Strategic Product Planning Lead

Ralph Lauren; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralph Lauren Corporation seeks a Manager, Product Planning to drive the IBP planning process across assigned Brands and Categories. You will translate merchandising strategies into actionable planning insights and executive-ready materials, partnering with Brand Merchandising, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Finance and Analytics to improve assortment productivity and cross-functional alignment.

This role emphasizes structured planning routines, analytics, and timely milestone delivery.

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.

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 & planning

Forecasting & analytics

Executive storytelling

Analytical thinking

Excel & PowerPoint

Tools

Dashboards

Reporting tools

Planning systems

Job description

Ralph Lauren Corporation seeks a Manager, Product Planning to drive the IBP planning process across assigned Brands and Categories. You will translate merchandising strategies into actionable planning insights and executive-ready materials, partnering with Brand Merchandising, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Finance and Analytics to improve assortment productivity and cross-functional alignment.

This role emphasizes structured planning routines, analytics, and timely milestone delivery.