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TOMMY HILFIGER is one of the world’s most recognized global lifestyle brands, confidently welcoming and inspiring consumers since 1985. Originally established in New York City and infused with the vibrant spirit of Americana, to create the modern uniform of accessible luxury. The TOMMY HILFIGER brands consist of TOMMY HILFIGER and TOMMY JEANS, complemented by a range of licensed product categories that extend the brand lifestyle across generations, geographies, activities and occasions. Tommy Hilfiger’s global marketing approach and communications strategy taps into culture through the world of F.A.M.E.S.: the people, organizations and ideas boldly driving the future of Fashion, Art, Music, Entertainment and Sport. Major global campaigns, sponsorship platforms, and disruptive activations with world-class athletes, musicians and entertainers bring a constant source of energy and inspiration to the brand. Immerse yourself in TOMMY HILFIGER here! (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok)
The Team
Within the Omni Planning & Allocation team, our mission is to drive commercial trade, financial planning, demand forecasting, and allocation & replenishment of inventory across all channels and categories, whilst setting strategic guardrails on product promotions and markdown decisions to maximize margin and profitability. This position's team serves as the backbone of our department, collaborating closely with Buying/Merchandising, DTC Channel teams (eCom, FP, Outlet), Hubs, and Finance to ensure that all inventory and product decisions are aligned with company-wide planning and allocation decisions. With an integral position in the team, the role contributes significantly to the department's operational efficiency, strategic growth, and overall success.
The Position
As Senior Director EMEA Demand & Inventory Planning you will be crucial to the Omni Planning and Allocation Team. You will lead the EMEA Demand Planning and Inventory buy decisions based on collaborative input from DTC channels and Hubs/Wholesale Key Account Planning teams. You will deliver the financial category demand plans that support sales and margin targets for the brand in EMEA that tie to financial targets and ambitions, in collaboration with cross-functional teams to align planning strategies with market trends and business objectives. This role is vital for achieving the Omni Planning and Allocation objectives and your work will be key to the commercial success of the TH brand.
Key Responsibilities:
Long Term Planning: Contribute to long-range planning processes and support top-down seasonal sales, margin, and inventory plans and strategies to meet corporate financial targets
Merchandise Strategy: Collaborate with the DTC Buying leaders, Merchandising and Wholesale Account teams on merchandise strategies and financial plans to ensure alignment with global direction and regional plans
Demand Planning: Create EMEA option level demand plans for Seasonal & NOS, improving accuracy of sell in vs forecast.
Inventory management: Own inventory decisions on NOS/Seasonal buys based on demand signals from Wholesale Account planning (Hubs) & DTC channel input. Management of TH EMEA inventory levels with E2E inventory visibility and partnership with Finance.
Integrated Demand Planning (IDP): Run IDP process with Demand Planning team input & roll-up for Hub Account & DTC demand forecasts into region. Review Hub/DTC sell-in forecasts, optimizing accuracy.
Range Planning: Input into regional range plan, option framework & customer segmentation.
Wholesale Planning: Review consolidation of key WHS account plans and develop aligned process for Key Account Planning together with hub counterparts
Inventory Flow: Set inventory inbound flow & consumption strategy (with hub commercial teams & DTC).
Buy Quantification: Pass off consolidated, sized buys for Mainline and Outlet channels to Planning Operations team
Continuous improvement: Implement and exploit new systems and processes to continually increase team efficiency.
Support departmental plans: work with the VP TH Omni Planning & Allocation to develop departmental plans and priorities
Manage EMEA Demand & Inventory Planning team: provide managerial and leadership support to the team, providing guidance and direction to enable them to best deliver the task their teams are responsible for deliveringenable them to effectively deliver on their team's responsibilities.
Note: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, those listed above. The role may require additional tasks and duties as assigned to meet the needs of the department and organization.
Measures of Success
Sales & Revenue: Sales and revenue in line with targets, including net sales, net margin. ,
Inventory and Stock Management: Inventory to Sales ratio
Liability: EMEA fabric Liability / buy accuracy
Requirements
10+ years of experience in wholesale planning, demand planning, or merch planning within a fashion, retail, or consumer goods environment.
Strong expertise in demand and wholesale planning with a sound understanding in demand driven merchandise financials, deep knowledge in setting up a profitable financial structure and plan including performance tracking.
Strong commercial and results-driven mindset, with the ability to understand short-term sales needs with long-term strategic planning.
Strong analytical skills with experience in data-driven decision-making, leveraging insights to optimize buying strategies and inventory levels.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills, collaborating effectively with Finance, Merchandising, DTC Merch Planning & Buying, Hub Wholesale teams, Marketing, Planning Operations, Global Counterparts and Supply Chain teams
Strong leadership experience, with a track record of developingwith a track record in the past year of developing, mentoring, and inspiring high-performing teams for 7+ years
Problem solving: advanced understanding of how to solve complex problems and critically assess the solutions required
Highly adaptable and proactive, thriving in a fast-paced, evolving retail environment.
Fluency in English
Education: Bachelor degree in Business, finance, economics or retail preferred
Your Wellbeing is Our Priority
In the heart of Amsterdam, PVH is home to the global headquarters of Tommy Hilfiger and the European offices of Calvin Klein.
Wellbeing: exclusive onsite gym and fitness classes, personal training, meditation studio, sports clubs, in-house physio, and receive access to our nutritional and wellbeing programs
Campus: extensive food and beverage offerings, top-notch restaurant, barista coffee bars, sky bar, monthly social events, weekly Thursday drinks, game nights, and campus-themed activities that will keep your social life busy
Develop your career: whether you lead a team or contribute your own expertise, everyone is a leader at PVH. PVH University curates and delivers training programs for you to continuously develop your professional and personal goals
Be at the forefront: stay closely connected to our brands, CALVIN KLEIN and TOMMY HILFIGER, and be a part of seasonal market launches, sample sales and receive employee discounts!
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About PVH:
We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH+.
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