Senior Planning Analyst

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Department: MERCHANDISING & PLANNING

City: London

Location: GB

Burberry is looking for a talented Senior Planning Analyst, this position operates within the Global Merchandise Planning Operations team, supporting the team in core responsibilities across planning & reporting. In this role you will have responsibility for delivering on the reporting centre of excellence goals but will also support on the Collection OTB process.

You will be accountable for:

• Reconciliations of Global reporting, ensuring that reports are distributed to business in a timely fashion
• Working with IT on delivering reporting center of excellence goals including self-service reporting and any new / amended report requirements
• Assisting on ad-hoc analyses including the quarterly Investor Relations trade commentary, Monthly KPI reporting and CEO board letters
• Supporting the Collection OTB process, including creating OTB planning templates, preparing historical data and consolidation of submissions
• Supervise & support Planning Assistant in day-to-day activities

Reporting Centre of Excellence

• Reconciling Global Reporting to ensure accurate and timely reports to business.
• Supporting Product, Finance & Strategy with creation of weekly Trade Reporting covering Collection Trading, Comp Reporting & Trend Reporting
• Assisting the Merchandise Planning Operations Senior Manager in developing / enhancing reports and user acceptance testing of these reports.
• Working with Merchandise Planning Operations Senior Manager & project team on delivery on self-service reporting.
• Developing systems expertise & close partnership with IT & the wider business to continue Merchandise Planning Operation's centre of excellence for BW, Excel & commercial reporting.

Ad-hoc Analyses

• Analysis of ad-hoc data & reports, adding commercial insights & linking across departments
• Responsible for compiling quarterly Investor Relations trade commentary and CEO board letter statistics.

Collection OTB

• Supporting on the Collection OTB process as required, including:
  • Building & maintain Excel planning templates
  • Creating summaries & dashboards
  • Creating ad-hoc analysis to highlight key risks & opportunity to the company
• Working with Regional Planning & Divisional Planning to drive continual improvement & development of tools, reporting & processes.
• Own consolidation & reconciliation of large amounts of data for subsequent analysis & insights.

• Advanced Excel knowledge
• Highly analytical, organised and detail-oriented with a passion for the Brand
• A flexible attitude, willing and able to manage multiple and potentially competing priorities
• Good communication skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships with cross-functional teams
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
• Experience with SAP / Business warehouse / Business objects would be advantageous

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.

Posting Notes: United Kingdom Not Applicable London MERCHANDISING & PLANNING PRICING n/a

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