[Montblanc] Planning Manager

Job description

Founded in 1906 as a manufacturer of writing instruments, MONTBLANC today creates  exclusive products including watches, jewelry, writing instruments and leather goods which reflect our high demands with respect to culture, quality, design, tradition and craftsmanship. With more than 25 subsidiaries and 600 boutiques MONTBLANC is present all over the world.

Key responsibility 1: Demand and Distribution Planning

• Maintain accurate monthly sales forecasts for all sales channels by reviewing historical sales performance and by anticipating future demands aligned with business strategy
• Oversee the inventory fulfillment% for novelties and continuities and negotiate additional allocations with HQ
• Execute the inventory distribution into each sales channel; retail, wholesale and ecommerce while considering sales targets, category mix and appropriate assortments in line with a merchandising strategy
• Re-balance the stock between all sales channels through circulating excessive ones in order to maximize sales turnover and operational margins
• Manage inventory supply for specific brand/boutique events in collaboration with relevant departments to ensure smooth operations and on-time delivery
• Maintain a close relationship across internal departments and demand/distribution planning teams in HQ through continuous communications

Key responsibility 2: Inventory Management

• Define key objectives related to the inventory level such as total inventory value, stock month coverage, assortment & model stock fulfillment% and overstock%
• Control the inventory in & out for optimizing business benefit
• Arrange the return shipments for excessive stock to HQ or other countries
• Act relevant tasks for products with PLC (Product Life Cycle) and HQ guidelines

Key responsibility 3: Operational and Supply Chain Process Management

• Maintain the material master data including compliances in line with global/local standards and policies
• Ensure seamless supply chain flows from HQ to end customers to achieve the sales target
• Monitor the shipment status of all backorders to receive on time
• Identify products or local regulations constraints and proactively propose action plans to eliminate or minimize risks
• Take part of group projects on operation or IT that require Brand involvement

Key responsibility 4: Others

• Supervise the digitized online special sale and on-site friends & family sale from product quality inspections to billing documents creation while coordinating event preparations
• Be responsible for a SAP key user in the module of OTC (Order-To-Cash) and MDM (Master Data Management)
• Support other SCM operational tasks in collaboration with team members