GUCCI Sales Planning Manager

Job Title:                                      Sales Planning Manager

Company:                                     Gucci Korea
Department:                     Strategy

Reports to (solid line):                Strategy Director

Direct Reports:                              none

Role Mission

Key Behaviors Be a key contributor in driving Country’s business growth by leading and developing annual sales plan

working cross functionally with Merchandising, Retail and Finance.

Ensure plans are bottom-up, facts based and financially aligned with Country’s strategic directions.

Define product categories’ detailed sales plan and manage Merchandising KPI for Duty Paid, Duty Free and Outlet channels, working closely with related departments as well as counterparts in Italy HQ.

Key Accountabilities

SALES

• Rolling weekly sales forecasts
• Monthly sales forecasts by door & category
• Store opening sales plan by category
• Markdown strategy recommendations
• Collaboration with teams on promotional & events sales forecasts
• Collaboration with teams on strategic directions
• Sales plan coordination & validation w/ Retail & Finance

BUY

• Analysis necessary for OTB
• MD Dept. support on OTB, order placement, Replenishment
• Review & Update of Replenishment forecasts on required basis
• Weekly OTB monitoring & recommendation projections

STOCK

• Weekly stock coverage monitoring on BS by door
• Monthly meeting with WW Supply animation on forecasted coverage
• Fast & Slow sellers’ identification & actions plan development with teams

Key Requirements

• > 8 years of relevant experience
• Fluent in both written and spoken English/Korean
• Excellent MS-office, especially excel skills
• Excellent sense of figures and retail business insight
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Positive and proactive attitude

Explore

Considerate Thinker

• Sees the big picture and understands how own actions and decisions impact others and the organization as a whole

Solutions Developer

• Actively scans the environment for new approaches, blending different ideas to come with creative yet effective solutions

Deliver

Accountable Achiever

• Actively gets things done, raising the bar for performance, and taking accountability for own actions

Agile Advocate

• Driven by the sense of urgency, promotes change and takes smart risks in pursuit of goals

Connect

Connection Builder

• Builds trust-based relationships across boundaries and encourages collaboration
• Adapts own style to communicate impactfully

People Enabler

• Empowers others by providing autonomy and encouraging self-expression, valuing, and amplifying each person’s uniqueness

Build

Continuous Learner

• Is self-aware, curious to learn and seeks feedback from others to continuously grow, always putting improvement over comfort

Talent Builder

• Provides constructive and on-going feedback, coaches and helps others to achieve their full potential

Work Authorization

• Qualified candidates must have the proper work authorization to work in Korea.