Burberry Senior Merchandising Manager, Global Merchandise Planning

Job Purpose

This position will be accountable for managing all Replenishment defined activities at a Global level. They will lead by example, acting as an ambassador for Burberry, fostering a culture of simplification, innovation and collaboration and driving excellence across the planning organisation.

Responsibilities

• Providing Replenishment consolidation for overall Group Inventory management
• Ensuring Central and Regional adherence to all Replenishment Targets.
• Responsible for Replenishment sales forecasting and procurement including Single Pool.
• Accountable for improving Replenishment Inventory productivity.

Replenishment Inventory Management

• Create Replenishment forecasts alongside Regional ranging inputs, providing WoC guidance in adherence with overarching Company strategy.
• Timely communication of sales and procurement forecasts in Market and through the season.
• Leverage Linecards to improve productivity/deliveries/in‑stock rates in partnership with Inventory and Product Planning teams.
• Manage Replenishment Single Pool of Inventory.
• Through S&OP governance drive product lifecycle inventory management and process efficiencies.
• Partner with Supply Chain teams to optimise production capacity and vendor management by providing medium to long‑range unit forecasts.
• Optimise raw material management and procurement processes.
• Accountable for continuous Replenishment Margin improvement alongside Product and Supply Chain partners.
• Partner with Central Merchandising Product teams to determine future Replenishment assortment and seasonal additions based on performance against retail metric criteria.

Leadership

• Coach and develop team to drive planning excellence.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and one team spirit.
• Actively engage in coaching and mentoring activities, driving personal and professional development and fostering a high‑performance culture.
• Create opportunities for talent development across the planning organisation.

Personal Profile

• Extensive experience demonstrating excellence across all aspects of Planning, at a manager level.
• Effective communication skills, with proven experience in influencing with credibility up to C‑suite.
• Strong leadership skills: inspiring, energising and instilling a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
• Creative, innovative and customer‑oriented when faced with business challenges.
• Strong decision‑making capability.
• Dynamic and collaborative style, able to build positive working relationships with cross‑functional teams and translate strategic direction to all levels of the organisation.
• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Experience working within a similar Retail environment.

EEO Statement

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.

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