Job Description

At Lacoste, we think Life is a Beautiful Sport and hope you do too. If you want to be a part of a culture that values performance, innovation and joie de vivre then keep reading. Are you naturally competitive? Do others look to you for inspiration? Are you happy and upbeat? Do you want to play on the best team? If you answered yes, we want to talk to you! Lacoste strives to hire only the very best players who are at the top of their game.

TheWholesale Planner supports the USA, Canada and Mexico wholesale businesses byproviding analysis and guidance on annual financial and seasonal merchandise plans.The goal of the Planning function is to drive the business through strategicseasonal merchandise planning, controlled inventory management, management ofOTB and insightful analysis and strategy.

ESSENTIALJOB DUTIES

·      Createand maintain all wholesale reporting including, but not limited to: styleselling, sales to stock, delivery sell-thru and weekly top-line, shopperformance reports, and ATS recaps.

·      AssistDirector of Planning, in partnership with VP Wholesale and Country leads, toaccurately forecast GROSS wholesale revenue, margin, AUR$ and unit salesby account during quarterly budget process

·      Updateand maintain sales relevant reports (i.e., Orderbook, Sales Planning, Etc.) ona seasonal basis to ensure correct data management history

·      WeeklyOpen to Ship reporting at account and department-level against LY, budget andre-forecasts

·      Seasonallydevelop topline Merchandise plans in collaboration with Sales Division heads takinginto account overall business forecasts and needs

·      Inmarket coordinate roll up of channel projections data from Retail, Wholesale,eCommerce and Outlets in one comprehensive purchase file format

·      KeyCross functional partnership with Wholesale, Finance and buying team to executetotal MBP seasonal strategy.

·      Responsiblefor all aspects of managing country-level core replenishment process including:

o  Creatingand maintain replenishment sales forecasts by account and channel

o  Forecastweekly, monthly, and annual gross revenue

o  Planningideal replenishment stock and communicating proposed procurement projection toDirector of Planning on monthly and seasonal basis

·      Partnerwith key accounts’ planning counterparts in driving business:

o  Developseasonal buy plans and help negotiate receipt dollars

o  Executestrategy through maintaining a close working relationship with account planningteam in-season to chase opportunities and maximize sales

o  Proposecreative ideas to drive sales while maintaining profitability and minimizerisks

SKILLSAND EXPERIENCE

·      Minimumof 3-5 years experience in merchandise and financial planning

·      Strongcross-functional partnership skills, highly detail-oriented and organized

·      MicrosoftExcel and Powerpoint expertise: must be able to analyze large volumes of datain excel and be able to distill analysis into digestible presentations

·      Fouryear college degree

CORECOMPETENCIES

·      Initiative:Actively strives to achieve goals beyond the minimum level of performance. Aself-starter who has the ability to work well without close supervision.

·      Mathematical:Must be proficient working with numbers to ensure correctness of date producedwhen compiling large volumes of data on a spreadsheet for analysis.

·      Analytical:Must be able to identify and react to business trends in various markets.

·      Organized:Must be able to develop a system that will enable you to gather and retrieveinformation quickly.

·      Communication:Able to communicate clearly and productively with various business partners tofoster open communication and to establish good working relationships withinthe business. 

COREVALUES AND TRAITS

·      Accountable

o  Havethe ability to take responsibility for results.

o  Beresponsive and able to address questions and issues every day.

o  Beable to recognize the contributions of others.

o  Ableto recognize success as well as failure and being able to learn bothindividually and collectively from past experiences, retaining bestpractices. 

·      Audacious

o  Willingto take risks and create new ways of working together.

o  Beingcapable of changing conventional ways and doing what makes sense even whenfaced with challenges.

o  Theability to take the road less traveled and going beyond current trends toachieve results.

o  Havethe ability to excite our customers with innovation.

·      Collaborative

o  Ableto share opinions and information to work together differently.

o  Buildingtrust and cooperation among associates to make important decisions.

o  Learningto execute solutions and face difficult problems together.

o  Cultivatestrength and cooperative spirit.

o  Shareachievements within and between teams throughout the organization.

·      Respectful

o  Beingconsiderate of other people’s point of view.

o  Recognizingthat diversity in terms of opinions and approaches is an opportunity to explorenew creative ways of thinking.

o  Theability to have open and direct communication that fosters people development.