Senior Demand Planner (The North Face, Americas)

At The North Face we dare to lead the world forward through Exploration. We were born to Explore, Disrupt and to Lead. We were born to Love Wild Places and to Spark Curiosity. We believe that exploration is a mindset - both on the mountain and off the mountain - and it infuses everything we do. As a community of explorers, we stay curious about new ideas, places, and people.

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Senior Demand Planner (The North Face, Americas)

What will you do?

A day in the life of a Senior Demand Planner at The North Face looks a little like this.

You will play a critical role in ensuring that the right products are available at the right time and in the right quantities to meet customer demand, while minimizing excess inventory and costs. In this role, you’ll support the forecasting process and help improve demand accuracy across key categories by partnering with cross-functional teams and leveraging data to identify trends, optimize forecasts, and support inventory strategy.

Let’s break down that day-in-the-life a bit more.

• Own and manage End-to-End Demand Forecasting: For assigned portions of the business – Lead demand forecasts across categories assigned throughout the GTM process, ensuring alignment with financial plans and marketplace needs. Be the Point of consolidation with Global planning, Supply planning, & other planning team for what concerns demand planning.
• Seasonal Planning & Forecasting: Develop and present seasonal carry-over plans for the marketplace (~40% of Seasonal Revenue), aligning with marketplace trends, brand direction, and pre-season forecasts in collaboration with Merchandising.
• Lead for Seasonal MFP & Regional OTB Support: Lead the creation and execution of the seasonal Merchandise Financial Plan (MFP) and support the Regions Open-to-Buy (OTB), ensuring alignment with financial targets and marketplace needs.
• Drive Forecasting & Marketplace Insights: Partner with Regional Merchandising to deliver GTM forecast inputs, conduct marketplace capacity analysis, and lead demand shaping activities with clear insights on trends and inconsistencies.
• Optimize Planning Systems & Strategic Programs: Own and maintain demand planning & DTC order management systems, oversee forecast accuracy, and lead key initiatives like Quick Turn, Vendor Managed Inventory, and Sales Replenishment programs.
• Enable Business Growth Through Analysis & Governance: Identify opportunities, risks, and growth drivers by category, ensure segmentation diligence, and drive cross functional alignment to enhance demand accuracy and marketplace execution.
• Reforecasting & Inventory Optimization: Manage style/color ladder plans for key SKUs, adjusting forecasts to meet turn targets and in-stock levels, while collaborating across teams to optimize marketplace inventory.
• Replenishment Planning & Seasonal Investment Management: Execute the marketplace never-out and seasonal investment program to optimize inventory flow and meet consumer demand. Place and manage the safety stock signals to ensure consistent availability.
• Optimize Channel Size Curves & Long-Range Planning: Own and manage all channel size curves in Logility, ensuring precision in demand planning, and lead the analytical rollup of LRP and MFP for strategic decision-making.
  
  

What do you need to succeed?

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role, there are foundation skills you’ll need to succeed and excel. Additionally, while formal education in a related field is great to have, we are most interested in your 5 years of experience in product demand planning or a related field.

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• Enjoy working with numbers, analytical mind, and sharp attention to details.
• Strong communication skills, collaboration, solution-oriented attitude
• Ability to present in front of large groups.
• Strong written and presentation skills to provide efficient training documents and presentations.
• Excellent MS Office application skills including Excel, Access, and Power Point
• Excellent organizational skills (planning, scheduling, and budgeting)
  
  

There are also a few skills that are not required but preferred.

• Previous experience in a Retail environment is a plus.
• Power BI experience is a plus.
  
  

We just have one question.

Are you in?

Hiring Range:

$90,720.00 USD - $113,400.00 USD annually

Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation: You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates on www.MyVFbenefits.com and by clicking Looking to Join VF? Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

Please note, our hiring ranges are determined and built from market pay data. In determining the specific compensation for this position, we comply with all local, state, and federal laws.

At VF, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. If you require accommodations during the application process, please contact us at peopleservices@vfc.com. VF will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals to the extent required by applicable law.

Pursuant to all applicable local Fair Chance Ordinance requirements, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, VF will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.