KERING EYEWEAR Senior Planner/ Assistant Planning Manager

We are currently seeking for a Senior Planner/Assistant Planning Manager who will report to Planning Manager Asia Pacific , as part of our dynamic team.

Your opportunity

You will be highly involved in Kering Eyewear Asia domestic market business strategy. You will be responsible for converting and bridging the business strategy into demand and purchasing language to enable the success of the business. You will have the holistic view of all distribution channels including Chains, independent 3O’s, distributors department stores, etc. You will be a member of Kering Group and you will be working with a group with great talents and variety.

How you will contribute

• Drive demand planning processes and execution of Asia domestic markets.
• Hand in hand cooperation with local Sales Dpt. to review historical sales trends of both sell in and sell out, at multiple level of aggregation. Communicate closely with Business / Marketing Team to understand & identify market trends, demand variances, potential business risks & opportunities
• Lead monthly S&OP meeting with markets to review yearly progress vs budget, align with markets the update forecast, Fill% performance and back order recovery picture and plan. Make sure all future business opportunities and risks are captured and featured in the rolling forecast. Timely update and validate the most relevant forecast in JDA planning system.
• Ensure information flow regularity, accuracy and update between customers and Keye, provide local forecast and relevant information data to APAC planning, share main drivers and rational behind the results.
• Conduct monthly sales planning forecast by cooperating with finance, customer service, logistic, and sales team to understand the customer sales order portfolio, availability, credit situation in order to project an accurate sales invoice every month.
• Focus on special country projects, such as APAC Capsule, exclusivity, avant-premiere, customized trade marketing events with local customers, etc.
• Guide customer service team at uploading of sales orders, checking the availability etc. Work closely with CS and logistics team to ensure the smooth flow of general operation.
• Support APAC planning and HQ planning on team reports, projects and other activities.
• Ability to work with large data sets, analysing problems from vaiours aspects
• Regular reports generation and analysis
• Regular SAP information maintenance.
• Achieve key demand planning KPIs: Fill%, Forecast Accuracy, Stock target etc

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s degree is a must
• 5-10 years of relative experience in wholesale, retail or demand planning.
• Master of excels, good knowledge of SAP, Power BI/Query or VBA is preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, and Italian would be a plus
• Good communication, detail mind and able to work independently.
• Capability to multitask, respect the deadlines and work under pressure is a must