Planner

**Role & Responsibilities:** Key Result Areas: * **Support to execute** **and provide analytical leadership on** **key strategies for the buying function** and closely monitor the responsible market’s product performance across channels to deliver the financial category/classification targets, inventory levels, margins, turns, and sales promotions to ensure maximum return on investment. * **Support assortment efficiency during buy to drive through Sell Through improvements**, RSP opportunities, volume drivers, and market-specific adaptation * **Own seasonal hindsight and foresight and drive category-level product opportunity insights** to inform Go-To-Market (GTM) processes and demand forecasting. * **Create and maintain size profiles for your market**, respond to sizing requests based on business needs, including size grid changes, size-out investigations, and optimize inventory level by monitoring sales and sizing trends. * **Track & manage weekly product performance results** on seasonal sell-out and make recommendations to maximize profitability, compile and analyze product performance data, and identify missed opportunities * **Partner with Retail Planning and Allocation Team** on “chasing” or “reflowing” receipts as appropriate, with consideration of commercial needs and operational constraints. * **Ensure structured reporting deliverables** are met, evaluating reports for accuracy, performance efficiency, and standardized best practices. * **Identify potentia**l inventory, demand, or operational **risks** and proactively **communicate mitigation plans**. * **Support and participate in the continuous effort** to improve the buying process and strategies. * **Support the implementation of new systems** and raise efficiencies to ensure processes enhance workflow * **Act as a key point of contact for product-related feedback** and inquiries across stakeholders. * **Support ad-hoc duties** and projects when required. **Competency Requirements:** * Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret multiple data points across numerous channels and market segments * Advance understanding of retail mathematics and Open to Buy * Good foundation on replenishment, allocations, merchandising, and/or retail fashion store management * Good teamwork and collaboration with cross-functional teams and with all levels of employees * Good sense of style and color trends * Good communication skills - interpersonal, written, and verbal * Entrepreneurship – an ability to make decisions and take calculated risks * Intermediate Excel skills with formulas, pivot tables, LOOKUP, charts, and graphs (SQL & BI tools as an advantage) * Self-awareness, with a desire for constant self-improvement(goal-oriented) **Experience** Minimum Relevant Experience: 5 years’ experience in retail in a buyer, merchant or buying role. **Academic Qualifications** Minimum Degree Held: University degree or equivalent through experience in a relevant field **Language Proficiency:** Fluent in English & Mandarin **Specific Working Conditions** Frequency of Travel: As required R-20260623-0002