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About the Role

As the Brand Planning Manager for Maison Francis Kurkdjian (MFK), you will lead local Demand and Supply Planning activities for the brand across North America, ensuring product availability and optimizing costs. This role supports the integration of MFK within LVMH Beauty North America, defining planning processes and acting as the primary planning partner.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve the local demand forecast for MFK North America using historical sales, market trends, and retailer inputs.
• Manage replenishment and inventory planning to ensure product availability and achieve service targets.
• Support new product launches by translating demand plans into actionable supply strategies.
• Monitor and challenge the Air/Sea (RAMA) ratio to minimize environmental impact and costs.
• Champion inventory health, managing overstock and identifying unneeded inventory to mitigate obsolescence risks.
• Lead monthly Stock Reviews, projecting inventory levels and reporting risks and opportunities to Finance.
• Design, implement, and improve planning processes supporting MFK's integration into the LVMH Beauty planning organization.
• Serve as the primary planning partner for the MFK North America organization, building strong partnerships with Brand leadership, Marketing, Commercial, Finance, and Supply Chain teams.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Supply Chain management, Business Analytics, Data Management, or a related quantitative field is highly preferred.
• Exceptional candidates with a Bachelor's degree, strong analytical skills, and relevant previous experience will be considered.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Integrated Business Planning, Supply Chain Management, or a related analytical function.
• Very strong analytical skills including data crunching, automation of analysis, reporting, and data synthesis.
• Strong problem-structuring skills, intellectual rigor, and ability to translate complex analytical insights into clear business recommendations.
• Capacity and willingness to conduct problem solving.
• Ability to lead improvement projects and initiatives.
• Excellent communication & leadership skills with all departments, management levels & France.
• Ability to influence without authority and engage senior stakeholders through structured, fact-based reasoning.
• Expert-level proficiency in Excel.
• Ease in the use of Power BI.
• Proficiency in using ERP/MRP systems and forecasting systems is preferred.
• Fluency or working knowledge of French is nice to have.
• Deals with confidential information and/or issues using discretion and judgment.

Skills

• Demand Planning
• Supply Planning
• Integrated Business Planning
• Supply Chain Management
• Analytical Skills
• Excel
• Power BI
• ERP/MRP systems
• Forecasting systems
• Stakeholder Management
• Process Design
• Continuous Improvement

Location

• New York

Work Type

• Onsite
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 5+ years

Education Level

• Master's degree
• Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

• USD 110,000.00 - USD 125,000.00 yearly

About the Company

• LVMH's Perfumes & Cosmetics activities benefit from exceptional dynamism that relies on both the longevity and development of key lines, and on the boldness of new creations.
• All are driven by the same values: a quest for excellence, creativity, innovation and perfect mastery of their image.
• The brands cultivate what makes them unique and is guaranteed to make them stand out in a highly competitive global market.
• The success of the Perfumes & Cosmetics division depends on finding the right balance between major historic Houses such as Parfums Christian Dior, Parfums Givenchy, Acqua di Parma, Guerlain, and newer brands with strong potential like Kenzo Parfums, Fresh, and Make Up For Ever.
• LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics invites you today to join its North America teams.
• LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics is part of the LVMH Group.

Equal Opportunity

• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.