On behalf of one of its clients in the luxury fashion industry, The French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore is recruiting a Distribution Planner.
Our client is a renowned French luxury fashion house, with a presence spanning over 460 stores in 60 countries, solidifying its position as a leading name in the luxury industry.
As a Distribution Planner, you will be in charge of managing the pre-ordering strategy of new collections to launch as well as the distribution of fashion products of key launches with limited stocks in both Ready-to-Wear and Shoes activities. Based on the availability of stock, you will coordinate with Merchandisers to determine the optimal launch network and strategy of activations. You will implements the required actions (sales analysis, rebalancing of stock…) to optimize sales while complying with the strategy defined by the merchandisers to define qualitative looks of the collections in every market and store network.
LAUNCH STRATEGY
• Participate with Zone Merchandisers as well as other departments (Retail, Client Development, Digital, Press) in the launch scenario for upcoming new collection to launch
• Determine the pre-ordering strategy and carry out necessary setup in Distribution system and Order Management systems.
• Advise Merchandisers on the availability of products nearing to launch and the henceforth visibility of delivery from Central to our zone.
• Alert if a full network launch or specific activations would not be possible and works with Zone Merchandisers to finetune the optimal network for launch.
• Coordinate the needs with both Central Supply Chain and Zone Merchandisers to support specific activations either at Zone level as well as at Local level.
DISTRIBUTION
• Distribute products taking into account stock availability and strategy defined with Zone Merchandisers.
• Coordinate with central team and merchandisers in case of stock tension to adapt the launching scenario.
• Validate store specific requests for stock (client request, events…).
• Contribute to sell-through optimization by implementing stock rebalancing on seasonal products from launch onwards upon analyzing the launch performance signals.
COMMUNICATION
• Provide stock status and visibility on distribution plan for upcoming collections to Zone Merchandisers.
• Collaborate with counterpart from other activities for a transversal communication to various markets on the launch scenarios and setup stock situation and distribution.
• Share performance reports on seasonal (sell-through) and share updates on rebalancing process
CLIENT ORDERS
• Define most appropriate pre-ordering conditions for New Products.
• Respond to VIC requests from stores and source for products within the zone to support sales
SYSTEMS
• Being the key-user in Order Management Systems (OMS) in orderability rules writing.
• Manage abnormalities hindering orderability via timely troubleshooting as well as escalations of system issues to IS Support and Central Transformation Team.
• Represent and participate in the global community in the evolutions of the applications, communicate changes and developments to Zone Supply Chain Teams and express business and operational needs to Central Team for resolution.
• Ensure most optimized setup in our distribution and ordering systems to allow correction behavior in managing pre-ordering and launch setup.
• Guide other team members in using Ordering Management system (OMS)
SHOWROOM BUYING
• Participate with Zone Merchandisers and Universe Distribution Planners in the Showroom buying with the preparation of benchmark files.
• Manage together with Universe Distribution Planners, the assortment definition in buying tool and determine the appropriate sizing for Shoes and Ready-to-Wear categories.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree – preferably in Operations Management or Supply Chain
• Prior experience in Supply Chain Management and/or retail fulfillment operations
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Computer/data savvy:
o Solid proficiency in Microsoft Excel
o Power BI or equivalent, programming skills (VBA)
oSAP Experience is a plus
• Ability to prioritize and work efficiently under pressure with the capacity to deliver high-quality work within tight deadlines.
• Client-centric approach and commercial mindset.
• Possess an attention to detail with a critical thinking mindset.
• Team player and with the ability to adept to accept new ideas and ways of working
