Planning Manager, Key Accounts - Americas Wholesale

The position will report to the Executive Director, Key Accounts and will lead our Americas wholesale business in continued growth. 

Overall Responsibilities:

The Sol de Janeiro Planning Manager, Key Accounts - Americas Wholesale reports to the Executive Director of Key Accounts and is responsible for building and maintaining tools and managing and planning data related to retail channel sell-in and sell-through. This role will bridge the Finance, Planning and Key Account teams internally, establishing strong cross-functional relationships to meet the shared goals and deliverables related to financial and sales planning. This individual will work with a high degree of accuracy, is comfortable managing many details, flexible to stay on top of and track changes, and insightful to convert data into actionable insights. The ideal candidate loves working in Excel, is passionate about data organization and clarity, and is energized by the idea of using data to provide insights for the direction of the brand.

Job Requirements:

• Generate insights and recommendations on retailer inventory needs using sell-in, sell-through and on-hand data. Communicate recommendations to internal partners with a data-backed and actionable plan.
• Consistently maintain and contribute to latest sell-in and sell-through estimates in collaboration with Sales Operations/Planning team and Key Accounts team, providing recommendations for financial plans and reforecasts based on trends.
• Generate long-term sell-in and sell-through expectations based on door productivity and long-term growth expectations over a five-year horizon.
• Track and maintain estimates for expected RTV risks, flagging liabilities to internal partners well in advance along with recommendations for solutions.
• Maintain existing sales tracking tools in Excel, build new efficient tools as needed, and pull custom reports from cloud-based data management system as needed.
• Publish internal weekly recaps with sales analysis.
• Conduct ad-hoc analysis as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required minimum
• 3+ years in Planning, Sales Analysis, and/or Account Management. Experience working in beauty industry is preferred.
• Strong analytical ability; attention to detail and organizational/time management skills.
• Ability to work with data from multiple sources and interpret the data to provide actionable conclusions.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.
• Desire to work in a strong team environment. Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships to drive results, and can present regularly to small-medium size groups.
• Ability to balance priorities across multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to learn new systems quickly and leverage systems and information to influence others.

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