Senior Manager, Global Planning - Fenty

Kendo Brands, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Flex PTO

Parental leave

Employee discount

Retirement plan

Summer Fridays

Work from anywhere 2 weeks

December wellness/shutdown week

Job summary

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager, Global Planning for the FentyVerse to drive long-range planning, new product launch strategy, and global forecasting across regions.

This hybrid, San Francisco-based role partners with Brand, Finance and regional leads to deliver aligned, data-driven plans that maximize revenue and profitability. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in planning, strong Excel and planning tools skills, and demonstrated leadership across cross-functional teams in a

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of planning experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Wholesale experience a plus.
• Strong analytical and forecasting abilities.
• Executive communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Long-Range Planning & New Product Launch Strategy for Fenty Verse brands.
• Own global planning across regions and ensure alignment with financial objectives.
• Drive forecast accuracy with pre-season and in-season analyses; use bottoms-up and tops-down methods.
• Coordinate across Supply Chain, Brand, Finance and regional teams; surface risks and opportunities.
• Build and improve planning tools and reporting processes.

Skills

Long-range planning

Forecasting

Analytics

Excel

Executive communication

Global coordination

Education

BA/BS preferred

Tools

Excel

Planning tools/systems

MS Office

Job description

SENIOR MANAGER, GLOBAL PLANNING – FENTYVERSE

About Kendo

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group. A play on the words “can do”, Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

• \"Can Do\" Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone’s voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It's our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

The salary range for this position is $127,100 - $155,200 per year. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and San Francisco location.

This is a hybrid role based in our downtown San Francisco office – Tues through Thursday in-office, with Monday and Friday remote.

Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including:

• medical, dental and vision insurance
• flex paid time off program
• par ental leave
• employee discount/perks
• a retirement plan with employer contributions
• Summer Fridays
• opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks during the calendar year
• December wellness/shutdown week for applicable positions

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Eau de Parfum, Fenty Hair, Ole Henriksen, Lip Lab.

Responsibilities

Lead Long-Range Planning & New Product Launch Strategy

• Partner with Sr. Director to define and elevate best-in-class newness and long-range category planning for Fenty Verse brands.
• Lead development of 3-year core and newness plans in partnership with Brand, Finance, and regional leads, ensuring alignment to strategic and financial objectives.
• Own global newness forecast process across all regions, driving consistency in timing and planning inputs.
• Translate brand strategy and market opportunity into actionable planning recommendations that support growth and profit.

Drive Forecast Accuracy & Strategic Business Analysis

• Own global planning across Fenty Verse through rigorous pre-season forecasting, in-season analysis, and forecast refinement.
• Analyze market trends, historical sales, and launch productivity to inform forecasts and optimize plans for new product launches.
• Apply both bottoms-up and tops-down methodologies to develop accurate and actionable sales forecasts.
• Establish and drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy by monitoring actuals, identifying variances, and recommending corrective actions.

Lead Global Coordination & Cross-Functional Alignment

• Serve as the central planning partner across Supply Chain, Brand, Project Management, Finance, and regional teams.
• Work closely with Brand Management to understand product and marketing strategies, ensuring planning supports brand vision, revenue targets, and launch priorities.
• Surface key business risks and opportunities to leadership, acting as a strategic thought partner and the planning 'eyes and ears' of Fenty Verse.

Build Planning Processes, Reporting & Tools

• Oversee reporting and distribution of key planning outputs to cross-functional teams, providing clear insights into business performance, forecast accuracy, and decision-making needs.
• Lead the enhancement and implementation of planning tools, systems, and processes to improve efficiency, visibility and planning rigor.
• Ensure planning tools and files are maintained and optimized to support the global planning process.
• Additional projects as needed to drive continuous improvement.

Manage, Coach & Develop Talent

• Manage and develop a direct report by setting clear objectives, providing ongoing coaching, and supporting professional growth.
• Foster a high-performance team environment grounded in accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Lead and facilitate high-impact meetings that prioritize decisions and alignment over status updates.

Profile

• Minimum 7+ years of planning experience with people management experience; wholesale experience a plus.
• BA/BS preferred.
• Strong understanding of retail math (Comp, Margin, etc.) and how to influence metrics.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong proficiency in MS Office; experience with planning tools/systems preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills, with a proven ability to distill complex data into clear, simple headlines.
• Strong leadership presence, inspiring trust and credibility across global cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional and regional teams.
• Flexible, proactive, and team-oriented mindset.
• Availability to attend conference calls with international markets (early mornings/late evenings) when needed.