Principal Accountabilities:
Under general direction:
*Manages key financial and operational planning processes (incl. MFP, OTB, inventory management) across regions and channels (DTC, Wholesale, etc.) to optimize sell-through & minimize stockouts *Key duties include overseeing inventory management, markdown/discount execution to optimize profitability, ensuring forecast accuracy, conducting data analysis / generating reports, & partnering with global to execute strategies (and bring local market challenges / Insights)

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:
*Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field *Equivalent years of experience in a substantially similar industry may be considered in lieu of a degree to be determined by the nature of the specific job and the hiring manager’s criteria *Minimum of five years of related experience preferred *Strong written and oral communication skills

Knowledge &Application:
* Discipline expert, typically with a number of years post qualification experience or equivalent business experience * Integrates and communicates fairly complex information within the specialization or recognized body of formal knowledge * Knowledge of principles and practices within a professional discipline * Assess unusual circumstances, suggests variations in approaches, and incomplete or conflicting data

Problem Solving:
* Resolve issues that are differing, but related * Issues require sophisticated analytical or problem solving techniques to identify cause * Devises solutions based on limited information and uses past experience or precedent to identify solutions or to adapt existing approaches to resolve issues * Uses evaluation, judgment, and interpretation to select right course of action, which may impact the longer term * Anticipates future issues * Work is done independently, but is reviewed at critical points

Interaction:
* Interprets and explains information to audiences who are not familiar with the subject matter often requiring persuasion * Adapts style to differing audiences * Requires objective review of difficult work problems, obtaining cooperation or approval * Requires considerable resourcefulness * Requires strong multicultural awareness to appropriately deliver messages

Impact:
* Impact is limited to the achievement of short- to medium-term goals * Contributes to delivery of discipline/department goals through personal effort or through influence over team members * Has contributory impact on team/discipline performance

Accountability:
* Accountable for meeting own target which will impact the discipline * Accountable for own targets which will typically be definable but not always financially measurable