Strategic Product Planning Lead

BoF Careers; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralph Lauren Corporation is seeking a Manager, Product Planning to drive planning across brands and categories within the IBP Control Tower.

You will translate merchandising strategies into actionable insights, partnering with Brand Merchandising, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Finance, and Analytics to improve assortment productivity and cross‑functional alignment throughout the seasonal planning lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience in merchandising, product planning, merchandise planning, business planning, retail strategy, forecasting, or related analytical functions.
• Strong understanding of seasonal merchandise planning processes, product lifecycle management, assortment planning, and retail performance metrics.
• Ability to synthesize complex business information into clear insights, recommendations, and executive‑level narratives.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to connect data to business decisions.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience working with dashboards, reporting tools, and planning systems.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and planning cycles simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across functions without direct authority.
• Ability to operate effectively in a highly collaborative, fast‑paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support product planning activities across assigned brands and categories, ensuring seasonal planning milestones, inputs, outputs, and follow-up actions are completed on time.
• Develop executive‑ready decision materials that clearly articulate product planning choices, business impacts, key metrics, trade‑offs, risks, and recommended actions.
• Translate planning dashboards, data, and performance metrics into concise business insights for Brand Merchandising and IBP leadership.
• Track decisions, action items, ownership, and open questions across product planning forums and key seasonal planning milestones.
• Analyze product planning metrics including SKU productivity, Birthed CCs, Produced CCs, Commonality, adoption rate, revenue per SKU, sell‑through, margin, and AUR performance.
• Partner with Analytics and Product Planning leadership to standardize recurring reporting, planning templates, data inputs, and planning routines.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, decision‑making, and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Support planning discussions by providing clear, data‑driven recommendations and insights.

Skills

Merchandising

Product Planning

Forecasting

Analytical Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Dashboards

Cross-functional collaboration

Planning Systems

Stakeholder management

Job description

Ralph Lauren Corporation is seeking a Manager, Product Planning to drive planning across brands and categories within the IBP Control Tower.

You will translate merchandising strategies into actionable insights, partnering with Brand Merchandising, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Finance, and Analytics to improve assortment productivity and cross‑functional alignment throughout the seasonal planning lifecycle.