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Senior Merchandise Planner – NA Wholesale

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group. A play on the words “can do”, Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• “Can Do” Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone’s voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It’s our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

The salary range for this position is $108,300 - $135,500 per year. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and San Francisco location. This is a hybrid role based in our downtown San Francisco office – Tues through Thursday in-office, with Monday and Friday remote.

Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount/perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks during the calendar year and December wellness/shutdown week for applicable positions.

• annual bonus
• medical, dental and vision insurance
• flex paid time off program
• parental leave
• employee discount/perks
• a retirement plan with employer contributions
• Summer Fridays
• opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks during the calendar year
• December wellness/shutdown week for applicable positions

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Eau de Parfum, Fenty Hair, Ole Henriksen, Lip Lab.

SUMMARY

The Senior Merchandise Planner owns SKU- and account-level forecasting across wholesale accounts within the North America channel, translating channel targets into account-level plans. You run the monthly forecast process for these accounts, build the supporting analysis, and work with cross-functional partners to drive retailer in-stock performance. Success requires strong analytical skills, data-driven storytelling, and effective collaboration across Sales, Supply Chain, Brand, Demand Planning, and Finance.

Job responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES

Account Planning & Management

• Build bottom-up retail and wholesale plans by account, category, and SKU, and support the channel's top-down plan.
• Partner with Sales and Brand to translate assortment direction into SKU-level plans.
• Maintain account-level OTB and flag risks and opportunities to the planning lead.
• Monitor weekly sell-out and stock-outs and coordinate corrective actions with account merchants.

Forecasting

• Prepare and maintain monthly forecasts, identifying risks and opportunities and recommending actions to chase demand or mitigate risk.
• Contribute to forecast consensus with Demand Planning and flag exceptional demand.
• Partner with Sales and Finance on promo, markdown, and RTV forecasts.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Track new product launch POs with Supply Chain and escalate delivery risks.
• Provide account-level inputs into monthly and annual sales budgets.
• Support Sales and Brand on account and channel strategies.

Analytics

• Use advanced Excel and enterprise planning tools (Anaplan) to build reporting and analysis.
• Share best practices with the merchandise planning team.

Profile

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+years of merchandise planning or wholesale planning experience.
• BA/BS in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
• Strong proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, Power Query, advanced functions); experience with an enterprise planning platform, Anaplan a plus.
• Analytical problem-solving, scenario modeling, and data storytelling.
• Negotiation and influencing skills with internal partners and account contacts.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment and manage multiple priorities against tight deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication, strong organizational discipline, high attention to detail, and a growth mindset oriented toward process improvement.

Crafting Dreams Starts With Yours

At LVMH, people make the difference in the art of crafting dreams. Our people fuel our dynamic, entrepreneurial culture. We value collective ambitions, encouraging our talents to push boundaries and champion a curious, audacious state of mind. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in nurturing every individual with a growth mindset and development opportunities, consistently empowering them to reach their full potential. We are actively committed to positive impact through an inclusive environment that supports and gives back to our talented community. Join us at LVMH, where your talent is at the heart of our collective successes.