skills

Merchandising planning

Demand planning

Sales and inventory management

Analytical mindset

Excellent communication

Travel flexibility

Job description

LC Waikiki Retail Company is a leading fashion retail company with a turnover of $6 billion. LC Waikiki’s journey started in France in 1988, continuing after 1997 as a Turkish brand under the umbrella of LC Waikiki Mağazacılık Hizmetleri Ticaret A.Ş.

Today, LC Waikiki trades with more than 1,300 stores in 60 countries, with the company’s philosophy that “Everyone Deserves to Dress Well” enabling people to enjoy accessible fashion through quality products at affordable prices.

There are around 6,000 employees working at LC Waikiki’s corporate office, more than 50,000 people in Turkey and abroad.

At LC Waikiki, our values are being virtuous, achieving together, extensive expertise, being customer-oriented, and challenging difficulties.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in product and planning processes with deep understanding of assortment and range planning in fashion industry
• Having experience within a customer experience led/fast fashion fast paced background
• High quality and detail oriented, stress resilient and dedicated
• Responsive to sales stock profit data and able to understand and interpret them
• Having a high curiosity and willingness to learn, acting with a continuous research perspective
• Good communication skills, ability for empathy, being a team-player and humbleness
• Having no obstacle to travel

Job Description

• To be a partner with internal business partners (Buying Management, Store Merchandising, Market Research) to gather all necessary inputs to create initial merchandise and demand plan that support the overall financial objectives
• Manage the financial sales, gross margin and inventory plans on a seasonal basis
• Being able to choose and combine products suitable for the brand persona, occasion, climate/season based on experience and expertise, and to explain the reasoning based on the preferences of the customers and past experiences from the global LC WAIKIKI assortment
• Adapt the global commercial calendar for local market taking consideration local market trends and seasonal timing
• Being able to explain which of the global current trends, key items or colors are not suitable for the customer, with reasons and experience-based data
• Being curious about the favorites and bestsellers on related marketplaces and websites of leading brands in the market, constantly following them and able to convincingly interpret why they sell well
• Constant review of competitors assortment, pricing and promotion activities. Adapt product and pricing strategy if needed

At LC Waikiki, we are committed to managing our environmental and social impacts throughout our value chain and to developing and maintaining a business model that respects human rights and is ethical, responsible, and sustainable.

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