Director, Merchandise Planning

JOB DESCRIPTION

You're an original. So are we.

We're a company of people who like to forge our own path. We invented the blue jean in 1873, and we reinvented khaki pants in 1986. We pioneered labor and environmental guidelines in manufacturing. And we work to build sustainability into everything we do. Our brands stand for freedom and self-expression around the world.

Where we lead, others follow. For more than 160 years, we've used the strength of our brands to lead with our values and make an outsized impact on the world. We employ more than 15,000 people globally to support our great brands: Levi's®, Dockers®, Signature by Levi Strauss & Co.™ and Beyond Yoga.

We are looking for a Director, Merchandise Planning for our Levi's brand. You will have responsibility for providing direction to the Ecommerce Planning Organization. The Planning Director will manage the development and leadership of a team and achieve financial results that support brand/category vision. You will a part of a diverse team including Merchandising, Allocation, Operations, Finance, Brand Environment and Marketing.

About the Job

• Partner with Merchandising to develop strategic category plans and cc targets to promote brand vision

• Partner with Finance teams to build Annual Financial Plans

• Create tops down seasonal financial plans that support category strategies

• Build applicable strategies around risks and opportunities identified in the business

• Provide direction and lead team to build bottom up sales and inventory style plans that achieve line productivity and support sales and inventory financial targets

• Present and gain understanding from Regional leadership during Investment Review process

• Manage Monthly OTB process, including Tops down forecast and reconciling teams’ Bottoms up forecast

• Establish and forecast weekly Store KPIs including Traffic, Conversion, and UPT.

• Guide in season business, pulling financial levers, modeling promotional opportunities, managing markdowns, and partnering with cross-functional team on marketing/messaging

• Partner with Allocation team to ensure seasonal plans are supported with appropriate inventory, managing to a cost turn target and quarterly EOP targets

• Manage Monthly demand process

• Support Store Openings and remodels

• Partner with Merchandising team to map out workload that supports the GTM (go-to-market calendar) and essential milestone meetings

• You will report into our Sr. Director of DTC Planning and Allocation 

About You

• 10+ years of experience in areas including the following – Merchandise Financial Planning, Buying, Demand Forecasting, Inventory management, Store Allocation, Production Planning, Sales and Operations Planning and Planning Systems & Tools

• Education: …