Retail Planning Specialist (Milano)

Retail Planning Specialist (Milano)

Position

The resource will be reporting to the Head of Retail Planning supporting the Retail Planning team in Milan. The focus will be on the activities of budgeting, forecasting, and planning at product/Area level. The role will deliver sales plan and open-to-buy for the Retail channel, participating also to the main activities of seasonal collection (Retail Selection, Showroom Campaign). The resource will supervise key performance indicators such as: product performance (sell-through by area/category), sales inventory, sales forecast and target by category and will provide analysis to specific HQ functions.

Job responsibilities

- Elaborating sales plan by category area, together with HQ and regional Merchandising/Retail Teams
- Supporting the definition of the main buying KPI such as Sell-T target, buying depth, SKU N° definition.
- Elaborating the open-to-buy, taking into consideration the sales target and the carry over stock
- Supporting HQ and regional merchandising teams during the buying session to ensure budget goals are met
- Supervising the actual sales compared to the targeted ones and the running forecast, proposing actions when and where needed.
- Actively supporting the different Company Projects in which Retail Planning is involved

Profile

- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, sensibility to luxury products, proactivity
- At least 3-5 years of experience in a similar role.
- Experience working in a fast paced very multifaceted environment




- Strong analytical skills with the ability to combine big picture thinking with detail orientation
- Excellent knowledge of Excel and reporting/forecasting tools (i.e Business Object, Power BI, Anaplan)
- Proficiency in English

LORO PIANA
MAISON

Originally from Trivero in northern Italy, the Loro Piana family began trading wool in the early 1800s. In 1924, Pietro Loro Piana founded Ing. Loro Piana & C., the current company. Pietro’s nephew Franco took over in 1941, and after the war the firm began to establish its reputation as a supplier of premium wool and cashmere textiles for a growing haute couture industry, both home and abroad. In the 1970s, Sergio and Pier Luigi Loro Piana took up the reins, diversifying into luxury goods and developing an international retail arm. Now the world’s foremost cashmere processor, Loro Piana prides itself on sourcing the very finest, rarest raw materials the world has to offer, including unique cashmere from baby goats in northern China and Mongolia, vicuña from the Andes, extra-fine Merino wool from Australia and New Zealand and lotus flower fiber from Myanmar. The company draws on both time-honored traditions and state of the art technology to offer its discerning customers products that are renowned for their peerless quality. All of the company’s collections of ready-to-wear garments and accessories are made in Italy to the highest standards of craftsmanship and sartorial excellence.

📌 Retail Planning Specialist (Milano)
🏢 Loro Piana
📍 Milano