The Manager, Outlet Planning will be a trusted partner to support brand/category and channel strategies. You will be an essential team member; with financial experience of the retail market to inform the retail buy plans and achieve continued growth. You can identify important business issues, provide analysis on opportunities and risks, promote consistency in processes, and guide best practices across the business and within the Direct-to-Consumer team. You will work with a merchandising team and allocation partners to ensure end-to-end strategy execution and line productivity.
About the Job- Help build financial plans; cover all store and sales Goals. Balance channel, brand, and our needs.
- Develop financial forecasts in-season and lead regular financial conversations with a diverse set of partners. Help create a narrative and articulate risks and opportunities.
- Collaborate with merchants to develop consumer and category segment productivity targets within an assortment architecture.
- Build and present bottom-up sales and inventory plans. Reconcile against the tops-down financial plans to inform financial and inventory decisions.
- Align with partners to guide in-season tactical activities in execution of seasonal strategies: promotional strategies, markdown management, etc.
- Work with allocation partners to ensure in-season allocation, replenishment, usage, and receipt flow.
- Manage in-season profitability to achieve or exceed goals and submissions.
- Identify opportunities in, and improve and tools.
- Take ownership of additional projects that support channel and company plans.
- Lead projects across all DTC and works across the channel matrix with their "company hat" to ensure inventory profitability for all.
- Develop direct reports.
About You- Bachelor's degree or a combination of college education and related work experience.
- 5+ years of planning experience with a global omni-channel brand.
- Understanding of retail math, merchandising financials, and profitability Goals.
- Advanced Excel skills (can perform complex functions). Experience with SAS merchandise planning an asset.
This is a hybrid work schedule based in our San Francisco, CA headquarters. We expect you in office 3 days per week, typically Tuesday-Thursday. Note, time in office can vary depending on needs.
The expected starting salary range for this role is $112,000 - $155,000 per year.We may pay more or less than the posted range based on the location of the role. We will base the amount an employee will earn within the salary range on factors such as relevant education, qualifications, performance and our needs.
Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) offers a total rewards package that includes base pay, incentive plans, 401(k) matching, paid leave, health insurance, product discounts, and more designed to help you and your family stay healthy, meet your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits and incentive compensation vary depending upon the specifics of the role; details relating to a specific role will be made available upon request. Read more about our benefits .
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LOCATIONSan Francisco, CA, USA
FULL TIME/PART TIMEFull time
FILL DATE
This position is expected to be filled by 07/26/2026.
