Senior Planner WSW

Be part of an iconic story.

TOMMY HILFIGER is one of the world’s most recognized global lifestyle brands, confidently welcoming and inspiring consumers since 1985. Originally established in New York City and infused with the vibrant spirit of Americana, to create the modern uniform of accessible luxury. The TOMMY HILFIGER brands consist of TOMMY HILFIGER and TOMMY JEANS, complemented by a range of licensed product categories that extend the brand lifestyle across generations, geographies, activities and occasions. Tommy Hilfiger’s global marketing approach and communications strategy taps into culture through the world of F.A.M.E.S.: the people, organizations and ideas boldly driving the future of Fashion, Art, Music, Entertainment and Sport. Major global campaigns, sponsorship platforms, and disruptive activations with world-class athletes, musicians and entertainers bring a constant source of energy and inspiration to the brand. Immerse yourself in TOMMY HILFIGER here! (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok)

The Team

Within the Omni Planning & Allocation team, our mission is to drive commercial trade, financial planning, demand forecasting, and allocation & replenishment of inventory across all channels and categories, whilst setting strategic guardrails on product promotions and markdown decisions to maximize margin and profitability. This position's team serves as the backbone of our department, collaborating closely with Buying/Merchandising, DTC Channel teams (eCom, FP, Outlet), Hubs, and Finance to ensure that all inventory and product decisions are aligned with company-wide planning and allocation decisions. With an integral position in the team, the role contributes significantly to the department's operational efficiency, strategic growth, and overall success.



The Position

As Senior Planner Full Price/ eComm, you will be crucial to the Omni Planning & Allocation team, contributing to the development and execution of merchandise financial and inventory planning across the Full Price, Concession and eCommerce channels, for certain product categories or divisions. You will work closely with Trade, Buying and Branch Planning teams to ensure that there is plan alignment and sales, margin, and inventory targets are met. This role is vital for achieving the Omni Planning and Allocation objectives and your work will be key to the commercial success of the TH brand.


Key Responsibilities:

Merchandise plan: Develop Full Price / eComm merchandise plan, including inventory buy targets, seasonal sales, and margin targets, to feed into wider merchandise planning and buying processes, and in close partnership with location/site & commercial planning and buying strategy.

Seasonal reviews: Conduct seasonal hind sighting & determine forward strategy for the product groups managed in collaboration with buying counterparts

Store reviews: Develop store clusters based on store types, capacity grading as well as location needs, with input from Branch Planning teams & Ecom site planning counterpart.

Buying budget: Develop the buying budget & overall buy quantification to ensure plan (sales/stock) targets are met, in collaboration with Buying counterparts.

Final Buy quantification: Conduct / Review sizing of buy to quantify SKU-level volumes and pass off final buy ahead of deadlines.

Allocation framework: Determine and continuously optimize initial allocation and seasonal & NOS replenishment plans, in collaboration with Branch Planning and Allocation teams

NOS Demand Planning: Prepare NOS option level demand plan monthly, for categories managed, based on Sales trends, Store/eCom Stock levels and available DC inventory.  Input forecast into EMEA NOS demand planning team. 

Open-to-buy: Drive the open-to-buy (WSSI monthly forecasting) process and actively monitor in-season performance to identify opportunities and risks; propose and drive actions to maximize sales and profitability

Promotion & markdown: Implement financial guardrails & provide option level discounts for promotional activity and EOS markdowns, in accordance with product group level targets and commercial decisions. Balance margin preservation with inventory clearance.

Continuous improvement: Implement and exploit new systems and processes to continually increase team efficiency.

Team Training: Act as a mentor for more junior members of the merchandise planning team