Commercial Planning Manager, Luxe Growth & Forecasts

Loreal; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy (3 days in office)

Medical, Dental, Vision

401K, Pension Plan

Paid time off

VIP access to internal shop

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

L’Oréal Luxe in New York is seeking a Manager, Commercial Planning – Luxe to lead the budget/trend planning and forecasting for Retail and Net Sales across our luxury brands. You will partner with Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain to align spend, launches, and promotional activity with brand growth objectives.

You will consolidate monthly projections from Key Account Directors to deliver a bottoms-up forecast and drive strategic budgeting decisions for the Brand.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field required.
• 3+ years of experience in a sales support role in Consumer Products or related field.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience working in a data warehouse environment.
• Understanding of the P&L.
• Strong computer skills, with emphasis in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Strong ability to communicate complex information to diverse audiences up to the GM/President.
• Analytical ability to influence decision making with facts and reasoning.
• Ability to analyze data at granular levels.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Marketing to understand the A&P spend to understand business drivers and how each Brand is planning to grow for Budget/Trend.
• Work with Marketing & Supply Chain teams to have an understanding of Launch Activity and the size of the launch within each Brand, ensuring that the Key Account Director planned the Retails & Nets Sales for the Budget/Trend
• Partner with Finance and the Key Account Directors to understand our minorations spend which could impact our Gross to Net (promotional allowances, Markdowns, returns, and DIF) for the Budget/Trend process
• Work closely with the Key Account Directors and the Head of Sales (HOS) to understand the promotional activity by account for the Budgeting/Trending process
• Consolidate/aggregate all of the monthly projections from each of the Key Account Directors by account to build a bottoms up forecast which will then become the Budget/Trend for the entire Brand for Retail Sales and Net Sales

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Word

SAP

Job description

L’Oréal Luxe in New York is seeking a Manager, Commercial Planning – Luxe to lead the budget/trend planning and forecasting for Retail and Net Sales across our luxury brands. You will partner with Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain to align spend, launches, and promotional activity with brand growth objectives.

You will consolidate monthly projections from Key Account Directors to deliver a bottoms-up forecast and drive strategic budgeting decisions for the Brand.