Senior Strategic Business Analyst

About Us

Love, Bonito is a digital-first company on a mission to empower the everyday Asian woman and inspire self-confidence. We are the leading direct-to-consumer womenswear brand, headquartered in Singapore, with an omni-channel presence across Indonesia and Malaysia, a retail franchise in Cambodia, and are fast expanding into international markets namely Japan, Hong Kong SAR China and United States of America.

Founded in 2010, we are proudly female-founded with more than 70% female representation across our organisation, leadership and STEM roles (#girlpower!). We raised a US$50M Series C round in 2021 and know that we’re on the cusp of something great, where we’re working towards becoming the most thoughtful brand globally, for the Asian female consumer, especially when it comes to our products, community and experiences.

There’s a lot more work to be done with all of our exciting plans. So we’re looking to team up with people who are wildly passionate about making an impact and be part of a dynamic team, in a workplace with no corporate BS (yes, you read that right!).

The Role

Reporting directly into our Finance & Accounting lead, you will be responsible for helping the buying-planning processes across our lines and subcategories and work collaboratively with our merchandising team to manage inventory.

Main Responsibilities:

• Business Planning
  • Lead ID annual Business Planning: financial modelling and planning; and seasonal re-forecast to ensure business growth.
  • Support execution of long-term strategic and financial planning.
  • Support performance management and monitoring.
  • Perform competitive analysis and benchmarking and provide meaningful recommendations for channel owners on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.
  • Monthly Planning: validate overall merchandise availability & launch plan with revenue targets.
  • Facilitate weekly and monthly performance meetings across all departments.
  • SALE planning: working closely with ID Finance, Commercial, and other teams for sale planning and the expected revenue targets.
  Inventory & Budget Management
  • Financial Review: Compare monthly actual performance with planned OTB.
  • Support ID Commercial with annual OTB creation and seasonal re-forecast.
  • Support ID Commercial to build monthly flow plans for sales and inventory.
  • Support and Collaborate with Finance and Commercial teams to reconcile bottom-up merchandise plans and top down sales targets.
  • Coordination with the Data Team to extract data required for the Merchandise Analytics Report.
  • Tracking on OTB spending: Work closely with HQ Planner and ID Buying team to ensure the buys are executed as planned.
  • Inventory Review: Prepare analysis to identify the Commercial team’s current standing and recommend actionables that should be taken.

Requirements & Experiences :

• Degree in finance, economics, business, merchandising, or other relevant fields.
• Min. 2 years of relevant working experience.
• Proficient spreadsheet skills.
• Prior experience as a financial analyst in a fashion company or commercial planner will be ideal.
• Prior experience in other data analytics software and tools (Tableau / Metabase) will be a plus!

What You Should Be :

• Good grasp of the Love, Bonito brand and unique proposition.
• A performance and data-driven attitude.
• Numerical strength, strong thinking, decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Superb project management, multitasking and execution abilities.
• Strong communication skills with internal and external stakeholders across all functions and levels.
• A well-balanced quality of good stress-management, planning, and prioritization capabilities.