The Team
As the own and operated TH Ecom business is one of the main growth opportunities for the brand, there is a high focus in the organization to support the Ecom growth. One of the key pillars is to drive high quality traffic to our website as well consumer retention. Thus, we want to scale up our capabilities. In addition, there are lots of projects running covering the entire Ecom value chain which will improve e.g. operational processes, bring innovations and new features, investigate new market and business model opportunities.
The Tommy Hilfiger Ecommerce Planner owns the merchandise planning of selected divisions for the official Tommy Hilfiger webshop for Europe, trading in 27 countries.
The Position
- Manage the buy budget and stock levels
- Build success of the divisions together with the Ecommerce buying and site merchandising counterparts
- Prepare analyses and range plans for planning, buying and product divisions, from early strategic inputs all the way through buy season
- Develop an analytically derived assortment strategy as input for the buying team, down to option /depth level, based on historic performance and anticipated future development
- Improve assortment productivity and stock discipline with accurate size analysis for buying and replenishment
- In-season replenishment to optimize conversion and full price sell-through with the merchandising counterparts
- Cultivate connection with retail country teams to drive stock transfer and markdown strategies
- Plan promotions and end of season markdowns together with the Ecommerce pricing function to clear stock while maximizing margin
- Work with web analytics, retail and product divisions to share insights and create efficiencies in reporting tools and dashboards
The ideal candidate
- Merchandising planning process, from planning OTB to in-season trading and end-of-season markdown
- Preferred education: Business, Fashion management
- Ecommerce professional experience
- Previous planning/merchandising experience
- Basic knowledge of SAP, BW, HANA; basic knowledge of Web analytics a plus
- Strong team player with excellent social skills to build and strengthen the everyday relationship between core teams: buying and site merchandising, site operations
- Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in spreadsheet analyses to derive quantitative and qualitative business insights from data
- Ability to summarize and visualize unstructured queries into a compact insight
- Quick to learn new systems and tools
- Strong organizational and planning skills to handle multiple tasks
- Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across departments outside the core every day team
- Focused on achieving results & confident to take on accountability to deliver to expectations
- Highly motivated and flexible, proactive approach
- Comfortable working in an international environment
- Fluency in English is required; working knowledge of another European language a bonus
What you can expect from us
- A beautiful state-of-the-art Campus, complete with our very own People's Place Gym and People's Place Cafés
- A company culture that fosters development, offering training and learning opportunities through our very own PVH University
- An international environment which respects diversity, equality, and individuality
- A smart work program that empowers our associates to work at their preferred location within a flexible schedule
- A chance to unwind with weekly social activities