Our vision is to create the world's most holistic health and fitness platform, integrating all elements of health - physical fitness, mental health, nutrition, and active recovery - into a seamless interactive experience. We develop proprietary software that learns and adjusts to the habits of each person as it delivers immersive content that guides them on their own individual fitness journey.

We are currently seeking a motivated individual to join our team as a Vice President of Sales and Operations Planning. This leadership position reports to the Chief Operations Officer and leads the Global Demand Planning, Transition Planning, and Weekly SIOP process. The primary purpose of this role is to develop, direct, and enhance our Demand Planning team and process on a global basis in alignment with the strategic vision of the organization. This role will also create and implement the organization’s Transition Planning process and team and guide and refine the weekly executive SIOP process. They will develop monitoring and methodologies to analyze sales metrics, support decisions, and highlight areas for process improvement.

The successful candidate will partner with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Finance to develop an accurate demand forecast for all SKUs in the designated area of the business. Accountable to provide focus and integration of data from Marketing, Sales, Customer Marketing, and Finance, which are used to develop accurate and timely forecasts supporting Operations, Sales, and Financial Planning. Ensure consistency of forecast assumptions across the business unit, including base business trends, promotional plans, new launch volumes, planogram changes, and seasonal volume.

Role Commitments:

Manage Inventory to achieve 4+ turns of playbook inventory annually
Improve forecast accuracy to 80%
Ensure sufficient demand is allocated to SE Asia for market growth
Manage inventory to achieve an average fill rate of 95%

Job Responsibilities:

Own and lead the Global Demand Planning function: Build a global team, design, and implement the processes, and support the planning system implementation.
Develop, recruit, and build the team
Organize the team roles and responsibilities as needed
Act as a coach, change agent, and mentor for the team and the broader organization
Assume traditional managerial responsibilities such as providing feedback, talent development, raises, and promotions
Develop, implement, and refine best-in-class forecasting process by channel and product family as needed (wholesale, E-Comm, retail)
Integrate statistical analysis with market, NPI, and promotional intel to forecast demand by sales channel and product category
Understanding and reinforcing manufacturing, marketing, and financial processes to link/align with forecasting processes
Provide guidance/oversight of SKU level forecasts to ensure alignment with business direction and consistency with market trends
Communicate demand forecast plans and the assumptions behind them through the supply chain
Establish and manage SKU level statistical forecasts for their specific area of accountability
Gather and incorporate all sources of market intelligence to produce the best possible operational forecast
Update and monitor process key performance indicators and diagnostics to ensure continual forecast improvement efforts and prepare written analyses, documentation, reports, or other data of a quality requiring minimal supervisory review
Own and lead the Global Transition Planning process:
Develop NPI and phase out process, supporting demand and inventory best-in-class processes
Orchestrate, coordinate, and integrate the transition planning across the Merchandising and Planning functions
Act as an organizational leader, able to coach, mentor, train, and influence stakeholders (sales, marketing, design, finance, manufacturing, customer service, vendors, and contract manufacturers, and Leadership) to maximize the effectiveness of the process
Strengthen a culture of continuous improvement, root cause/corrective actions
Own, lead, and support the weekly SIOP Process Meetings:
Own and organize the SIOP meetings and process
Support Operations in the development and integration of Supply Planning meetings
Support and co-lead integration of Supply, Inventory, and Financial reconciliation into executive SIOP process with VP of S&OP
Lead and own the S&OP process and the integration of all the E2E planning disciplines to balance supply and demand
Work closely with the Supply Planning team to identify and resolve changes in the forecast and their impact on the supply chain

This position is available in TX, FL, SC, NC, UT, and IA.

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