About this role
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong>Purpose & Overall Relevance For The Organization<br><br></strong>Leads the end-to-end demand planning process, ensuring strong alignment between Brand, Sales & Supply Chain to deliver a reliable and unified sales plan. Plays a critical role in enabling commercial success by balancing demand, inventory, and financial targets.</p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">This role reports directly to the Senior Director Finance Türkiye.<br><br><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Facilitate monthly demand review process.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Drive regular demand updates in line with the latest net sales plan.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Drive financial kick-off with Brand and channels to start marketing seasons, providing financial and volume guidance and ensuring consistent planning during execution.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Drive regular discussions to align KCC with Category Leads (NS, SM, VOL & buy) for mid- and long-term planning and ensure accurate reflection in IBP.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">IBP: Drive consensus plan between Sales & Marketing.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Act as a strong business partner for the Brand Category Planning team, supporting business development and critical discussions with regional/global stakeholders.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Lead the Operational Demand Planning (ODP) process, ensuring the integrity of RDP (rolling demand plan) upload into APO (at article and size level) across channels. Ensure alignment to IBP.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Partner closely with Supply Chain and Local Sourcing teams, providing full visibility of the Rolling Demand Plan (RDP) to support buy, phasing, and capacity planning. Highlight risks & opportunities with a key article focus to support in-season decision-making.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Review and challenge inventory planning assumptions to ensure optimal inventory levels supporting sales ambitions.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Ensure standard margin controlling aligns the latest demand plan with targets.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Drive/support cross-functional demand and buy plan alignment with SLT.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Facilitate regular RDP, buy, and inventory review meetings.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Ensure timely and accurate IBP submission as per deadlines.</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Leverage reporting/dashboards or support demand planning-related projects (e.g., GIM tool, IBP25, M3, inventory enhancements).</li> </ul> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong>Key Relationships</strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">GM</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Finance Leadership</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Brand Leadership</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Demand Planning Leadership</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Country/Market Managers</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Finance Teams</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Supply Chain Teams</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Channel and Buying Teams</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Brand Teams</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Business Development Team<br><br></li> </ul> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong>Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities</strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Proven track record in demand planning within a large sales organization</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Strong interpersonal skills (e.g., relationship management, facilitation)</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">High personal impact and strong communication skills</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Strong analytical capabilities</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Proven methodological skills (e.g., data analysis, trend forecasting)</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Strong commercial and business acumen to challenge and drive consensus between Sales & Marketing</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Proven leadership capabilities</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Fluent in written and spoken English; additional languages are a plus<br><br><br></li> </ul> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong>Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications</strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Minimum 8-10 years of demand planning experience within a large sales organization</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Business/Finance degree from a leading school, MBA a plus</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Preferable experience in the sport or clothing industry</li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Experience successfully leading, managing, and developing a team (if applicable)<br><br><br></li> </ul>