Global Product Planning & Strategy Lead

BoF Careers; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralph Lauren Corporation in New York seeks a Product Planning Lead to drive global product planning across all brands and categories within the IBP Control Tower, aligning merchandising vision with financial and operational outcomes.

You will orchestrate end-to-end planning processes, translate strategies into measurable outcomes, and lead governance forums to improve SKU productivity and inventory health. The role demands extensive merchandising leadership with a strong commercial mindset.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in merchandising, product planning, or retail strategy leadership.
• Experience at premium or global fashion/consumer brands.
• Strong commercial acumen combined with analytical rigor.
• Ability to operate at the intersection of creativity and operational execution.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate global product planning processes and lifecycle management.
• Translate merchandising strategies into measurable planning outcomes.
• Support assortment optimization increasing SKU productivity and adoption rate.
• Partner with Supply and Demand leaders to ensure executable product plans.
• Establish product KPIs linking assortment decisions to margin and inventory health.
• Lead product planning governance forums within IBP.
• Develop analytics-driven product planning capabilities.

Skills

Merchandising leadership

Product planning

Analytical mindset

Job description

Ralph Lauren Corporation in New York seeks a Product Planning Lead to drive global product planning across all brands and categories within the IBP Control Tower, aligning merchandising vision with financial and operational outcomes.

You will orchestrate end-to-end planning processes, translate strategies into measurable outcomes, and lead governance forums to improve SKU productivity and inventory health. The role demands extensive merchandising leadership with a strong commercial mindset.