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We equip retail, fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and consumer goods brands with pioneering best-of-breed solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products. Our technology powers brands to streamline processes, drive efficiency and operate with confidence in an ever-changing market.\nOur story is one of rapid growth, bold ideas and extraordinary opportunities. We’re here to challenge the status quo-and we’re looking for brilliant people who want to do the same. No matter where you are in the world, this is your chance to be part of something exceptional.\n Role Summary\nThe Product Manager Specialist - Planning is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the Centric Planning standard models (EasyModel), translating strategic business requirements into scalable, standardised planning solutions. The role focuses on core planning capabilities, including Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP), Assortment Planning, and Inventory Planning, while supporting customers and internal teams through documentation, troubleshooting, and continuous product improvement.\nWorking as part of the Product Management team, this role collaborates across all planning domains supported by the standard planning solution. The Product Manager Specialist ensures planning models remain consistent, scalable, and aligned with the overall product strategy, enabling customers to adopt best practices while minimising customisation.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, develop, and maintain Centric Planning standard models (EasyModel) across multiple planning domains.\nTranslate strategic business and market requirements into robust, scalable planning solutions.\nOwn and enhance standard planning capabilities, including:\nMerchandise Financial Planning (MFP)\nAssortment Planning\nInventory Planning\nOther planning processes within the Centric Planning portfolio as required.\nEnsure standard models remain coherent, reusable, and aligned with product architecture and roadmap.\nProduce and maintain functional documentation, model specifications, and implementation guidance.\nInvestigate, troubleshoot, and resolve functional issues affecting standard planning models.\nCollaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineering, Customer Success, Professional Services, and UX teams to deliver high-quality product enhancements.\nSupport customer implementations by providing expertise on standard model behaviour and best practices.\nEvaluate customer feedback and industry trends to identify opportunities for continuous product improvement.\nParticipate in product discovery, feature definition, testing, and release validation.\nPromote standardisation while balancing customer needs with long-term product scalability and maintainability.\n Required Qualifications\nExperience in Product Management, Solution Design, or Functional Consulting within enterprise planning or retail planning solutions.\nStrong understanding of retail planning processes and methodologies.\nExperience with one or more of the following:\nMerchandise Financial Planning (MFP)\nAssortment Planning\nInventory Planning\nDemand or Supply Planning\nAbility to translate complex business requirements into functional solution 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