What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Global Wholesale Planner position at AMIRI?
Purpose & Objective
We are seeking a Senior Global Wholesale Planner to lead and evolve the planning function across our global wholesale and franchise business. This is a highly visible, manager-level role responsible for shaping sales, inventory, and margin strategy across a complex global network of wholesale accounts and franchise partners.
Beyond traditional planning ownership, this role is intentionally designed to be front-facing and commercially strategic. The Senior Global Wholesale Planner will build strong, proactive relationships with key Department Store Planning teams, ensuring early alignment ahead of market cycles and maintaining a constant pulse on sell-out and sell-through performance.
As the dedicated planning lead for Wholesale and Franchise, this role operates with full autonomy while influencing Sales, Merchandising, Finance, Supply Chain, Regional Teams, and external partners. The ideal candidate combines strong luxury sensibility, analytical rigor, and the confidence to represent AMIRI in pre-market, in-season, and executive-level discussions.
Job Responsibilities & Duties
\n- Own seasonal, annual, and long-range sales, inventory, and margin plans across wholesale and franchise channels.
- Develop detailed plans by region, account, door, and category aligned with financial targets and brand strategy.
- Support franchise partners with customized forecasts, door productivity analysis, and performance frameworks to enable profitable growth.
- Play a key role in planning for new franchise openings and market expansion initiatives.• Establish scalable planning tools and best practices as the function evolves.
- Act as a proactive, front-facing strategic partner to Department Store Planning teams globally.
- Lead pre-market strategy discussions to align on assortment architecture, depth, and growth opportunities.
- Translate historical sell-out insights into forward-looking buy recommendations ahead of market.
- Maintain strong visibility on sell-through (ST) and retail sell-out performance at door level.
- Drive regular performance reviews with key partners to identify risks and unlock reorder and replenishment opportunities.
- Ensure the Wholesale Department Store (WHS) business is fully maximized through proactive engagement and commercial rigor.
- Build and manage forecasts, OTB plans, and inventory flow strategies across wholesale and franchise channels.
- Analyze sell-in, sell-through, and sell-out metrics across regions and doors.
- Track KPIs including revenue, margin, WOS, inventory turn, productivity per door, and in-season performance.
- Prepare executive-level reporting and actionable insights for leadership and partner discussions.
- Monitor weekly performance and proactively recommend re-forecasts and inventory rebalancing.
- Partner with Sales and Supply Chain on allocation, replenishment, and stock optimization.
- Support markdown and exit strategies where appropriate, maintaining a luxury brand mindset.
- Identify early risks in distribution, depth, or performance and implement corrective action.
- Serve as the planning authority for Wholesale and Franchise channels.
- Partner closely with Wholesale Sales, Merchandising, Finance, Supply Chain, and Regional teams.
- Support sell-in, buy reviews, and key account meetings with structured commercial insights.
- Build strong, trust-based partnerships internally and externally.
- Conduct comprehensive post-season analyses to refine future buys and door strategies.• Identify long-term opportunities to improve profitability, productivity, and scalability across channels.
- Continuously evolve planning processes to support global growth.
- 5–7 years of experience in Wholesale Planning, Merchandise Planning, or Financial Planning within luxury or premium menswear.
- Proven experience managing large, complex wholesale networks and/or franchise businesses.
- Strong understanding of luxury brand positioning, controlled distribution, and door productivity.
- Experience working directly with Department Store partners and Planning teams preferred.
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with NetSuite and Le New Black strongly preferred.
- Highly autonomous with the ability to own a function end-to-end in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills with confidence engaging senior leadership and external partners.
- Global or international planning experience preferred.
- Full package health benefits
- 401(k) Employer match
- Paid vacation
Who We Are:
Founded in 2014, AMIRI is a global luxury house based in Los Angeles. The brand’s intrinsic California spirit is deeply rooted in authenticity and creativity, with collections influenced by Hollywood and infused with West Coast skate and music culture.
The brand’s trajectory has followed a clear global strategy, with biannual shows at Paris Fashion Week, a robust international wholesale business, and a growing retail Flagship footprint. The brand's first stand-alone boutique opened on Rodeo Drive in 2020, and AMIRI has since expanded to twenty storefronts in key cities including New York, Miami, Las Vegas, Dallas, Chicago, Tokyo, and Dubai.
AMIRI’s culture and contemporary vision prioritizes quality, creativity, and innovation in every facet of the business. Founder and Creative Director Mike Amiri continues to safeguard and shape the artistic vision of the brand and design studio.
As the brand’s presence expands globally and is one of the fastest-growing businesses in the U.S. luxury fashion market, AMIRI is looking for visionary individuals with a creative and entrepreneurial mindset to join our team!
Salary : $100,000 - $110,000