Director - Merchandise Planning & Commercial Inventory Strategy

Client of Michael Page

Posted on 23 Feb

Experience

10 - 15 Years

Job Location

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Education

Any Graduation

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Lead and drive the end to end merchandise planning strategy across multiple brands, categories and channels including stores and digital
  • Deliver annual and seasonal merchandise financial plans, budgets, forecasts and OTB frameworks aligned to revenue and margin targets
  • Drive in-season trading performance through active monitoring of sales, sell-through, stock cover and margin, adjusting plans and intake as needed
  • Operate and optimise OTB controls to manage spend, reduce risk and protect profitability across business units
  • Run inventory and intake planning processes including purchase order flow, stock phasing and replenishment frameworks
  • Create and implement planning policies, processes and governance to improve accuracy, speed and cross-functional alignment
  • Lead planning system and data improvement initiatives including SAP and related planning tools
  • Influence senior stakeholders across Buying, Finance, Commercial and Digital functions to support fact-based decision making



Desired Candidate Profile

  • Extensive experience in merchandising leadership ideally within a complex department store or multi-brand retail environment; track record in luxury retail planning environment is a must, with fast fashion considered as secondary
  • Mandatory background in fashion retail planning, with additional beauty category exposure viewed as a strong advantage. Clear planning and merchandising career path - not a buying profile with limited exposure to planning functions
  • Demonstrated ownership of OTB, forecasting, budgeting and in-season inventory management across multiple categories and channels
  • Hands-on experience with SAP planning systems is highly preferred
  • Comfortable working in evolving and partially manual planning environments and leading process and system transformation
  • Highly commercial and trend-aware, able to engage credibly with Buying leadership on fashion performance and category direction
  • People-centric leadership style with experience building and developing high-performing planning teams

Company Industry

Department / Functional Area

Keywords

  • Director - Merchandise Planning & Commercial Inventory Strategy

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Client of Michael Page


https://www.michaelpage.ae/job-detail/director-merchandise-planning-commercial-inventory-strategy/ref/jn-022026-6942527

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