Strategic Product Planning Manager (IBP)

Ralph Lauren; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralph Lauren seeks a Manager of Product Planning to drive integrated planning across brands and categories within the IBP framework. You will translate merchandising strategies into actionable planning insights by partnering with Brand Merchandising, Demand and Supply Planning, and Finance teams.

You will develop executive-ready materials, monitor key metrics, and standardize reporting 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 experience

Product planning

Forecasting

Data to insights

Excel

PowerPoint

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Ralph Lauren seeks a Manager of Product Planning to drive integrated planning across brands and categories within the IBP framework. You will translate merchandising strategies into actionable planning insights by partnering with Brand Merchandising, Demand and Supply Planning, and Finance teams.

You will develop executive-ready materials, monitor key metrics, and standardize reporting to improve assortment productivity and cross-functional alignment throughout the seasonal planning lifecycle.