Strategic Product Planning Lead, Brand & Assortment

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

Job summary

Ralph Lauren Corporation seeks a Manager of Product Planning to lead the IBP-driven planning for assigned Brands and Categories. The role partners with Brand Merchandising, Demand, Supply Planning, Finance and Analytics to translate strategies into actionable planning insights and enterprise decisions.

You'll develop executive-ready materials, track milestones, and analyze metrics like SKU productivity and margin to improve assortment productivity and cross-functional alignment across the

Qualifications

• Experience in merchandising, product planning, merchandise planning, business planning, retail strategy, forecasting, or related analytical functions.
• Strong understanding of seasonal merchandise planning processes and product lifecycle management.
• Excellent data interpretation with ability to present executive-level narratives.

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

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Communication skills

Decision support

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Dashboards

Job description

Ralph Lauren Corporation seeks a Manager of Product Planning to lead the IBP-driven planning for assigned Brands and Categories. The role partners with Brand Merchandising, Demand, Supply Planning, Finance and Analytics to translate strategies into actionable planning insights and enterprise decisions.

You'll develop executive-ready materials, track milestones, and analyze metrics like SKU productivity and margin to improve assortment productivity and cross-functional alignment across the