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Manager, Channel Planning at Under Armour in Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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Job Description
Values & Innovation
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Our pursuit of better begins with innovation and with our team's mission of being the best. With us, you get the freedom to go further - no matter your role. That means developing, delivering, and selling the state-of-the-art products and digital tools that make top performers even better.
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Purpose of Role
The Manager of DTC Channel Planning is responsible for leading the planning and execution of distribution and promotional activities for Under Armour products across its channel. This role requires understanding of market dynamics, consumer behavior, and competitive landscapes to effectively allocate resources and maximize ROI. The Manager will work closely with merchandising, sales, and SCM teams to ensure alignment and drive business growth, while also leading a team of planners.
Your Impact
- Lead the development of bottom-up demand plans and bottom-up merchandising financial plan (if any) for the channel, ensuring alignment with overall regional and business strategies.
- Lead the creation of what/if scenarios to guide leadership decisions, providing insights on channel profitability and risks.
- Lead the tracking, testing, and analysis of contingency pricing strategies, providing detailed reports and recommendations to improve channel performance.
- Own the development and management of weekly demand and pricing plans across categories (full price, promotions, markdowns) to ensure alignment with financial and sales targets.
- Lead the planning of size eligibility, floorsets, and replenishment management, ensuring channel strategies are executed effectively.
- Partner with Regional Merchandise Financial Planning teams to reconcile top-down and bottom-up plans, ensuring consistency and accuracy.
- Work with China Channel Merchandising to align the bottom-up financial plan with the assortment strategy, ensuring inventory and sales goals are met.
- Lead the gathering and analysis of hindsight data, sharing insights at key meetings and influencing future channel strategies.
- Collaborate with channel business teams and other departments to ensure channel financial plans are integrated with overall business initiatives.
- Continuously monitor financial and product performance against targets, making proactive adjustments to meet channel goals.
- Guide and mentor a team of planners, fostering collaboration and team development whilst ensuring alignment with organizational and team goals to drive successful outcomes.
- Manage weekly channel demand forecast at style-color level both for pre-season and in –season, corresponding to merchandising finical plan and inventory KPIs.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in Sales or Merch Planning, Demand Planning and Allocation.
Experience in the apparel or footwear industry is preferred.
Proven track record of developing and executing successful Channel strategies.
Proficient in channel planning, scenario planning, and long-range forecasting using market trends, financial plans, consumer insights, and historical data.
Robust analytical skills with the ability to influence by interpreting complex data to drive decision making.
Ability to collaborate across teams and senior leaders and expertly communicate complex data insights and algorithm-driven findings to non-technical stakeholders
Expertise in conducting comprehensive financial analyses and generating detailed reports that drive decision-making.
Ability to lead financial strategy development, integrating financial acumen into overall business strategy and planning initiatives.
Leadership & change-readiness skills with a proven ability to lead, mentor and develop team members
Skilled in using data analysis and visualization tools, with direct experience in Blue Yonder’s Planning module
Workplace Location
- Location: Shanghai, China
Relocation
- No relocation provided
Base Compensation
Most new hires fall within this range and have the opportunity to earn more over time. Initial placement within the salary range, however, is based on an individual's relevant knowledge, skills and experience for the position. UA is committed to helping our teammates succeed and advance in their careers. Base salary is only one component of our competitive Total Rewards package.
Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity
At Under Armour, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, family or paternal status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Under Armour seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people representing a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact our Human Resources team via candidateaccommodations@underarmour.com.