Director - Merchandise Planning & Commercial Inventory Strategy
Pubblicato il 02-08-2026 - Michael Page International Italia in Parma
- Leading multi brand retail & distribution platform with complex omni channel ops
- Leadership scope with enterprise scale planning transformation exposure
Azienda
A market leading multi-brand retail and distribution platform operating at regional scale, managing a diverse portfolio across fashion, lifestyle and beauty categories. The organisation is known for its strong brand partnerships, omni-channel growth and continued investment in systems, people and commercial capability.
Offerta
- Lead and drive the end to end merchandise planning strategy across multiple brands, categories and channels including stores and digital
- Deliver annual and seasonal merchandise financial plans, budgets, forecasts and OTB frameworks aligned to revenue and margin targets
- Drive in-season trading performance through active monitoring of sales, sell-through, stock cover and margin, adjusting plans and intake as needed
- Operate and optimise OTB controls to manage spend, reduce risk and protect profitability across business units
- Run inventory and intake planning processes including purchase order flow, stock phasing and replenishment frameworks
- Create and implement planning policies, processes and governance to improve accuracy, speed and cross-functional alignment
- Lead planning system and data improvement initiatives including SAP and related planning tools
- Influence senior stakeholders across Buying, Finance, Commercial and Digital functions to support fact-based decision making
Competenze ed esperienza
- Extensive experience in merchandising leadership ideally within a complex department store or multi-brand retail environment; track record in luxury retail planning environment is a must, with fast fashion considered as secondary
- Mandatory background in fashion retail planning, with additional beauty category exposure viewed as a strong advantage. Clear planning and merchandising career path - not a buying profile with limited exposure to planning functions
- Demonstrated ownership of OTB, forecasting, budgeting and in-season inventory management across multiple categories and channels
- Hands-on experience with SAP planning systems is highly preferred
- Comfortable working in evolving and partially manual planning environments and leading process and system transformation
- Highly commercial and trend-aware, able to engage credibly with Buying leadership on fashion performance and category direction
- People-centric leadership style with experience building and developing high-performing planning teams
Completa l'offerta
Competitive package and benefits.
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