Director, Merchandise Planning - Canada/US

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a Director Merchandise Planning for our Levis brand leading the Canada Planning organization. You will be responsible for the development and leadership of a cross functional planning team (across DTC and Wholesale) and drive financial and operational results that support brand/category strategy and vision. This role is part of a crossfunctional Canada leadership team including Merchandising Sales Finance Brand Environment and role is also part of a crossfunctional USCA MPIM leadership team partnering with CIM US Wholesale and US DTC. You will report to the USCA Vice President of Merchandise Planning and Inventory Management.

About the Job

• Partner with the Canada crossfunctional team to build tops down seasonal strategies across Wholesale and Retail landscape
• Partner with Canada Finance team to build Annual Financial and Operational Plans; work closely with US Teammates to build total Cluster (USCA) Financial and Operational Plans
• Work closely with CIM to inform and influence key Supply and Inventory decisions

• Build actionable strategies around risks and opportunities identified in the business
• Effectively communicate strategies and financial operational plans and risk and opportunities to leadership
• Lead teams across Wholesale and Retail to create tops down seasonal financial plans that support channel and category strategies
• Provide direction and lead teams to build bottom up sales and inventory style plans that deliver line productivity and support sales and inventory financial targets
• Empower team to present and gain alignment from Canada leadership during Investment Review process; Present and gain alignment from USCA leadership during Investment Review process
• Responsible for Monthly Canada OTB process including Tops down forecast and reconciling teams Bottoms up forecast
• Responsible for establishing and forecasting weekly Store KPIs including Traffic Conversion UPT etc.
• Drive in season business across Wholesale and DTC by pulling strategic financial and operational levers; within DTC modeling promotional opportunities managing markdowns and partnering with crossfunctional team on marketing/messaging
• Within DTC lead and empower Allocation team to ensure seasonal plans are supported with appropriate inventory at size level effectively managing in stock rates
• Support Store Openings and remodels
• Support and lead planning specific Retailer conversations and alignment meetings / deliverables
• Partner with Sales and Merchandising team to map out workload that supports the GTM (go to market calendar) and key milestone meetings
  

About You

• 10 years of experience in areas including but not limited to the following Merchandise Financial Planning Buying Demand Forecasting Inventory management Store Allocation Production Planning Sales & Operations Planning and Planning Systems & Tools
• Education: Bachelors degree
• Strongmanagement skills with 8 years of supervisory experience
• Strong analytical skills to interpret meaningful themes from quantitative data
• Ability to build constructive and effective relationships with a broad diverse group of business partners mainly the crossfunctional team
• Ability to influence cross functional partners
• Strong Storytelling skills with the ability to clearly articulate insights and actions
• Ability to balance process needs and timelines and to move fast
  

This is a hybrid position colocated in our San Francisco CA and Toronto Canada headquarters. You will be expected in office 3 days per week typically TuesdayThursday between both offices.

Note time in each office (US & CA) can vary depending on business needs.

The expected starting salary range for this role is $144000 $200000 per year. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on the location of the role. The amount a particular employee will earn within the salary range will be based on factors such as relevant education qualifications performance and business needs.

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) offers a total rewards package that includes base pay incentive plans 401(k) matching paid leave health insurance product discounts and more designed to help you and your family stay healthy meet your financial goals and balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits and incentive compensation vary depending upon the specifics of the role; details relating to a specific role will be made available upon request. Read more about our benefits here.

LS&Co. is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity welcome and value people from diverse cultures backgrounds and experiences to make LS&Co. a collective success.

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