Senior Demand Planner, Performance - North America

Salomon • Ogden, UT

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role owns the development and delivery of a strong, market-driven demand plan for the North American business. The Senior Demand Planner, Performance is responsible for creating a clear, accurate forecast that aligns commercial goals with inventory investment and financial targets. Sitting within the merchandising & planning function, this role connects sales, merchandising, and global planning teams to drive a single, aligned view of demand. You will use data, market insight, and category knowledge to guide buying decisions, improve forecast accuracy, and support overall business performance. This is a strategic, high-impact role that goes beyond building a forecast — it requires challenging assumptions, influencing stakeholders, and ensuring the business is aligned to the right demand plan to drive growth while managing risk.

Requirements

• 5–8+ years of experience in demand planning, merchandise planning, or supply chain planning
• Prior experience in the lifestyle, outdoor or athletic industry with a focus on softgoods preferred; previous merchandising experience is advantageous, but not required
• strong analytical capabilities with the ability to translate data into strategic and tactical actions
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with planning systems strongly preferred
• Experience in apparel, footwear, outdoor, or consumer goods industries preferred
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience working in global or matrixed organizations is a plus

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end demand plan at model, color, size, and monthly levels
• Develop and maintain a consensus-based forecast aligned to service level targets, inventory goals, and commercial plans
• Translate forecast into actionable inputs for open-to-buy and supply planning
• Analyze, challenge, and refine market forecasts to balance growth ambition with inventory risk
• Manage complex categories, including new product launches and variable demand patterns
• Drive category-level performance against inventory, productivity, and service KPIs
• Monitor inventory health, turns, and sell-through, identifying risks and opportunities proactively
• Apply SKU productivity frameworks (e.g., 80/15/5) to inform demand and buy recommendations
• Partner with merchandising to support assortment productivity and lifecycle decisions
• Lead or play a key role in demand consensus forums, providing data-driven recommendations
• Align stakeholders across sales, merchandising, marketing, finance, and supply chain to a single demand plan
• Act as the key point of contact between market and global planning teams
• Influence decision-making to ensure alignment between demand, supply, and financial goals
• Participate in sales order deadline booking processes and key planning checkpoints.
• Lead market conversations with global demand and supply planning to ensure timely buys and provide market input on blind buys.
• Collaborate on capacity constraints and available mitigation actions.
• Represent buy cadence within the market and organize teams to make timely, informed buy decisions.
• Mentor junior and newly onboarded team members, building foundational demand planning capabilities.
• Support onboarding through coaching on tools, processes, and best practices.
• Identify and lead process improvements to enhance forecast accuracy and planning efficiency
• Support development of tools, reporting, and frameworks to scale demand planning capabilities
• Drive adoption of standardized planning processes across teams

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule
• A generous PTO policy, plus 15 paid annual holidays and 3 floating holidays
• Half-day Fridays for 5 months of the year
• An exceptional employee discount on all our products and sister brands (Arc’teryx, Armada, Atomic, Wilson)
• “Powder Bell” powder days throughout the winter season
• Healthy Lifestyle Benefit designed to support your well-being and active lifestyle
• Opportunities to engage in the community and with industry partners

What This Job Offers

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