Senior Manager, Anaplan Product Owner - Planning Systems & Analytics

ABOUT KENDO

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group. A play on the words “can do”, Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• “Can Do” Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone’s voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It’s our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

The salary range for this position is $127,100 - $143,000 per year. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and San Francisco location. This is a hybrid role based in our downtown San Francisco office – Tues through Thursday in-office, with Monday and Friday remote.

Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount/perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks during the calendar year and December wellness/shutdown week for applicable positions.

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Eau de Parfum, Fenty Hair, Ole Henriksen, Lip Lab.

SUMMARY

The Senior Manager, Anaplan Product Owner – Planning Systems & Analytics will serve as the end-to-end owner of Anaplan across Planning functions, including Demand Planning, Merchandise Planning, Supply Planning, Production Planning, Materials Management, and Sampling.

This role is responsible for maximizing the value, functionality, and adoption of Anaplan as a core planning platform, while ensuring alignment across business processes, data flows, reporting, and system enhancements.

This position will act as the primary business-facing Anaplan expert and single point of contact for cross-functional planning initiatives related to Anaplan.

The role will partner closely with business stakeholders, data teams, and technical partners to gather requirements, translate business needs into scalable Anaplan solutions, maintain data integrity, and drive continuous improvement across planning capabilities.

The product owner brings deep Anaplan expertise, strong systems and analytics capabilities, and a solid understanding of end-to-end planning workflows, forecasting, reporting, and cross-functional business processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Anaplan Product Ownership

• 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.

Business Partnership & Requirements Management

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather, document, and prioritize requirements.
• 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.

Model Design, Development & Support

• 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.

Data Integrity, Integration & Reporting

• 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.

Training, Adoption & Governance

• 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.

REQUIREMENTS

• 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 preferred.
• 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 strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical, automation, and data visualization skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Power Query.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 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