Kendo Senior Manager, Anaplan Product Owner - Planning Systems & Analytics

About Kendo

Kendo is a dynamic beauty brand incubator within the LVMH family, renowned for creating and scaling distinctive names that shape contemporary prestige beauty. Since its founding in 2010, the company has combined entrepreneurial agility with the resources and standards of a global luxury group, fostering brands such as Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Ole Henriksen, and KVD Beauty. As an employer, Kendo offers an inventive, fast-moving environment where creativity, commercial rigor, inclusivity, and digital fluency converge. Its teams are encouraged to challenge convention, build culturally resonant products, and contribute to a portfolio defined by innovation, authenticity, and global ambition.

Role & Responsibilities

• Serve as the end-to-end Product Owner of Anaplan across Demand Planning, Merchandise Planning, Supply Planning, Production Planning, Materials Management, and Sampling
• Own the strategic evolution of Anaplan capabilities to support planning processes across functions
• Act as the primary liaison with internal and external Anaplan teams for enhancements, issue resolution, releases, and deployments
• Ensure Anaplan solutions are aligned with business priorities, process requirements, and long-term planning objectives
• Support additional departments in their transition to Anaplan, including processes related to logistics accruals, allocations, and budgeting
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather, document, and prioritize requirements and translate business needs into scalable Anaplan models, processes, and system enhancements
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for process optimization and improved planning effectiveness
• Conceptualize, prototype, validate, and implement process improvements that enhance usability, efficiency, and decision-making
• Design, implement, enhance, and maintain Anaplan models and related processes
• Lead continued improvement of existing forecasting, planning, and reporting functionality within Anaplan
• Develop new models and capabilities that improve planning, scenario modeling, and business insight generation
• Provide expert guidance and day-to-day support to Anaplan users across functions
• Serve as the in-house subject matter expert for Anaplan and related planning tools
• Provide support in resolving system, application, and process issues
• Ensure data integrity, consistency, and reliability within Anaplan
• Own and oversee data migration and integration into Anaplan from systems such as GCP, AX, and other upstream/downstream platforms
• Support data validation processes related to Anaplan inputs and outputs
• Partner with Data Analysts and business teams to streamline reporting processes and improve access to actionable insights
• Support the development of robust reporting and dashboards, including Power BI reporting, where needed and bandwidth allows
• Collaborate with business users on the ongoing evolution of how available data is utilized across planning functions
• Lead the internal SME network for Anaplan across planning functions
• Coordinate and support training delivery for Anaplan users to drive adoption, capability building, and process consistency
• Promote best practices, governance, and standardization across Anaplan use cases and user communities
• Help establish a consistent end-to-end planning workflow within Anaplan, ensuring efficiency and alignment across teams

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in systems, analytics, or planning tool development supporting forecasting, planning, and reporting
• Experience serving as a product owner, systems lead, or business lead for enterprise planning tools
• Strong understanding of end-to-end planning processes, including one or more of Demand Planning, Merchandise Planning, Supply Planning, Production Planning, or Materials Management
• Experience with data integration, including inbound and outbound data flows across planning systems
• Experience with AX, Power BI, or similar enterprise systems
• Deep expertise in Anaplan and planning systems
• Strong business process translation and requirements gathering skills
• Ability to connect cross-functional workflows into scalable system solutions
• Strong understanding of data governance, validation, and integration
• Excellent problem-solving and process improvement capabilities
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to lead through influence across technical and business teams
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Flexible, proactive, and team-oriented mindset

Skills

Experience

Minimum 5 years of experience in systems, analytics, or planning tool development supporting forecasting, planning, and reporting. Experience serving as a product owner, systems lead, or business lead for enterprise planning tools is preferred.

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred.

Workplace

Compensation

The base compensation for this position ranges from USD 127,100 to USD 143,000 per annum.

Benefits

Annual bonus, comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount and perks, retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks during the calendar year, December wellness/shutdown week.

Culture

Kendo offers a fast-moving, entrepreneurial culture where brand builders, creatives, and beauty experts collaborate to develop distinctive global beauty brands. As part of the LVMH ecosystem, it combines the agility of an independent incubator with the standards, resources, and international perspective of a luxury group. The environment values innovation, inclusivity, commercial excellence, and hands-on ownership at every level.

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