Assistant Business Planning Manager

As an Assistant Corporate Planning Manager, this position is expected to play a critical role in supporting our business operations by providing financial insights and guidance through P&L management of the Company and driving the business and people for improvement and growth.

Job Responsibilities:

Collaborative Partnership

• Work closely with various departments to align business plans, provide financial guidance and support achieving strategic objectives.

Business Planning

• Set PL target and Merchandise budget for the company. Communicate with each department in the budget-setting process and create realistic, yet challenging budgets to drive the company forward.
• Assist in developing Mid-term and Yearly budgets that reflect the strategic direction of the Company.
• Set daily sales budgets for each store in line with the key activities and business plans for the month.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and work with various departments to optimize the P&L structure of the company.

Drive business to change numbers

• Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly Store, EC sales against budget and provide accurate forecast.
• Identify actions to change the numbers and work across-departments with Stores to execute the actions.
• Review the business results to identify course of actions and opportunities, and reflect into the company's target and actions.
• Assist in creating weekly and monthly reports for the Management and the department heads.

Key Requirements:

Knowledge and Experience required

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends and make data-driven recommendations.
• Ability to lead and manage multiple stakeholders to drive change for the improvement of business
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey financial insights to both finance and non-finance stakeholders, in a multinational environment.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of retail operations and supply chain processes.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, willing to accept changes and challenges.
• Positive attitude and high integrity
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to prioritise and deliver tangible outcomes
• Ability to build a team and develop strong working relationships across all levels of the organisation
• Minimum 5 years experience of FP&A role in a general company or strategic consulting

Certification required

• Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline

Specific Skills Set

• Advanced Excel skills
• General business knowledge and system skills (SAP, ERP, Microsoft Office)