Lead, Planning Insights Converse GC
Job Summary
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About Our Team
The EBP Performance Operations & Insights team sits at the center of Enterprise Business Planning at Converse. We translate enterprise performance data into clear actionable insights that power inseason execution and longrange planning. By delivering standardized reporting scalable analytics and automated planning capabilities we enable leaders to align on a single view of performance while accounting for regional market nuance.
Within this team Greater China (GC) represents one of Converses most complex and strategically important marketplaces requiring deep local partnership and strong connection to global standards.
The Role
The Lead Performance Operations & Insights Greater China will be based in China and serve as the primary analytics partner for the GC business. This role owns the delivery of performance insights for GC ensuring local decisionmaking is powered by trusted data while remaining aligned to global EBP definitions metrics and reporting frameworks.
The role requires a strong balance of local market fluency and enterpriselevel thinking navigating differences in calendars data coverage and operating models while representing GC within global planning and analytics forums.
What Youll Do
GC Performance Insights & Reporting
- Own the development and delivery of Greater China performance insights including weekly pulses marketplace scorecards and executivelevel readouts.
- Translate GCspecific business questions into structured analytical views across demand inventory product and marketplace performance.
- Partner closely with GC Planning Finance and Commercial teams to ensure insights are relevant timely and actionoriented.
Planning Operations & Enablement
- Support inseason and seasonal planning decisions for GC translating performance signals into implications for OpentoBuy inventory positioning and tradeoffs.
- Embed analytics into GC operating forums helping leaders interpret trends risks and opportunities.
- Enable more automated repeatable analytics to reduce manual reporting and improve speed to insight inmarket.
Global Alignment Data Standards & Governance
- Act as the GC representative within global EBP Performance Operations & Insights ensuring local needs are understood while upholding global KPI definitions and reporting standards.
- Navigate and clearly communicate Chinaspecific nuances (e.g. KPI differences coverage constraints security protocols) in global reporting.
- Partner with Global Analytics and Technology teams to surface data quality issues prioritize fixes and improve trust in GC metrics.
Leadership & Influence
- Serve as a trusted analytics thought partner to GC senior leaders.
- Influence priorities across a shared global analytics roadmap while advocating for critical GC business needs.
- Provide functional leadership and mentorship to analysts or regional partners supporting GC performance insights.
What You Bring
- 610 years of experience in analytics planning or performance management within retail consumer digital or wholesale environments.
- Strong understanding of planning concepts (demand inventory OTB seasonality) and how performance insights drive decisions.
- Experience operating in China or Greater China markets with awareness of local data calendar and operating complexities.
- Proven ability to translate complex data into clear executive narratives.
- Comfort working in a matrixed global organization balancing local market needs with enterprise alignment.
- Advanced experience with analytics BI and reporting tools (e.g. SQLbased platforms Excel dashboards).
Why This Role Matters
Greater China is a critical growth engine for Converse. This role ensures GC leaders are empowered with trusted decisionready insightswhile also helping the enterprise maintain a consistent aligned view of performance globally. As the GC Lead within Performance Operations & Insights you will shape both local outcomes and enterpriselevel understanding of one of our most important markets.