Job Title:

Assistant Planner

Department:

Merchandise Planning

Reporting to:

Global Planning Manager

Role Purpose:

Jimmy Choo operates in 150+ DOS across 13 regions in 24 currencies as well as a growing E-commerce platform. Planning and Buying is organised centrally and through 4 regional teams, Europe, North America, Japan and Asia, and this role will work alongside them to provide a global picture of sales performance, understanding the driving forces within each market and determining new ways to maximise profitability.

Nature and Scope of Position:

• Produce detailed analysis on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis, providing insights into performance and key drivers. Working with all regions across multiple currencies.
• Produce detailed weekly sales commentary and actions to senior management.
• Provide ad-hoc sales analysis to support seasonal and continuity planning
• Working with regional partners to share knowledge of global sales, to understand performance and identify risks and opportunities.
• Support the monthly re-order process for all regions, analysing global stock position to propose global stock movement where necessary.
• Working closely with warehouse team on stock transfers.
• Managing central stock holding to support wholesale and retail demand. Recommend ways in which stock can be managed more efficiently.
• Conducting regular sales and stock analysis for central stock holding to create size ratios.
• Collaborating and maintaining relationships across the business

Experience Required

1. Graduate calibre
2. Experience working within a head office retail organisation
3. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel (sales analysis KPIs, pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, SUMIFS)
4. Strong commercial and analytical skills (good interpreter of information and storyteller)
5. Experience of Merchandise Planning or Merchandising Admin Assistant, or Allocator

Particular skills/knowledge required

1. Excellent communication and analytical skills, with proven ability to present information effectively and appropriately
2. Advanced Excel skills
3. A high level of attention to detail and accuracy
4. Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot
5. Ability to work independently
6. Power BI knowledge desirable
7. Experience using a Planning system
8. Have a methodical approach to root cause analysis
9. Highly motivated, self-starter and completer finisher