Head of Planning (TNF AMER)

VF Corporation • Denver, CO

4d • $203,040 - $253,800

About The Position

The Head of Planning for The North Face Americas is part of the Americas leadership team and leads the Americas Planning organization. The role sets and executes end-to-end merchandise and inventory (demand and supply) planning strategy across all channels, partnering with Merchandising, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Stores, and E-commerce to drive profitable growth, optimize inventory investment, and improve demand responsiveness in a complex omnichannel environment.

The organization spans Demand and Supply Planning, Allocation, Channel Planning and Buying, Inventory Management, Planning Analytics, and Marketplace Management. The position is accountable for integrating demand, inventory, and financial outcomes across the enterprise. It owns the planning vision across footwear and apparel, translates corporate and channel strategies into long-range, annual, and seasonal plans, and leads forecasting, inventory optimization, channel planning, allocation, analytics, and continuous improvement.

The role also acts as a strategic thought partner to functional and executive leaders, communicating insights and recommendations to support timely decisions. It leads organizational capability, talent development, succession planning, and a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Success includes profitable growth, improved forecasting and inventory productivity, stronger marketplace availability, disciplined planning execution, integrated business visibility, and a high-performing Planning organization.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in merchandise planning, buying, demand planning, or inventory management within footwear, apparel, or consumer retail.
• Proven leadership experience managing multi-channel, enterprise-scale planning teams.
• Deep expertise in demand forecasting, inventory optimization, allocation, and financial planning.
• Strong understanding of digital, wholesale, and physical retail dynamics and trade-offs.
• Highly analytical, with the ability to translate data into clear commercial actions.
• Ability to influence and partner effectively at the executive level.
• Advanced planning systems knowledge and strong financial and business acumen.
• Strategic, enterprise-minded thinking and strong commercial judgment.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and complexity.
• Results-oriented approach and bias toward action.
• Collaborative, transparent, and customer-focused approach.
• Passion for product, performance, and talent development.

Nice To Haves

• Formal education in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end planning vision across footwear and apparel, aligning demand, supply, inventory, and financial plans with company growth objectives.
• Translate corporate and channel strategies into five-year long-range, annual, and seasonal plans covering sales, margin, and inventory by channel and country within the region.
• Own the quality and integrity of the Americas business plan; identify gaps to sales, margin, and inventory targets and drive cross-functional actions to close them.
• Establish an omnichannel planning framework that balances digital, wholesale, and brick-and-mortar needs while optimizing enterprise outcomes.
• Lead scenario planning and risk mitigation for demand volatility, supply constraints, and channel shifts.
• Oversee demand forecasting and supply planning, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and alignment across channels.
• Set inventory targets and guardrails to support availability, service levels, and margin while minimizing excess and obsolescence.
• Drive inventory productivity through disciplined receipt flow, lifecycle management, and exit strategies.
• Partner with Supply Chain to align capacity, lead times, and deployment strategies.
• Lead channel-specific planning for DTC/e-commerce, wholesale, and retail, balancing financial rigor with channel-appropriate execution.
• Oversee allocation strategy to position products appropriately across stores, digital demand, and wholesale commitments.
• Oversee DTC promotional cadence and ensure marketplace price parity.
• Partner with Merchandising and Buying on assortment architecture, depth, and flow decisions.
• Own the planning analytics roadmap, including KPIs, reporting, and insights for strategic and in-season decisions.
• Use data, advanced analytics, and planning systems to improve forecast accuracy, productivity, inventory turns, and margin outcomes.
• Continuously improve planning tools, processes, and ways of working.
• Partner with Merchandising, Finance, Sales, Digital, and Operations leaders; provide clear insights and recommendations to executive leadership.
• Align financial planning with execution so plans translate into operational outcomes.
• Lead and develop teams across Allocation, Inventory Planning, Channel Planning/Buying, Inventory Management, and Analytics.
• Build succession plans and elevate functional capability through coaching, talent development, and organizational design.
• Foster accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Deliver profitable growth through integrated sales, margin, inventory, and demand plans across the Americas.
• Improve forecast accuracy and demand responsiveness, and increase inventory productivity, full-price sell-through, and inventory turns while reducing excess and aged inventory.
• Optimize marketplace availability and strengthen planning processes, decision rights, KPIs, and accountability across seasonal, annual, and long-range planning.
• Create an integrated view of DTC, Digital, Wholesale, and Retail, and elevate commercial decision-making with forward-looking insights, scenarios, risks, and recommendations.
• Build a high-performing Planning organization with stronger capabilities, future leaders, succession depth, and a culture of accountability and collaboration.

Benefits

• Additional compensation awards may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential.
• Eligible to participate in a Long-Term Incentive Plan.
• VF Corporation benefit programs are available; detailed benefit information is provided during the hiring process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed