Product & Omni Channel Planning Manager (temp)

at  Helly Hansen

Founded in Norway in 1877, Helly Hansen continues to develop professional grade apparel that helps people stay and feel alive. Through insights drawn from living and working in the world’s harshest environments, the company has developed a long list of first-to-market innovations, including the first supple waterproof fabrics more than 140 years ago. Other breakthroughs include the first fleece fabrics in the 1960s, the first technical base layers in the 1970s, made with LIFA® Stay Dry technology, the patented H2Flow™ temperature regulating system, and the revolutionary lighter, warmer LIFALOFT™ insulation. Building on Helly Hansen’s proprietary HELLY TECH® waterproof/breathable system, the technical outdoor brand has most recently introduced the award-winning LIFA INFINITY PRO™ - the company’s most innovative and responsible waterproof/breathable technology to date.
Helly Hansen is a leader in technical sailing and performance ski apparel, as well as premium workwear. Its uniforms are worn and trusted by more than 55,000 professionals and can be found on Olympians, National Teams, and at more than 200 ski resorts and mountain guiding operations globally.
Helly Hansen’s outerwear, base layers, sportswear and footwear are sold in more than 40 countries around the world and the company is owned by Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC). To learn more about Helly Hansen’s latest collections, visit www.hellyhansen.com

• Liaise with the Financial Planning and Analysis team on long term channel and regional targets. Ownership of the break down of long term targets and strategic initiatives into actionable plans on channel, category and region level.
• Accountable for wholesale sales plans and D2C merchandise financial plans. Drive alignment and inventory plans that align with risk and customer and consumer expectations, including full-price and off-price line of business.
• Category line planning support; target setting and analysis to support strategic initiatives and drive improvement on Style, STC and SKU efficiency. E.g. facilitate style consolidation exercises during the assortment development process.
• Jointly accountable with the Sales team and D2C Buyers for delivering maximum sales, margin, and profit to the business
• Consolidate rolling forecasting against orderbook and sales plan during selling season to align key changes with the Demand planning team
• Pre-season and in-season Inventory management with supporting analysis
• In season review, sell through analysis (for both Wholesale accounts and HH D2C) & risk assessment. Initiate actions to align with demand and optimize overall marketplace inventory health and profitability
• Lead seasonal reviews (pre- in and post season) to raise issues on risk and efficiency and general performance metrics
• Accountable for open to buy spend, inventory control and option count
• Support Integrated business model by analysis, tools and reporting to drive profitability and alignment with strategy on the various workstreams
• Maintain and develop relevant reporting, analytics and planning tools
• Continuously improve HHs forecasting processes and precision level
• Industry, market, customer and competitor analysi