Head of Demand and Inventory Planning, Americas

Set the strategic direction and provide clear priorities for demand planning and execution across the entire Americas region

Drive the regional consensus demand plan through effective Integrated Business Planning and S&OP processes, including building monthly apparel and footwear demand review process, driving collaboration across sales, merchandising, finance, and operations

Ensure demand forecasts are accurate and timely, aligning inventory days, lead times, liquidation plans, and inventory aging through collaborative stakeholder engagement

Accountable to process improvements and challenge prevailing assumptions to drive forecasting accuracy and enhance inventory efficiency in a rapidly growing environment

Support the development of strategic inventory strategies for new product introductions and product life cycle management

Own the regional Inventory Planning framework, setting coverage targets, defining replenishment strategies, and optimizing inventory health across channels and nodes

The Demand and Inventory Planning team drives forecasting excellence, ensuring we get the right product to our customers with exceptional quality. We are focused, data-driven, and action-oriented, actively partnering with regional commercial teams to drive a precise, consensus-based demand signal. With the inclusion of regional Inventory Planning, the team serves as the connective tissue across demand, supply, inventory, and commercial plans, enabling the Americas to grow with greater speed, precision, and operational excellence. While we build and follow processes, we also continuously challenge the status quo and industry standards to support our business’ global growth.

You bring 10+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, IBP or Supply Chain for a premium or performance-oriented global retailer, ideally within the footwear or apparel industries

You have 6+ years of progressive people leadership experience, leading a business unit or complex regional team of planners (including layered or multi-stream leadership)  and scaling their capabilities to meet dynamic, cross-functional demands

Demonstrated experience in operating and optimizing Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes to align commercial strategy with operational execution

Expertly synthesize people and interests, effectively foreseeing and integrating the interests of various cross-functional stakeholders to drive alignment and sound, complex decision-making

Deep expertise in managing technical or performance-based products with a focus on size/style variation and high-velocity SKUs that require short lifecycles and deep forecasting needs

Comfortable operating autonomously to set priorities and strategy for the most relevant work within your domain, breaking down complexity to align and bring others on board