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Manager, Demand Planning - Supply Chain EMEA (m/w/d)

Arc'teryx· Supply Chain
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Hybrid (Amsterdam)Full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Manager, Demand Planning - EMEA responsible for owning the regional demand forecast, leading the Demand Review within the IBP process, aligning forecasts with financial targets and inventory constraints, and building a high-performing team to improve forecast accuracy and demand planning maturity for ARC’TERYX in the EMEA region.

Responsibilities

  • Owning the regional demand planning process and consensus demand plan across the 0-18-month horizon, ensuring alignment between statistical forecasts, commercial assumptions, and financial objectives
  • Leading the Demand Review in the monthly IBP forum, driving alignment between top-down financial targets and bottom-up SKU forecasts
  • Aligning demand forecasts with merchandise financial plan targets and inventory planning constraints, and reconciling where gaps exist
  • Establishing governance of demand planning processes, ensuring forecast assumptions, risks and opportunities are aligned, documented and communicated consistently across the organization
  • Continuously improving forecast accuracy through root cause analysis, driving optimization of demand planning processes and tools within the regional demand planning tool suite
  • Leading, developing, and building capability within the regional demand planning team
  • Building a more structured and scalable demand planning capability for the region as Arc’teryx’s DTC and Wholesale footprint grows
  • Shaping how demand planning tools and systems develop to support a more sophisticated, connected demand planning capability

Qualifications

  • A bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or a related field
  • 5-8+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Forecasting, or Merchandise Planning, preferably in a DTC or omnichannel retail environment
  • Strong experience in statistical forecasting, forecast accuracy, promotional and event-based forecasting, and new product forecasting, with specific experience across DTC channels
  • Strong analytical and data interpretation skills, with the ability to translate complex demand signals into clear, commercially grounded forecasts
  • Strong understanding of KPIs including sell-through, traffic, conversion, Average Unit Retail (AUR), Units Per Transaction (UPT), and inventory turns
  • Experience with advanced planning tools such as o9, Blue Yonder, Anaplan, Oracle (preferred)
  • Proven people management skills; ability to set a clear vision and foster team commitment
  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and challenge assumptions through data-driven insights

Skills

Required:Demand forecastingData interpretationStakeholder managementKPI understanding (sell-through, traffic, conversion, AUR, UPT, inventory turns)
Nice to have:Planning tools
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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