Sales & Demand Planning Manager - Maternity Leave

Position:

This is an interface & strategic position based in Central Supply Chain Team in Rome.
The candidate will report to the WW Supply Chain, Logistic and Sustainability Director.
The selected candidate will have 4 direct reports and will be in contatct with:

• Top management
• Products & Merch
• Retail Companies
• Finance
• Industrial
• Logistic
• HQ Supply Chain teams

Job responsibilities:

SALES PLANNING

Responsible for the coordination of the WW Best Estimate & Open to Buy definition processes for all Product Categories.

• Worldwide Best Estimate Definition – By Zone / Category / Collection / Month
• Seasonal and Carry-Over OTB Calculation
• Buy vs OTB monitoring and sharing with all stakeholders
• Monthly Sales Target Definition
• Reconcile the plan with bottom-up forecast coming from Retail Companies, Finance and Demand Planning
• Work on Sales Planning projects implementation.

 SUPPLY PLANNING

Lead S&OP process: Ensure best compromises between business needs & production capacity.

• Transmit the vision of Supply Chain and Company needs to Production for both Retail & Wholesale needs with a mid/long term time frame
• Production Capacity Definition
• Buying Sessions preparation: Retroplan – Preorders – drop feasibility preliminary analysis
• Special Orders (Press, Trunk Show, MTO etc.) deliveries planning and monitoring
• New collections deliveries planning and monitoring
• Reorders planning and monitoring
• Manage raw material with the target to reduce production lead time and be more reactive, both best seller items and new high potential ones
• Monitor global Production Leadtimes & identify areas for improvements.

LAUNCH PLANNING

Coordinate different departments to match & execute seasonal Launch plan.

• Follow the Launch strategies before buying session with Central Merchandising and Go to Market teams
• New collections drop feasibility analysis after buying session
• Events and New launches special orders planning and monitoring (e.g. Pop-Up)
• New launches status update and monitoring
• New launches priorities and allocation management.

Profile:

• 10+ years of experience in Sales Planning, Business Planning, OTB, Supply Planning
• Experience in Luxury/Fashion industry
• People Management
• University degree & additional education
• Excellent English & Italian
• Positive & great sense of service
• Common sense, pro-activity and excellent organization skills
• Business oriented.

Additional information:

“LVMH is committed to non-discrimination and respect or each person’s singularities. We recognize and recruit all types of talent”.