Senior Manager, Planning (Emerging Brands, APAC)
LocationASIA > CHN > Shanghai > 688 Henderson Office
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
SenioritySenior
Experience6+ yrs
Company size10,000+ people
PostedAug 20, 2026 · 1mo ago
Verified live1d ago
At a glanceSummarised by Seekless from the posting.
Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in planning and analysis
Strong business acumen with analytical and problem-solving skills
Well-organized, logical & mature thinking, attention to details, dedicated, energetic and being a self-starter
Computer literate with excellent knowledge and hands-on experience in Excel, PowerPoint and other MS Office applications
Building strategic work relationship
Decision making
Coaching & developing others
Business Acumen
Detail-oriented
Data maintenance, analysis & visualization
Technical savvy (System & Process)
Multi-tasking
High efficiency and logical thinking with operational excellence
Apparel industry experience is desirable but not mandatory
Solid work experience in retail business and S&OP is highly preferred
Practical experience in SAP/APO, forecasting system is definitely an advantage
Customer focus
Empowerment
Facilitating Change
Skills
Excel
PowerPoint
MS Office
SAP
APO
About the role
Job Definition:
Liaise with merchandise, finance, omni-channel planning and operation teams to deliver seasonal/ monthly buying, allocation, inventory forecasts and replenishment order, provide analytics and reporting for decision making. Facilitate regional S&OP meetings and participate in dialogues with key counterparts to improve demand visibility.
Responsibilities
Key Roles & Responsibility:
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Partner with Finance*,* Merchandising, an**d omni-channel planning and operation team on formulating 5 years strategic planning on product category and *Omni-*channel from buying, allocation, to inventory management
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Multi-Horizon Planning for supporting 5*-year Production Capacity Planning*
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Seasonal product level forecasting at SKU level.
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Provide weekly and monthly end to end ST and inventory as well as seasonal in-coming product tracking reports.
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Co-ordinating with Global Planning Team on seasonal forecasting requirements.
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Consolidation & validation of channel / country level product forecasts
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Support the Merch**andising & Omni-channel Sales & Operation team with their planning and forecasting of the line as part of the GTM calendar.
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Alignment and reconciliation of monthly/ seasonal demand signal to financial forecast / parameter per DC (Order book review)
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Reporting order book progression vs Seasonal Demand forecast
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Partner with Brand on forecasting of NOOS / In-season replenishment items.
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Product line analysis:
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SKU productivity
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Demand / Order book phasing
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Product launch phasing
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Forecast accuracy and icon management reports
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Working with Merch**andising & Omni-channel Sales & Operation team in order to follow SMU products / special in-season needs.
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Aligning on ‘placeholder’ orders (Contracts)
Requirements
Essential –
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Building strategic work relationship
•
Decision making
•
Coaching & developing others
•
Business Acumen
Nice to have
Desirable –
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Customer focus
•
Empowerment
•
Facilitating Change
•
Detail-oriented
•
Data maintenance, analysis & visualization.
•
Technical savvy (System & Process)
•
Multi-tasking
•
High efficiency and logical thinking with operational excellence
Experience
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in planning and analysis, preferably with planning experience in multi-national company, apparel industry experience is desirable but not mandatory
• Solid work experience in retail business and S&OP is highly preferred
• Strong business acumen with analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Well-organized, logical & mature thinking, attention to details, dedicated, energetic and being a self-starter
• Computer literate with excellent knowledge and hands-on experience in Excel, PowerPoint and other MS Office applications. Practical experience in SAP /APO, forecasting system is definitely an advantage
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