Assistant Manager Business Planning

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

This role supports the Senior Manager of Business Planning in driving OTB planning, trade investment management, and rebate scheme execution. Key responsibilities include maintaining accurate OTB and rebate-related data foundations, providing essential financial and commercial inputs, and coordinating required processes to ensure timely and effective decision-making. Through structured analysis and cross-functional collaboration, the role helps enable disciplined investment governance and account-level commercial planning.

Key Responsibilities:OTB Planning & Tracking:

Consolidate OTB targets at the account level, ensure alignment with group figures, and support the completion of the formal sign‑off process.
Track Net OTB across all customers—including on‑hand, cancellations, projections, and variances—while coordinating OC guidance, maintaining the OTB summary database, and generating clear tracking summaries.
Prepare required analyses and materials for buying meetings, ensuring decisions are supported with accurate and up‑to‑date OTB data.

Rebate Scheme Management:

Prepare materials for normal rebate schemes, highlight key changes and impacts, communicate with relevant stakeholders, and coordinate the full internal sign‑off process.
Conduct evaluations for special rebate components—including Trade Term Compensation, Uniform, Kicker, EPI, and others—to ensure alignment with commercial and financial requirements.
Support accurate documentation and cross-functional alignment to ensure all rebate schemes are reviewed, approved, and implemented according to internal guidelines.

Trade Investment Management:

Support the development and maintenance of a structured trade investment framework to guide the planning and governance of commercial spending.
Provide account‑level analysis on trade investment performance to ensure alignment with commercial objectives and financial guidelines.

Key Relationships:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Strong analytical and planning skills with attention to detail
High energy, resilience, and ownership mindset
Quick learner with adaptability to new tools and processes
Effective communicator and collaboration team player
Solid understanding of wholesale financial metrics and the sporting goods industry