The Strategic Pricing & Planning Specialist is responsible for in-season and markdown pricing, operational replenishment planning, and product allocation. The role ensures the optimal balance between inventory availability and profitability through continuous KPI monitoring and the implementation of pricing strategies.
Qualifications- Execute worldwide product allocation, optimizing inventory across individual stores to prevent stock shortages and maximize product availability. (Inventory Management & Allocation)
- Support the development of pricing strategies by analyzing the impact of pricing on sales volumes, profitability, and brand competitiveness. (Pricing Analysis)
- Monitor Sell-in and Sell-out performance, ensuring alignment with company budget targets, with a particular focus on international markets. (Performance Monitoring)
- Plan and model the financial impact of sales campaigns and promotions, while managing markdown activities to protect seasonal margins. (Markdown & Promotion Management)
- Manage the technical pricing architecture, ensuring price consistency across Retail, E-commerce, and Wholesale channels.
- Prepare budget variance reports and provide analytical data to support revenue forecasting and inventory planning processes. (Reporting & Forecasting)
- Implement and leverage Business Intelligence (BI) tools to automate analyses and optimize decision-making processes.
- Collaborate with the Product and Commercial teams to define the pricing positioning of new collections.
- Apply Strategic Planning methodologies and analytical leadership to address distribution and commercial challenges.
- Degree in Economics, Fashion Management, or a related fashion field
- Proficiency in English (knowledge of additional languages is a plus)
- Product sensitivity combined with an analytical, data-driven approach.
Skills Required
- Execute worldwide product allocation optimizing inventory across individual stores to prevent stock shortages and maximize availability
- Support development of pricing strategies by analyzing impact of pricing on sales volumes, profitability, and brand competitiveness
- Monitor sell-in and sell-out performance ensuring alignment with company budget targets, with focus on international markets
- Plan and model financial impact of sales campaigns and promotions and manage markdown activities to protect seasonal margins
- Manage technical pricing architecture to ensure price consistency across Retail, E-commerce, and Wholesale channels
- Prepare budget variance reports and provide analytical data to support revenue forecasting and inventory planning
- Implement and leverage Business Intelligence (BI) tools to automate analyses and optimize decision-making
- Collaborate with Product and Commercial teams to define pricing positioning of new collections
- Degree in Economics, Fashion Management, or a related fashion field
- Proficiency in English
- Knowledge of additional languages
- Product sensitivity combined with an analytical, data-driven approach
What We Do
An Italian House of Brands, Family Owned Since 1951. Passion, commitment and tradition have created a unique fashion style: today 10 Main Brands and more than 60 different Collections find common ground in quality, style and respect for the distinctive feature that make Max Mara Fashion Group one of the most famous worldwide. Max Mara Fashion Group, with 41 companies and over 5,500 employees, operates in 105 countries. Our ecosystem is made of 44 Depts, including Fashion Design, Marketing, Operations, Retail, Stores, ICT, Architecture Design, Economics, BI, etc. in an Holistic approach to our Customers and leveraging all the new digital competences. We are looking for travel companions. Travelers willing to explore new skills and abilities that have the shape of water and can adapt to different situations and find new paths not yet covered.
