Merchandise Planning Manager - EMEA

TOMS is in business to improve lives. When you wear or work with TOMS, you help support children’s education, health and well-being, giving kids everywhere the gift of better tomorrows.

The Impact You’ll Make:

• Assortment
  • Develop and maintain Line Plans by collaborating with Global Merchants and ensure an EMEA relevant assortment at SKU number level, aligned with topline financial and strategic plans.
  • Ensure relevant assortment per delivery date is available for sell-in.
  • Develop and maintain product forecasts utilizing trend, market feedback, account forecasts, competitive information and market conditions to support business growth.
  • Forecast long lead-time products to allow our sourcing partners to plan manufacturing capacities and material commitments.
• Pricing & Inventory
  • Manage and direct SKU productivity, ensuring planned inventory metrics are achieved, for both DTC (with buying) and wholesale (with pre-line).
  • Price the EMEA assortment on SKU level and ensure product margins are in line with financial plans.
  • Support with the on-top buy to allow sufficient inventory for in-season orders.
  • Manage inventory across channels (DTC & wholesale) to maximize sales and minimize product obsolescence.
• Reporting & Analysis
  • Own sell-thru reporting across all channels, determine short-term opportunities and make necessary adjustments on planning future seasons.
  • Analysis, validation and reporting of wholesale bookings and in-season sell thru.
  • Collaborate with Marketing and Sales on aligning marketing focus stories. Align with marketing on relevant product marketing planning.
• Forecast
  • Responsible for the seasonal sales forecast and buys for DTC and support business growth while minimizing product obsolescence and optimizing MOQ.
  • Own and monitor the DTC forecast and adjust where necessary, from topline to size level.
  • Continuously monitor DTC sell thru and inventory position against buys and makes necessary adjustments for future seasons.
• DTC
  • Align with DTC Merchandisers planning out weekly product and marketing pushes.
  • Update relevant DTC stakeholders with product availability information to align customer expectations with realistic ship dates.
  • Work with Demand Planning to ensure proper DTC inventory procurement.
  • Develop relevant DTC outlet assortment during SALE periods.
• Key cross-functional partners
  • Product development – assortment planning
  • Finance – Sales and margin reconciliation
  • Sales, Merchandising and Marketing team members of individual sales channels and regions
  • IT – Reporting and planning solutions
  • Supply Chain – Purchasing and inbound PO tracking
  • Logistics – Receiving and warehousing operations

What You Bring:

• Experience planning, forecasting, and/or buying consumer products.
• Effective team player, possessing the ability to build positive working relationships with associates at various levels and cross functional areas of the organization.
• Highly organized and self motivated.
• Able to work well in a dynamic, fast paced environment and must demonstrate flexibility and the ability to juggle multiple priorities while still achieving agreed upon deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills: the ability to gather and manipulate data from a broad range of sources, analyze and summarize the data to arrive at informed and effective decisions.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in (DTC) Merchandise planning
• Bachelor's degree in Business or equivalent
• MS Excel advanced knowledge required
• Preferable experience with SAP BI

What We Give:

• An annual bonus based on the company's performance.
• Remuneration commensurate with experience
• International environment with enthusiastic colleagues at our EMEA office in Amsterdam
• Hybrid working, 2 days in the office
• 25 days holiday (based on fulltime)
• 4 free pairs of shoes per year
• Employee Discount on all of our products plus discounts on partnering businesses
• Opportunities to volunteer with Impact Partners and Community Organizations
• Mental health support: we're partnering with OpenUp.