Senior Director, Unified Retail Planning & Growth

Samsung Electronics; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) and Employee Purchase Program

Paid Time Off and Wellness programs

Job summary

Samsung Electronics America seeks a Director of Integrated Retail Planning to lead connected planning for the Samsung Experience Store network. This role owns demand forecasting, inventory allocation, and promotional planning while aligning financial targets with business priorities.

The Director will collaborate with Retail Operations, Supply Chain, Corporate Finance, and Product teams, building scalable processes and capabilities to support growth. Initially, the role will lead a team of two.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in retail planning, demand planning, merchandise planning, or integrated business planning, with demonstrated financial management and P&L ownership.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional planning processes across Retail, Supply Chain, Finance, and Product teams in a matrixed organization.
• Deep expertise in demand forecasting, inventory planning, promotional planning, and allocation strategy within a multi-location retail environment.
• Strong financial acumen including retail P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, and working capital optimization.
• Experience building or scaling planning capabilities, processes, and tools, ideally within a high-growth or expanding retail operation.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex financial and operational data into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Experience managing and developing planning teams with a track record of growing organizational capability over time.

Responsibilities

• Own demand forecasting across stores, categories, and products, incorporating product launches, promotions, seasonality, and sales trends.
• Lead inventory allocation and replenishment strategies to improve product availability, sell-through, inventory productivity, and working capital.
• Own financial and demand planning for promotional activity, including pre-event modeling and post-event performance analysis.
• Develop integrated plans that connect sales, margin, expenses, product demand, inventory, and promotional activity into a single operating view.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial performance management for the SES business.
• Monitor business performance, identify risks and opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations to Retail and Finance leadership.
• Develop store and portfolio-level reporting across sales, profitability, inventory, forecast accuracy, and other key performance indicators.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Product teams to align demand forecasts with inventory and supply plans.
• Build scalable planning processes and governance to support continued expansion of the SES store network.
• Partner with Corporate Finance and Samsung’s global retail organization to align SES plans with broader financial and strategic priorities.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing planning team as the organization grows.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree

10+ years exp

Cross-functional leadership

Demand forecasting

Inventory planning

P&L ownership

Financial acumen

Planning leadership

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Economics, or related field

MBA preferred

Job description

Samsung Electronics America seeks a Director of Integrated Retail Planning to lead connected planning for the Samsung Experience Store network. This role owns demand forecasting, inventory allocation, and promotional planning while aligning financial targets with business priorities.

The Director will collaborate with Retail Operations, Supply Chain, Corporate Finance, and Product teams, building scalable processes and capabilities to support growth. Initially, the role will lead a team of two.