Material Planning Manager

About Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger, which was acquired by PVH Corp. in 2010, is a global apparel and retail company with more than 16,000 associates worldwide. With the support of strong global consumer recognition, Tommy Hilfiger has built an extensive distribution network in over 90 countries and more than 1,400 retail stores throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region. Global retail sales of the Tommy Hilfiger brand were $9.2 billion in 2019

Founded in 1985, Tommy Hilfiger delivers premium styling, quality and value to consumers worldwide with a brand portfolio that includes TOMMY HILFIGER and TOMMY JEANS.

Tommy Hilfiger is one of the world’s most recognized premium designer lifestyle groups and is recognized for celebrating the essence of “classic American cool” style, featuring preppy with a twist designs.

Its focus is designing and marketing high-quality men’s tailored clothing and sportswear, women’s collection apparel and sportswear, kidswear, denim collections, underwear (including robes, sleepwear and loungewear), footwear and accessories. Through select licensees, Tommy Hilfiger offers complementary lifestyle products such as eyewear, watches, fragrance, swimwear, socks, small leather goods, home goods and luggage.

The Team

Buying & Planning team is part of the TH Buying, Planning and Operations department. The Buying & Planning Team plans the seasonal collection buys based on vendor allocation and regional requirements/holidays, within the calendar milestones, 4 times a year. Team ensures the sell in quantities are placed within the vendors, on a timely manner.

The Position
Based in Amsterdam, working closely together with the Buying & Demand Planners the Material Planner is responsible for Raw Material Planning, Commitments and Inventory

Management of these raw materials such as fabrics & trims.  Within the Buying & Demand Planning department of Tommy Hilfiger, based on desired KPI’s.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure continuous planning of materials and trims, lead divisional meetings on fabric booking timelines
• Close collaboration with PD teams on cross divisional material consolidation
• Maintaining efficient workflows by creating calendars capturing a general outline of booking dates across seasons and non-seasonal timelines, based on inputs from business stakeholders and vendors
• Drive efficiency improvement by analyzing fabric usage and material decision processes, pursuing effective structures and ways of working, and drive alignment across Buying & Demand Planning
• Maintain close relationships with core mills, material suppliers, vendors and key stakeholders
• Ensure learning and development of Buying & Demand Planning team on fabrics and materials
• Engage in projects aimed at business development / efficiency improvement, either from a material planning or cross-divisional process alignment perspective
• Quarterly Mill Performance Reporting
• Seasonal Material/Fabric Comparison Analysis, and ad-hoc analysis
• Communication and planning with buying offices, onshore, offshore
• Oversee and actively reduce seasonal inventory, internal with Merchandising/PD teams/outlet.
• Identify and proactively resolve any cause of delay related to Mills (quality issues, shipment delays, payment issues)\Liability management; validate and report on seasonal and off seasonal inventory 

The Ideal Candidate:

• A completed HBO / University degree or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5-6 years working experience in Material Planning & Analysis field
• Experience in Fashion industry
• High level of accuracy.
• Analytical mind-set
• Excel skills
• PLM experience
• Organized and pro-active working approach
• Excellent communication skills in English and ability to influence others in a multi-cultural environment

What You Can Expect from Us:

• A beautiful state-of-the-art Campus, complete with our very own People's Place Gym and People's Place Cafés 
• A company culture that fosters development, offering training and learning opportunities through our very own PVH University 
• An international environment which respects diversity, equality, and individuality 
• A smart work program that empowers our associates to work at their preferred location within a flexible schedule 

Please include an up to date CV and motivational letter with your application. We would love to see your aesthetic as well how you commercially design to understand why this is THE role for you!

PVH Europe and our brands, TOMMY HILFIGER and CALVIN KLEIN, are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. We believe we are bettered by all forms of diversity, and take pride in working with top talent from every walk of life and corner of the world. In the spirit of inclusivity, qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, ability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation.