BUSINESS PLANNER 12 MONTH FTC

at  Ralph Lauren

Ref #:
W155806
Department:
Merchandising & Planning
City:
Watford
State/Province:
Hertfordshire
Location:
United Kingdom
Company Description
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren’s reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company’s brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world’s most widely recognized families of consumer brands.
At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.
Position Overview
An exciting new position (12 month FTC) within the direct-to-consumer business planning team for EMEA. The role is varied and will include analysis, performance reporting & presentations across our full price retail stores outlet stores & digital commerce business. Reporting directly to the DTC Business Planning Lead, this position will suit a highly numerate & commercial person, interested in business strategy and seeing the ‘bigger picture’.
Please note this is a hybrid role spending at least 2 days a week between our offices in Watford & central London.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Deep analysis on the DTC ecosystem, including cross channel & regional performance trends, hospitality impact, external traffic patterns & key metric relationships
• Executive level presentations, covering ad-hoc requests, strategic insights & recurring performance overviews
• Develop reporting suite for digital outlet in partnership with BI & digital team
• Support channel planning managers with ad-hoc analysis, monthly forecast & annual budget process and provide additional coverage on regular daily & weekly performance reporting where required
• Collate omnichannel trade headlines in peak trading moments
• Trading calendar management, logging key trading activity & year on year date shifts, both cross channel and channel specific, and impact to trade for future planning
• Partner cross functionally to build relationships, align on analysis findings & recommend trading opportunities
• Suggest process & reporting improvements for greater synergy across channels
• Provide relevant insights on wider retail trading environment, including collation of landlord & competitor information

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

• 3 full strategic cycles of experience in retail merchandising, data or financial role
• Strong communication skills, able to package results into digestible and actionable messages
• Enthusiastic team player
• Ability to work under pressure and to respect deadlines
• Strong attention to detail, quality and accuracy imperative
• Data driven mindset & keenness to learn new tools & models
• Advanced Excel skills to process & interpret data
• Thorough understanding & application of retail maths & KPIs

• Deep analysis on the DTC ecosystem, including cross channel & regional performance trends, hospitality impact, external traffic patterns & key metric relationships
• Executive level presentations, covering ad-hoc requests, strategic insights & recurring performance overviews
• Develop reporting suite for digital outlet in partnership with BI & digital team
• Support channel planning managers with ad-hoc analysis, monthly forecast & annual budget process and provide additional coverage on regular daily & weekly performance reporting where required
• Collate omnichannel trade headlines in peak trading moments
• Trading calendar management, logging key trading activity & year on year date shifts, both cross channel and channel specific, and impact to trade for future planning
• Partner cross functionally to build relationships, align on analysis findings & recommend trading opportunities
• Suggest process & reporting improvements for greater synergy across channels
• Provide relevant insights on wider retail trading environment, including collation of landlord & competitor informatio