Assistant Planner Global in City of London

Job description

Job Title:

Assistant Planner

Department:

Merchandise Planning

Reporting to:

Global Planning Manager

Role Purpose:

Jimmy Choo operates in 150+ DOS across 13 regions in 24 currencies as well as a growing E-commerce platform. Planning and Buying is organised centrally and through 4 regional teams, Europe, North America, Japan and Asia, and this role will work alongside them to provide a global picture of sales performance, understanding the driving forces within each market and determining new ways to maximise profitability.

Nature and Scope of Position:

• Produce detailed analysis on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis, providing insights into performance and key drivers. Working with all regions across multiple currencies.
• Produce detailed weekly sales commentary and actions to senior management.
• Provide ad-hoc sales analysis to support seasonal and continuity planning
• Working with regional partners to share knowledge of global sales, to understand performance and identify risks and opportunities.
• Support the monthly re-order process for all regions, analysing global stock position to propose global stock movement where necessary.
• Working closely with warehouse team on stock transfers.
• Managing central stock holding to support wholesale and retail demand. Recommend ways in which stock can be managed more efficiently.
• Conducting regular sales and stock analysis for central stock holding to create size ratios.
• Collaborating and maintaining relationships across the business

Experience Required

• Graduate calibre
• Experience working within a head office retail organisation
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel (sales analysis KPIs, pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, SUMIFS)
• Strong commercial and analytical skills (good interpreter of information and storyteller)
• Experience of Merchandise Planning or Merchandising Admin Assistant, or Allocator

Particular skills/knowledge required

• Excellent communication and analytical skills, with proven ability to present information effectively and appropriately
• Advanced Excel skills
• A high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot
• Ability to work independently
• Power BI knowledge desirable
• Experience using a Planning system
• Have a methodical approach to root cause analysis
• Highly motivated, self-starter and completer finisher

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

04-09-2025

Profession type

Retail

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English