Product Planning Manager, IBP & Insights

Ralph Lauren; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralph Lauren seeks a Manager, Product Planning to drive IBP-based planning across assigned brands and categories. You will translate merchandising strategies into actionable insights, partnering with Brand Merchandising, Demand Planning, and Finance to align on seasonal planning and performance metrics.

The role emphasizes creating executive-ready materials, standardizing reports, and improving cross-functional collaboration within a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in merchandising, product planning, or related analytical functions.
• Strong understanding of seasonal merchandise planning, lifecycle, and retail metrics.
• Ability to synthesize complex business information into clear insights for leadership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with data-driven decisions.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; experience with dashboards and planning systems.

Responsibilities

• Support product planning across brands/categories, ensuring milestones are met.
• Develop executive-ready materials detailing planning choices and metrics.
• Translate dashboards and performance metrics into concise business insights.
• Track decisions and actions across planning forums and milestones.
• Analyze SKU productivity, revenue per SKU, sell-through, margin and AUR performance.
• Standardize recurring reporting, templates, and data inputs with leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning processes and cross-functional collaboration.
• Provide data-driven recommendations to support planning discussions.

Skills

Merchandising

Product Planning

Forecasting

Excel

PowerPoint

Stakeholder Management

Data Analysis

Project Management

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Dashboards/BI Tools

Job description

Ralph Lauren seeks a Manager, Product Planning to drive IBP-based planning across assigned brands and categories. You will translate merchandising strategies into actionable insights, partnering with Brand Merchandising, Demand Planning, and Finance to align on seasonal planning and performance metrics.

The role emphasizes creating executive-ready materials, standardizing reports, and improving cross-functional collaboration within a fast-paced retail environment.