About this role
Senior Manager Planning and Trading - Football PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION Turn insight into action, shape the assortment, and drive the commercial decisions that determine how our European eCommerce business performs. We're looking for a commercially minded leader with a genuine passion for sport and football, who can combine strong product instinct with analytical thinking to drive the performance of our football business. Sitting within the EU eCommerce Product Merchandising team, the EU eCom Planning & Trading team owns the planning processes and commercial decisions that shape the seasonal range, ensuring we buy the right product, in the right quantities, at the right time to meet the needs of our consumers.
The Planning & Trading Senior Manager is responsible for translating financial forecasts into seasonal open-to-buy plans for their respective categories. The role identifies and proactively manages business opportunities and risks, while driving cross-functional alignment with key stakeholders to ensure monthly, quarterly, and seasonal financial targets are achieved. You will play a pivotal role in bringing the European eCommerce category strategy to life by delivering a best-in-class merchandise financial plan, shaping the optimal pre-season assortment framework, and driving agile in-season trading by translating assortment and performance insights into clear commercial actions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Define and continuously optimize the pre-season strategy and Open-to-Buy plan for the respective categories, ensuring investment decisions are aligned with market financial targets and commercial
- ambitions.
- Actively contribute to key seasonal and go-to-market milestones, translating Brand and BU strategies and initiatives into relevant Planning & Trading priorities.
- Develop robust business cases for future opportunities, assessing short-, medium-, and long-term potential and impact.
- Own the mo...