Business Planning Manager Digital Commerce

An opportunity in the central Business Planning team to lead the forecasting of key KPIs across the DTC EMEA e-commerce business. The role is varied and will include analysis, planning, reporting and presenting to multiple stakeholders in the business.

·         Thorough forecasting from daily to annual levels across key retail and e-commerce KPIs, primarily revenue and gross margin, traffic & conversion, AOV & AUR, return & discount rates

·         Daily demand forecasting for fulfilment of order, unit and return volumes

·         Assemble and analyse data impacting the sales forecast, with an understanding of seasonal and marketing variations in trade throughout the year

·         Analyse and challenge the country and marketing performance. Probe areas of concern and identify paths to improvement. Make high level commercial suggestions and interpret trends and strategy into the forecast

·         Lead trade conversations with senior stakeholders in the business and drive ecommerce KPI decision making

·         Ability to move beyond analytical reporting and bring figures to life descriptively. Engage key stakeholders, identify relevant insights, and create meaningful actions from data

·         Manage and support new projects, initiatives and developments to gain an understanding of their impact on the business

·         Manage data governance & reporting accuracy

·         Proactively identify opportunities where analytics can benefit the business

·         Team player within business planning, partnering with B&M team on deliverables & processes to support wider business needs

·         Manage & develop business planning assistant

·         experience within E-commerce or commercial planning role

·         Thorough understanding of retail KPIs & relationships

·         Excellent problem solving, analytical and numerical skills

·         Excellent communication and influencing skills

·         Ability to analyse and review large amounts of data in Excel, advanced level Excel essential

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