Merchandise Planning & Analytics Senior Analyst

Farfetch is a leading global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry, connecting customers in over 190 countries with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,400 of the world’s best brands and charming boutiques from around the world. Farfetch opens a world of luxury for endless expressions of style, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a global marketplace.

Our London office is located in Old Street, London's tech hub, and is home to a wide range of teams. Our open space is ideal for collaborative work and sharing ideas. We also have a large outdoor terrace, which is the perfect spot to have a team lunch or host events.

Within the Merchandising function the Merch Planning & Analytics team owns the planning and the analytics of some of the key supply partners on the marketplace. The goal is to maximise their business on Farfetch by simultaneously contributing to drive total platform topline sales.

Merch Planning & Analytics (MP&A) is involved in:

• End to end seasonal management of 3P channels on the marketplace.

• Pre-season analytics driving supply optimization on our key brands and boutiques.

• Commercial business planning including annual forecasts, scenario modelling and stretch targets to grow the business.

• In season monitoring and analysis of sales performance to forecast for external and internal trade purposes.

The team is working closely with other teams within commercial (Brand Managers, Boutique Account Managers, Business Development, Commercial Trading, Commercial Planning, Pricing) and with colleagues from BI, Marketing, Operations and catalogue management to build repeatable, scalable tools and processes and drive continual improvement.

• Pre-season:
  Analysing the prior season's trade, identifying areas of success and opportunities as lessons learned for the next season, to share with the brand/boutique to support their seasonal planning and secure optimal supply for the Farfetch customer.

• In-season: analyse brand's trade at a region, category, customer, product level to provide action-driven performance insights to identify opportunities for maximising sales.

• Support Farfetch commercial trade meetings by supplying relevant insights and updates on brand and category performance.

• Develop dashboards and automated reports (working with our BI team) to keep track of sales and stock performances at different levels (brand, category, regions..)

• Support strategic initiatives such as our next day delivery program, guiding brands on the right products for the program.

• Support the Business Plan process: you will provide annual forecasts and stretch levers to reach and exceed sales targets, using excel models and other analytical techniques. Your forecasts will also support internal financial planning and budgeting processes.

• Develop tracking tools to be able to understand our sales position vs projection and influence dedicated actions to be taken accordingly.

• Provide recommendations for OTB planning for specific brand partners and boutiques

• Monitor stock to make sure is in line to reach targets and unlock constraints

• Provide ideal assortment sizes and quality for key initiatives such as exclusive capsules, next day delivery and other strategic initiatives, incorporating unconstrained demand, pricing scenarios and channel dynamics.

• Experience working in merchandise Seasonal Demand & Supply Planning and Analytics or Consulting, ideally in the industry.

• You have great understanding and knowledge of the fashion and luxury industry.

• Excellent planning, analytics, organisational and quantitative problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail.

• Experience in forecasting sales using excel modelling techniques.

• Strategic thinker with an emphasis on operational and commercial excellence, with a focus on actionable insights.

• You have a flexible, approachable attitude with good problem-solving skills

  • Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and scoping work focus

  • Comfortable working to deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, translating…