Director, Demand Planning

Department: Merchandise Planning & AllocationsReports to: Senior Director, Merchandise PlanningLocation: North Vancouver, BC, On-SiteYour Opportunity at ARC’TERYX: The Director, Demand Planning leads a team of planners in enabling the organization to achieve its Long-Term Strategic Plan (LTSP). You develop the company’s demand plan and inventory strategy to improve product availability while minimizing excess inventory for our Wholesale, Professional, and International Business Units. Additionally, you work closely with our Direct to Consumer Merchandise Planning team to ensure cross-functional alignment of our buying strategies and effective omni-channel inventory management and to maximize fulfillment of our wholesale order book. This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is expected to be performed on-location. Meet Your Future Team:Demand Planners are the Buyers of the Wholesale sales channels and work closely with global commercial teams to build sales and inventory plans that deliver our strategic financial targets. As the leader of the Demand Planning function, you set the pace and process of this work and ensure alignment with all cross-functional partners.If you were in the Director, Demand Planning role now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:Building and guiding a high performing Demand Planning team with the core competencies and capabilities in delivering a world class inventory managementDeveloping a short, mid, and long-term Demand Planning roadmap and org structureSupporting Regional Commercial leaders in developing forecasting best practices and working with Sales Operations to improve sell-in processesGenerating demand plans by region and channel that reflect our commercial and financial targetsManaging your regional/channel inventory in support of key company metrics and KPIsBuilding principles on depth requirements to support pre-season and in-season salesDetermining ideal inventory mix by region/channelWorking with Regional Wholesale teams to develop a multi-year key account and channel roadmapUpholding Fair Labour Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing throughout the Arc’teryx supply chainHere are some of the things you could be working on in the future:Developing S&OP Demand processesEvolving Wholesale Allocations and order book management processesWorking on future Demand Planning and End-to-End Planning processes and tools projectsBuilding out long range strategic plansAre you our next Director, Demand Planning?You have a Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Math, or StatisticsYou have 10+ Years leadership experience in Demand or Merchandise PlanningYou combine a strong understanding of sales and inventory forecasting best practices with highly developed analytical skills and business savvinessYou have experience operating in a global, multi-channel business, ideally one which is DTC lead with strong wholesale experienceYou are an experienced leader who builds consensus and who is not afraid to make decisions and knows when to follow the lead of your peers and team.You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutionsYou remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguityYou effectively balance autonomy and collaborationYou inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvementYou seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is rightYour passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it$146,000 - $182,000 a yearA reasonable estimate of the pay range is $146,000 - $182,000 CAD at the time of this posting. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors such as job-related skills, relevant experience, education and/or training.Please note that the range details above reflect the base pay only and does not include our competitive bonus program and benefits that we offer. #J-18808-Ljbffr