Head of Planning

Job Description

ABOUT US Factorie is the go-to brand for accessible youth streetwear. We are inspired by music, art, sport, and fashion. We help to empower our customers to be themselves and navigate their world through self-expression. Our global team spans from Australia to South Africa across 100 retail stores, online and support offices. ABOUT THE ROLE We're on the lookout for an experienced Head of Planning to join our Factorie team, where you'll be instrumental in shaping and executing our strategic vision. As a leader, you'll drive profitability by building a model that delivers profit growth. As the gatekeeper of stock health across the brand, your success hinges on your exceptional management of forecasting, replenishment, and proactive initiatives to ensure business growth. You'll articulate and align the Brand Planning strategy globally, strategically guiding the team to deliver timely and regionally relevant assortments. Leveraging your commercial acumen, you'll identify growth opportunities and form strong partnerships with product teams to ensure the group achieves the right mix, Range Planning, Pricing Architecture, Volume Lines, and Allocation. If you're passionate about delivering outstanding products, driving growth, and empowering a team to achieve exceptional results, we encourage you to apply within. SKILLS & EXPERIENCE Extensive experience and proven success in a similar ‘Head of’ or General Manager Planning role; developing and leading product strategies that deliver commercial outcomes. The ability to engage and influence senior business leaders and key stakeholders. Proven high level of commercial negotiation skills. Proven communication skills with the ability to drive and influence cultural change through best practice and delivering results. Demonstrable analytical problem-solving and research skills, to identify and implement creative, innovative, and flexible solutions. Demonstrated high-level organisation, project management, and planning skills. Established leadership skills to develop and support the team to deliver brand strategy outcomes. Strong budgeting and forecasting skills. OUR CULTURE We’re curious and love to collaborate to deliver accessible streetwear for our customers. We create a culture of belonging for our community of team and customers. Through our partnership with the Cotton On Foundation, we’re committed to empowering youth to thrive by doing more good and giving back in the communities we live and operate in. BENEFITS We are committed to personal and professional development, which is supported by an ever-growing and expanding structure. We believe our people deserve the best space to do their best work and to support this we provide: 50% team member discount off all brands (excl. Ceres Life which is 30% off). A world-class office with a state-of-the-art Wellness Centre featuring spa therapists, holistic health experts, and free fitness classes (think reformer Pilates classes, personal training sessions, yoga studio, spin room, and run club!). A brand-new childcare centre onsite – incredible facilities, indoor and outdoor play areas, subsidised cost, and your kids are right next door! The Beckley, our in-house café with chef-prepared healthy meals, coffee, and snacks. You can also grab a nutritious take-home meal, taking the stress out of dinner time. Flexible working – enabling you to find the right working rhythm to be at your best. Competitive salary packaging – ensuring we are constantly benchmarking to industry. On-site concierge, let us help you get your life sorted with dry cleaning, car wash, and more. An Employee Assistance Program for you and your family. Returning from maternity leave (or primary carer parental leave)? Work part-time and get paid full-time for 2 months, all part of supporting you during your transition back to work. Team mingle celebrations, speaker’s series, surprise and delight moments – the magic happens when we get together. Do you have a dog? Bring them into the office. We love them! At Cotton On, we are focused on building a culture centred in belonging, and we are committed to creating workplaces where each individual can show up as their whole self, having an equal opportunity to succeed with us. We are proud of our diverse global workforce of 20,000 team members from countless nationalities, and we strongly welcome and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply with us. We are focused on bringing more voices, experiences, and backgrounds to our workforce as we drive diverse and inclusive outcomes for our team and our customers. If you have any individual needs in order to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at so we may support you in completing the job application process. #J-18808-Ljbffr