Job Description

Symbol of elegance and authentic luxury with its sophisticated and timeless Collections, CELINE is a French Leather-Goods and Couture House, driven by a strong artistic and holistic vision. CELINE’s ambition is to be one of the most iconic luxury brands worldwide. To make this vision a reality we are looking for agile, passionate and authentic personalities who are eager to evolve in a highly creative and challenging environment.
   

  

Job Responsibilities
Business Planning
* Take ownership of the monthly best estimates process for all categories: work closely with local/HQ merchandising, general management and central business planning team
* Justify and document all updates to sales plan, aligning central team and accepting challenge on this shared exercise
* Communicate and validate sales plans with local teams, to ensure commitment to the OTB.
* Be a strong business partner to the merchandising and central planning teams during each buying session, developing and challenging the final sales plan for each season
* Utilize the full capacity of the Anaplan tool to build accurate monthly forecasts of sales at SKU level, ensuring consistency with best estimate. Establish a monthly continuous improvement process to increase forecast accuracy.
* Communicate opportunities and risks related to stock projections to both local and central teams


Distribution Planning
* Ensure that Target Stock tool for distribution planning and autoreplenishment are effectively implemented on all activities
* Fine-tune Target Stock and autoreplenishment processes and settings to optimize current stock availability and coverage, within the region, and respecting the worldwide vision
* Adapt permanent items distribution to several scenarios: phase in, phase out, partial or strong shortage, holiday season, omni strategy…
* Monitor adequate stock level in region throughout the season according to sales plan, paying close attention to seasonal launches from set up proposal to store allocation
* Proactively rebalance stock in case of shortages or lower remaining stock and size consolidation.
* Challenge both central and local teams to ensure the correct balance of stock level and commercial opportunity.
* Uphold our one-stock/omnichannel vision: mutualized stock in regional warehouse for all channels and define allocation strategy accordingly for retail vs digital
* Monitor retail KPIs and share with teams in partnership with Retail Operations
* Partner with Central Logistics and Sales Admin teams to ensure timely deliveries to stores for autorep and seasonal orders
* Monitor longtail and review assortment efficiency with Merchandising team to minimize longtail in stores and ensure stock capacity is not saturated in stores


Business Partnering
* Work in a commercial and strategic way with both local and central teams to ensure the best outcomes for the business – current and future
* Act as a business partner for the regional merchandising team by reviewing and challenging their inputs and proactively proposing strategies further to support the business
* Drive and participate on projects locally with a supply chain input or lead, such as stock rebalancing, store openings, or omnichannel strategies
* Key point of contact for store managers and retail directors to maximize sales with beterstock efficiency


Profile
 Education: Degree level Experience: 10 years of sales planning and distribution experience in the fashion / related industry Competencies: Strong leadership skills with an experience of building and rolling out a vision Strong analytical skills Good communication skills with a proven track-record of interfacing locally and centrally A natural ability to take responsibility for clear and challenging decisions Tools savvy: Anaplan, Excel, Power BI Passionate, self-motivated and proactive Good team player Languages: Fluent in English and French is a plus
   

  

Additional Information
OUR COMMITMENT
 CELINE is an equal opportunity employer. We want to offer an inclusive environment of mutual respect where we welcome diversity and all our employees feel included, developed, and heard.
   

  

 We are committed to the prevention of all discrimination, providing equal opportunities to all applicants irrespective of gender, gender expression, disability, origin, background, religious beliefs or sexual orientation or any other basis protected by law.
   

  

 CELINE recruits and recognizes all types of talent and singularities.