About this role
In this role, you'll be at the heart of the business, connecting Buying, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Retail Operations, and Technology. You'll own the roadmap of our Merchandise Planning platform (Centric Planning), ensuring it delivers tangible business value and supports critical planning and inventory management processes across our international retail business. If you're passionate about retail planning, product ownership, and turning complex business challenges into scalable solutions, we'd love to hear from you. · Act as the business owner for Merchandise Planning, Assortment Planning, Assortment Strategy, and Allocation & Replenishment capabilities. · Drive standardization and continuous improvement across countries, channels, and departments. · Ensure processes support business objectives and future growth. · Partner with planning teams to improve forecasting accuracy and inventory decisions. · Support strategic and operational merchandise planning activities. · Optimize stock allocation, replenishment, inventory productivity, and product availability. · Define and monitor KPIs around sales, margin, stock levels, service levels, and inventory performance. · Manage and prioritize the roadmap and backlog based on business value, customer impact, operational needs, and technical dependencies. · Translate business requirements into epics, features, and user stories. · Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, development teams, and external suppliers. · Measure product success through KPIs, analytics, and user feedback. · Drive continuous improvement through experimentation, insights, and data-driven decision-making. · Ensure solutions create measurable value and increase adoption across the business. · Participate in Sprint Planning, Reviews, Demos, and Retrospectives. · Safeguard the stability, availability, and performance of planning applications. · Support incident management, root cause analysis, an...