VF Corporation - Senior Planner Margin & Profitability - Stabio

Timberland EMEA is looking for an exceptional Senior Planner Margin & Profitability, to join our team based in Stabio, Switzerland.

Let’s Talk about the Role

The primary responsibility of the Senior Planner Margin and Profitability is to support the development and implementation of tools/processes to drive product classification margin strategy, champion revenue growth and margin management principles , and improving profitability.

You will work closely and collaboratively with Global Product leaders, Planning, Supply Chain, GTM and Finance departments in creating the strategy and the executional plan to achieve brand strategic, financial, and distribution products goals.

Reporting to the Head of Planning, you will help and drive the monitoring and managing of pricing strategy and profit related decisions, through the go-to-market cycle, to meet the gross margin business requirements and while consumer/marketplace price elasticity trends.

How You Will Make a Difference

• Support the Planning team in developing analytical framework used to inform strategically and tactically merchandising strategies, providing qualitative and quantitative analysis on business and product performance, globally and regionally.

• Conduct global analysis of essential product KPIs with visibility to long-term risk and opportunity and in the context of Brand and Market strategies

• Research macroeconomic and industry trends that impact the margin and pricing approach

• Develop, update, and maintain evaluation and pricing strategies to test and deploy best practices constantly

• Collaborate with other functions and senior management to evaluate the cost/benefit of different pricing models to maximize and scale margin, on both new and carryover products

• Work with complex data sets to help the business determine and set competitive prices to gain market share, achieve revenue goals and optimize margin

• Working cross-functionally to develop product, go-to-market strategy, profit and loss, and pricing strategies globally

• Ensure product merchandising plans by product category and classification align with financial and brand strategies, partnering with Global category team to track progress against target, to achieve global and regional revenue & margin goals

• Build Financial modeling to calculate impacts of potential business strategies

• Ad hoc reporting and special projects, primarily related to understanding product costs, factory output, and the enhancement of financial performance

• Support identifying target across product line, through design and development phases and at concept stage, ensuring that the Global and regional product teams clearly understand target fabric, trims, and labor costs to achieve the desired margin

• Be the ‘go-to’ person for all pricing/profit queries from design, development, merchandising, supply teams and finance

• Support the team in translating global strategic targets into seasonal and product specific targets, partnering with business leaders to build/elevate global margin planning process with clear visibility around demand, price, and costs for key platforms

• Partner with global Merchandising to suggest corrective actions by region in relation to pricing; support teams to hit necessary costs/margins, perform variance analysis and develop the tools necessary to analyze the market competition across the globe

• Collaborate to identify risks and opportunities throughout the line and GTM process

• Provide costing and margin reporting where and when appropriate, for business decision making and planning, keep global leadership informed of challenges/issues

• Reconcile margins against financial targets (consider volumes, COO), identify outliers, follow up for resolution

• Working closely with PD and Merchandising to identify opportunities to improve margin on new and carryover products, ensuring costs are available in line with critical path, from predictive through to latest factory quoted costs

• Liaise with regional Finance and Operations team on revenue, pricing and profit/margin analysis whenever required

Skills for Success

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• Extensive years of experience in pricing, costing, merchandise planning, forecasting, or buying

• Experience and proven ability in coaching, mentoring, and leading a team of direct reports

• Very strong knowledge of Excel required

• Edited, NPD, Tableau and BI reporting tools expertise

• Experience with product forecasting, statistical modeling and/or strategic planning

• Strong analytical skills

• Highly analytical and strategic leader capable of both high-level thinking and engaging in detailed models, with proven experience in pricing and costing data analytics

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to juggle multiple priorities and deadlines

• High process orientation – can identify opportunities and transform ways of working across groups

• Ability to work some flexible hours because of varying time zones and regions

• Ability to work with others as part of cross-functional team, build consensus, and achieve results across a variety of distinct groups. 

What’s in it For You

• A supportive, feedback‑based culture guided by respect and integrity.

• An inclusive, international environment where diverse backgrounds and experiences are valued.

• The opportunity to be part of an iconic lifestyle brand within a global, multi‑brand organization.

• On‑site gym with health and well‑being initiatives.

• A discount card offering 50% off all VF brands.

• Break‑out areas with complimentary hot drinks.

Free to Be, Inclusion & Diversity

As a purpose‑led, performance‑driven company, we foster a culture of belonging based on respect, openness, connection, and authenticity. We celebrate diversity and support equal opportunities for all associates and applicants.

If this sounds like you and you’re ready to join our team, we’d love to hear from you!

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