Senior Global Footwear Demand Planner
About The Position
The Senior Global Footwear Demand Planner owns the rolling demand forecast for the Footwear category, developing statistically driven baselines, translating assortment plans into demand projections, and contributing to the monthly Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cycle to create a consensus plan. The role connects near-term execution with a 1–5-year demand outlook and works across Merchandise Financial Planning, Sourcing, Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, Allocations, Merchandising, FP&A, and Commercial. The position is based onsite at the Portland office. Candidates must be eligible to work in the USA. The Global Demand Planning team develops a unified view of customer demand across regions, channels, and time horizons, integrating financial, market, and product inputs to support aligned decisions and connect demand with supply and inventory planning.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in Demand Planning or Merchandise Planning in the Footwear industry or a footwear-focused portfolio.
- Strong demand forecasting experience, including deep statistical forecasting knowledge.
- Advanced Excel and data manipulation skills, with experience addressing global and regional nuances.
- Strong understanding of retail KPIs.
- Experience with new-product forecasting, including building demand curves for launches.
- Experience with advanced planning tools such as o9, Blue Yonder, Anaplan, or Oracle.
- Comfort working across large, complex data environments.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills and ability to balance forecast accuracy with business strategy and translate complex data into actionable insights.
- Experience leading planning for a major category, including contributing to IBP cycles, reconciling top-down and bottom-up plans, and identifying demand risks and supply constraints.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, including partnering with Merchandise Financial Planning, Sourcing, Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, Allocations, Merchandising, FP&A, and Commercial.
- Experience mentoring and developing others.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a rolling near- and long-term demand forecast, 1–5 years out, for the Footwear category, including statistical baselines and demand projections based on assortment launch plans.
- Participate in the IBP cycle to build a consensus demand plan, reconciling top-down financial targets with bottom-up SKU-level forecasts.
- Provide volume outlooks to Sourcing and Supply Planning to support capacity and buy decisions, and build demand curves for new product launches.
- Conduct scenario and risk planning, identify demand risks and supply constraints, and bring recommendations to cross-functional partners.
- Work with senior Footwear leaders to identify demand drivers and future growth opportunities across regions and the global business, informing assortment and product-creation decisions.
- Represent the global Footwear strategy with regions and senior leaders, identify investment opportunities, categorize risks, and develop creative solutions.
- Contribute to IBP process maturity and forecasting methodology improvements.
- Help shape new-product forecasting and demand-curve development as the product portfolio grows.
- Mentor and develop others by sharing specialized knowledge and building team capability.
Benefits
- Extended health coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Mental health support
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fertility benefits
- Immediately vested 401(k) retirement savings plan matching
- Eligibility for the Arc'teryx Annual Incentive Plan
- Access to an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), where applicable
- Paid time off
- No Wasted Day program with dedicated paid days to get outside and explore
- Parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents, including an option to ease the transition back to work
- Professional development opportunities
- Arc'teryx Academies outdoor skill-building events
- Employee Belonging Councils
- Employee discounts
- Pro Deals with discounted gear pricing
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
