Planner

INTRODUCTION

Founded in 1856 by Thomas Burberry, Burberry is a global luxury brand with a distinctly British attitude. We are a global business with an extensive network of both owned and franchised stores across EMEIA, Asia Pacific and Americas. We are digital pioneers, and innovative technology underpins every aspect of our business, from product design to distribution and marketing. We believe that modern luxury means being socially and environmentally responsible; this mindset is core to our business and key to our long-term success.

JOB PURPOSE

This position will drive all Outlet activities in their respective region within Burberry's global planning organisation. They will embody the Burberry values and contribute to a culture of innovation and collaboration.

They will be responsible for:
• Strategic and controlled inventory management balancing inventory liquidation and brand integrity
• Responsible for updating and managing the Outlet Rolling Open to Buy
• Ensures a balanced assortment within Stores across Categories, aging and pricing

RESPONSIBILITIES

Commercial Planning Excellence
• Responsible for the Outlet Rolling Open to Buy, which includes, transfers, drops from freestock and consolidations
• Responsible for top line sales target and identify sales opportunities and risks through effective strategic planning and execution in line with overall annual sales/inventory strategy
• Responsible for discount rates aligned to central strategies on pricing and mixes within stores across aging
• Responsible for the tracking and forecasting of aged inventory, ensuring limited need for provisioning
• Responsible for the buy of Made for Outlet / Raw Material Utilisation
• Fully align, partner and collaborate with the Merchandising, Allocation, Visual Merchandising, Regional Finance and the Central Planning team in relation to delist timing, cooling off period, overmakes assortment and assortment balance
• Develop seasonal inventory liquidation strategies, including markdowns and promotions
• Collaborate with other regional outlet planners regarding stock availability shortages globally
• Identify sales opportunities/risks through effective strategic planning and execution that achieve corporate financial goals (sales, margin, turns)
• Responsible for managing discount rates involve headquarters on pricing and mixes within stores across aging
• Responsible for ensuring that Raw Material Utilisation targets are met
• Responsible for managing the release and protection of cooling off product
• Responsible for NSS process, including ensuring legal compliance
• Responsible for analyses and reporting of the business at both a channel and divisional level to provide a consolidated and consistent view of regional performance

PERSONAL PROFILE

EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated experience in a regional outlet planning role
• Demonstrated experience across all activities of commercial planning, including Open to Buy, forecasting and regional outlet inventory management
• Customer-oriented approach to problem solving
• Well developed communication skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships with cross-functional teams
• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical skills
• Experience with SAP would be advantageous

BEHAVIOURS

Demonstrate the Burberry Behaviours:

• Put our customers first
• Be bold and open to new ideas
• Be one team
• Be accountable and responsive

FOOTER

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.

Posting Notes: USA || New York (US-NY) || New York || GLOBAL PLANNING & INVENTORY || AMERICAS - PLANNING || n/a ||