Business Manager

## Description

1. Business Planning Process

• Drive discussion and alignment with affiliate brands for annual budget, estimate and long range plan
• Acts as liaison role at affiliate to seek clarification and guidance with regional finance on planning guidelines and changes

2. Annual P&L Management

• Manage affiliate brand P&L including control of discount, cost of goods and operating expenses (advertising and promotional spend, selling)
• Analyze cost of goods and provide recommended actions to drive gross margin improvement
• Actively provide advice to affiliate brands and commercial sales team for retail sales and net sales during monthly financial estimate process
• Collaborate with functions for revenue management
• Collaborate and work intensively with affiliate brands for saving & cost optimization initiatives
• Support monthly and quarterly brand retail sales and net sales performance commentary
• Actively participate in monthly Integrated Business Planning meetings to drive alignment of financial estimate’s risk & opportunity
• Work closely with Financial Accounting to monitor monthly financial results and analyze gap between actual and estimate
• Provide analysis of saleable inventory level at department store counter
• Support affiliate brands’ capital budget and manage capital spend within budget

3. Support of New Initiatives and New Projects

• Provide strategic analysis to the affiliate and brand management for business case of new brand launch analysis, new product launches, new distribution analysis and channel P&L
• Support affiliate General Manager, Finance Director and Finance Business Manager on ad hoc business projects

## Qualifications

• 8+ years of finance-related experience
• Preferably in the consumer products industry with business planning and analysis experience
• Can think strategically
• Embrace and initiate change
• Build collaborative relationship
• Demonstrate learning agility
• Drive creativity and innovation
• Strive for excellence in execution
• Develop talents and capabilities