TEAM LEADER SALES PLANNING 100%

Job description

Main responsibilities will include:

• Team Management of 4 FTE’s
• Planning and Ordering of Swatch Watches, Flik Flak, Bijoux, and Straps: weekly forecast, monthly forecast (sales, shipments and production master plan), Launch (coordination, quantities), Allocation and Shortage, communication with markets, communication and coordination with other departments
• Manage, Consult, and Train all Markets with respect to Sales Goals & Launch Requirements for new Collections. New Collection Estimate Workshops with Markets. Evaluation of Market Estimates.
• Market Allocations of Limited Availability Products (numbered watches of low supply issues)
• Collateral/Merchandising Material Planning: Order Quantities (country and consolidated level), coordination/communication between departments (creation, printing, order processing), timing.
• Resolve or coordinate the resolution of all issues concerning Market Orders of Merchandising Materials
• Sales Analysis (phase in, phase out, seasonality, sell in, sell out…) : integration of these analysis in the planning process (weekly and monthly forecast, launch, estimates, CORE collection phase in/out, …).
• Rolling 12 Months Sales, Shipment, and Production Plan (Masterplan)
• Lead Cross Organizational Meeting (Launch Review Report) to confirm status of new product launches including Merchandising Materials
• Development/Implementation/Management of all Planning Systems 1) HQ Planning System; 2) Merchandising Planning System (MPS); 3) POS Data Base; 4) Launch Planning System (LPS)
• Co-management of the Gazette Weekly Communication Platform. Control weekly articles and continuous improvement of the platform.
• Liaison between Sales and Product Management. Coordinate the Sales Department’s position regarding Product Issues in Collection Development and Product Development