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About the Role

The Operations & Planning Assistant Manager is a key business partner role at the intersection of Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain, responsible for turning commercial strategy into disciplined execution. The role drives business performance by leading forecasting, allocation, and operational planning for new launches and non-sellable items, ensuring risks and opportunities are proactively managed to maximize sell-in, improve inventory productivity, and support profitable growth.

Responsibilities

Support Key Account Managers and Account Executives in day-to-day commercial operations, helping to resolve operational issues quickly and effectively.
Partner closely with the Order Management team to define priorities, coordinate actions, and drive the resolution of sellable and non-sellable order issues.
Lead and streamline workflows related to non-sellable items, ensuring strong coordination between Sales and Marketing.
Identify process improvement opportunities and implement more efficient ways of working across commercial operations.
Partner with the Forecast & Demand Planning team to ensure the latest business trends, market dynamics, and commercial assumptions are reflected in forecasts and demand plans.
Lead sales forecasting for novelties and non-sellable items in close collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain.
Support sell-in forecasting and budget cycles by providing reliable commercial inputs and aligning assumptions across functions.
Contribute to forecast accuracy by monitoring performance, highlighting risks and opportunities, and recommending corrective actions where needed.
Build and manage novelty product allocation plans to secure sales coverage and maximize launch performance.
Lead discussions around assortment strategy across the distribution network, balancing commercial opportunity with inventory constraints.
Work closely with Sales Analysts and Key Account Managers to identify sell-in opportunities and maintain optimal inventory levels across channels and customers.
Monitor ageing and depreciated inventory, identify risks early, and propose actions to reduce exposure while unlocking commercial opportunities.
Support stock allocation decisions with a clear understanding of business priorities, launch plans, and customer needs.
Track sell-in performance against targets, identifying trends, gaps, outliers, and areas requiring intervention.
Conduct post-launch and post-mortem analysis on novelty performance to capture learnings, improve future planning, and support downstream communication.
Translate sell-in and operational data into clear, actionable insights for Sales leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Develop and maintain reporting that supports decision-making, performance reviews, and business planning processes.
Use data to challenge assumptions, support recommendations, and drive continuous improvement.
Partner with Sales leadership, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Order Management to align priorities and execution plans.
Support and facilitate S&OP processes, ensuring commercial plans are integrated into broader business planning cycles.
Act as a key link between strategy and execution, translating business priorities into operational actions and follow-through.
Build strong stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment, transparency, and timely decision-making across functions.

Requirements

Experience in sales operations, demand planning, supply chain, commercial planning, or related function in a Wholesale environment.
Retail experience is a plus.
Proven ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, matrix environment.
Experience with forecasting, allocation, reporting, and performance analysis.
Exposure to S&OP or integrated business planning processes is a strong advantage.
Very Strong proficiency in Excel and experience with ERP (AX preferred), PowerBi and reporting tools.
Proactive, hands-on, and solution oriented.
Collaborative and able to influence across functions.
Comfortable working between strategic planning and operational execution.
Resilient, agile, and able to perform under pressure.

Skills

Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into business recommendations.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive execution across teams.
Process-oriented mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.

Location

Paris

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Assistant Manager

Salary/Compensations

USD 80000 - USD 90000 - yearly

About the Company

Born/Co-founded in 2009, Maison Francis Kurkdjian is a luxury fragrance house that carries the name of one of the most celebrated perfumers of our time.
Based in Paris, Maison Francis Kurkdjian is a Maison housed under LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group.
The Maison is known for its creativity, know-how, product quality, global upscale distribution, and customer experience.
Designed out of the tradition of a luxury perfumery, the fragrance nevertheless advocates a contemporary vision of the art, of creating and wearing perfume.
Maison Francis Kurkdjian has a very selective distribution network in more than 45 countries over the world within the ultra-premium segment of the market.
In the US and North America, products are sold at Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, and select Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Holt Renfrew and Nordstrom stores as well as the Maison Francis Kurkdjian boutique in the Miami Design District.
Maison Francis Kurkdjian is part of the LVMH Group.

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