Retail Planning & Allocation Lead - APAC (excl. China)
Core
Lead regional retail planning and allocation to drive accurate sales planning, inventory productivity, and stock availability across the APAC region.
Role type
Senior Retail Planning & Allocation Lead
Builds
Next-generation AI-powered allocation solutions, dashboards, and reporting processes
Domain
Retail operations and supply chain planning
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Retail allocation and planning expertise, AI-powered allocation system development, sales forecasting, inventory planning, in-season trading, team leadership, stakeholder management, SKU/category/store level analysis
Preferred skills
Experience in large-scale lifestyle or premium retail environments, ability to lead teams through change
Technologies
AI-powered allocation solutions
Responsibilities
Lead the regional retail planning and allocation function; Drive development of AI-powered allocation solutions; Develop planning capabilities for sales forecasting and inventory planning; Build and inspire the allocation team; Partner with Merchandising for stock optimization; Monitor and analyze sales and stock performance at SKU, category, and store levels
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership
