Head Of Demand And Inventory Planning, Americas

In short

As the Head of Demand & Inventory Planning, you will chart the course and set the strategic direction for regional demand planning and S&OP execution in On’s largest market. You will simplify complexity and lead complex, large-scale initiatives to ensure the accurate planning of regional demand across the entire assortment, driving a better demand-supply match for our customers and commercial partners. Reporting to the Senior Director of Operations, AMER, you will lead the Demand Planning team to deliver forecasting excellence, operational efficiency, and a premium customer experience, while continually championing the culture of innovation and high performance. You will also oversee regional Inventory Planning strategy, and lead the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process to ensure alignment across commercial, operational, and financial plans.

Your Mission

• Set the strategic direction and provide clear priorities for demand planning and execution across the entire Americas region

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of high-performing Demand and Inventory Planners, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and strong Team Spirit

• Drive the regional consensus demand plan through effective Integrated Business Planning and S&OP processes, including building monthly apparel and footwear demand review process, driving collaboration across sales, merchandising, finance, and operations

• Ensure demand forecasts are accurate and timely, aligning inventory days, lead times, liquidation plans, and inventory aging through collaborative stakeholder engagement

• Accountable to process improvements and challenge prevailing assumptions to drive forecasting accuracy and enhance inventory efficiency in a rapidly growing environment

• Support the development of strategic inventory strategies for new product introductions and product life cycle management

• Own the regional Inventory Planning framework, setting coverage targets, defining replenishment strategies, and optimizing inventory health across channels and nodes

• Partner with Supply Planning, Logistics, and Commercial teams to ensure optimal placement of inventory across the Americas

• Monitor and improve inventory KPIs (WOH, turns, aging, excess) and lead cross-functional reviews to drive proactive action

• Lead and manage the regional IBP process, ensuring clear governance, aligned inputs, and effective decision-making across Demand, Supply, Inventory, Commercial, and Finance teams

• Drive continuous improvement of IBP tools, cadence, templates, and cross-functional participation to strengthen regional alignment and accountability

Your story

• You bring 10+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, IBP or Supply Chain for a premium or performance-oriented global retailer, ideally within the footwear or apparel industries

• You have 6+ years of progressive people leadership experience, leading a business unit or complex regional team of planners (including layered or multi-stream leadership) and scaling their capabilities to meet dynamic, cross-functional demands

• Demonstrated experience in operating and optimizing Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes to align commercial strategy with operational execution

• Expertly synthesize people and interests, effectively foreseeing and integrating the interests of various cross-functional stakeholders to drive alignment and sound, complex decision-making

• Deep expertise in managing technical or performance-based products with a focus on size/style variation and high-velocity SKUs that require short lifecycles and deep forecasting needs

• Comfortable operating autonomously to set priorities and strategy for the most relevant work within your domain, breaking down complexity to align and bring others on board

• Advanced experience in inventory planning or inventory analytics, with a demonstrated ability to manage coverage, optimize product placement, and drive cross-functional inventory decisions

What to expect

We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.

Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.

Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.

• Step One

  It starts with you...

  You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role. We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.

• Step Two

  Interview with a recruiter

  What ignites your spirit? This is where we’ll start getting to know all about you and what makes you tick – and it’s your first chance to get a feel for our culture. Chatting with a member of our talent team, you’ll learn more about On and how we work. We’ll learn about what motivates you and what you could bring to the team.

• Step Three

  Interview with a hiring manager

  Ready to dig into the details? This second interview will be held with your future manager and will focus on the specifics of the job. Together you’ll delve into your unique skills and experiences and how they could be relevant at On. It's also a time to assess how you might feel working side-by-side. Bring any questions you have about the job, the team or anything else you might like to know – this is an open forum.

• Step Four

  The Case Study

  What's your style? This task will help us understand how you think, face a challenge and give insight into your novel ideas. Designed to give everyone their best shot, your case study is based on something you might typically experience on the job. This is your chance to show us what you’ve got. So express yourself. Be you.

• Step Five

  The Experience Day

  Your first taste of the Oniverse. This is a time to meet some of the people you'll be working closest with. In person or virtually, you'll get a feel for the day-to-day at On and the people who make it happen. You'll chat with a few potential teammates - the conversations will be as equally driven by the role and your experience as by our values. We believe how you do things is just as important as what you do.

• Step Six

  The Result

  Are we a good fit? We’ll get together internally to share our feedback and decide if we’re a match. We know that job searching is a big time investment, so it’s not a decision we take lightly. It’s also time for you to reflect on the experience – are we the right place for you? No matter the outcome, we’ll give you meaningful feedback.

Step One:

It starts with you...

You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role.

We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.