Analyst, Long Range Planning; Americas

Analyst, Long Range Planning (Timberland Americas)

A day in the life of an Analyst, Long Range Planning (LRP) at Timberland looks a little like this.

You will support the Timberland Americas organization's development of 5-year strategic plans across regions and channels. This role supports growth through data management, analytics, and forecasting, which provide insights that align Americas plans with global long-range strategies. Your work will directly support the annual budget process, KPI communication, marketing initiatives, and operational planning to help achieve revenue and margin goals and drive product growth strategies.

As a trusted member of the Americas Business Planning team, you will report to the Manager, Americas Marketplace Reporting and Analytics.

Let's break down that day-in-the-life a bit more.

• Support the development of 5-Year long-range plans aligned to global strategy meeting decisions by sub-brand, country, channel, and global brand architecture.

• Provide data to support deep dive analyses at the key account and retail channel levels to support sustainable growth.

• Perform KPI variance analysis, monitor performance against strategic objectives, and communicate risks and opportunities to stakeholders.

• Support the analysis of business trends and help translate insights into actionable recommendations to inform management's strategic decision-making.

• Support the development and maintenance of operational dashboards and reporting tools to improve visibility into KPIs; assist in creating clear, impactful presentations for leadership and cross-functional teams.

• Support the maintenance and updates of excel models for the annual budget and 5-year strategic plan, with a focus on sales, margin, KPI performance, and product mix analysis.

• Assist in aggregating and analyzing large datasets using advanced Excel and Power BI; help translate insights into clear, actionable summaries and presentations.

• Collaborate and partner cross-functionally with merchandising, marketing, finance, and operations to support the identification of trends, risks, and growth opportunities.

• Contribute to store-level and e-commerce KPI analyses to help validate long-range plan assumptions and "what-must-be-true" scenarios.

• Support multiple projects and priorities simultaneously; assist in coordinating with stakeholders to help ensure alignment and timely delivery.

What do you need to succeed?

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role, there are foundation skills you'll need to succeed and excel. Additionally, while formal education in a related field is great to have, we are most interested in your 3+ years of experience in the wholesale and/or retail industry preferred.

Formal education and subsequent undergraduate/graduate degrees, such as a bachelor's or business administration degree, preferably in Finance or a related field, are nice to have, but we are most interested in your total experience and professional achievements.

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• Experience in sales and margin forecasting and modeling.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI (required).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Adeptness in demonstrating strong and effective written and verbal communication with all levels of the organization.

• Curious, self-motivated, and eager to learn.