Department: Supply Chain - Merchandise, Demand, and Inventory Planning
Capability Area: Global Demand Planning
Location: Portland Office, On Site
Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As the Senior Global Footwear Demand Planner at Arc’teryx, you will own the rolling demand forecast for one of the business’s major product categories, building statistically driven baselines, translating assortment plans into demand projections, and contributing to the monthly Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cycle with a consensus plan that the business can act on. You will work across a broad cross-functional network, including Merchandise Financial Planning, Sourcing, Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, Allocations, Merchandising, FP&A, and Commercial, and you will be the planning voice that connects near-term execution to a 1–5-year demand view. This is a role for a planner who brings rigor to their forecasts and knows how to balance statistical discipline with business judgment.
This role is based out of our Portland office. Candidates must be eligible to work in the USA.
Meet Your Future Team:
The Global Demand Planning team leads the development of a unified view of customer demand across regions, channels, and time horizons. By integrating financial, market, and product inputs, the team enables aligned, data-driven decisions and connects demand to supply and inventory planning across the business.If you were in the Senior Global Footwear Demand Planner role now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:
- Developing and maintaining a rolling near and long-term demand forecast, 1-5 years out, for the Footwear category, including generating baseline statistical forecasts and translating assortment launch plans into demand projections
- Participating in the IBP cycle to build a consensus demand plan, reconciling top-down financial targets with bottom-up SKU-level forecasts
- Providing volume outlooks to Sourcing, Supply Planning to support capacity and buy decisions, and building demand curves for new product launches
- Conducting scenario and risk planning, identifying demand risks and supply constraints, and bringing recommendations to cross-functional partners
- Work closely with Senior Footwear leaders in identifying demand drivers, and future growth opportunities across Regions and the Global business to drive assortment & product creation decisions
- Be a powerful voice with regions and Senior Leaders on the Global Footwear strategy, identifying areas of investment opportunities, categorising risks, and bringing creative solutions to the table in a fast growing entrepreneurial business environment
Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:
- Contributing to IBP process maturity and forecasting methodology improvements that strengthen planning across the organization
- Shaping how new product forecasting and demand curve development evolve as the product portfolio grows
Are you our next Senior Global Footwear Demand Planner?
- You have a bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related field
- You have 5+ years of experience in Demand Planning or Merchandise Planning, in a Footwear industry or Footwear focused portfolio
- You have strong demand forecasting experience, including deep statistical forecasting knowledge and advanced Excel and data manipulation skills, with experience with global and regional nuances
- You bring a strong understanding of retail KPIs
- You have experience with new product forecasting, including building demand curves for launches
- You have experience with advanced planning tools such as o9, Blue Yonder, Anaplan, Oracle
- You are comfortable working across large, complex data environments
- You are a strong analytical problem-solver who can balance forecast accuracy with business strategy and translate complex data into actionable insights for cross-functional partners
- You have experience leading planning for a major category, including contributing to IBP cycles, reconciling top-down and bottom-up plans, and identifying demand risks and supply constraints
- You are a strong cross-functional collaborator, able to partner effectively with Merchandise Financial Planning, Sourcing, Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, Allocations, Merchandising, FP&A, and Commercial
- You have experience mentoring and developing others, sharing specialized knowledge to support team growth and build capability within your area
Most new team members join between the start and midpoint of the range, where you can contribute right away while continuing to grow your craft, your collaborations, and your impact at Arc’teryx. This range reflects market alignment and the scope of the role. Individual pay is determined by your skills, experience, and level of responsibility.
We’re committed to fair, equitable, and competitive pay, reviewed regularly to ensure internal alignment and market relevance. Transparency is part of how we follow through on our commitments and how we honour the value you bring to our team.
In addition to base pay, Arc’teryx supports people through benefits designed to sustain both work and life:
- Health & wellbeing - Extended health, dental, and vision coverage, including mental health support, fertility benefits, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Financial wellbeing - Immediately vested 401(k) retirement savings plan matching, eligibility for Arc'teryx Annual Incentive Plan and access to Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), where applicable.
- Time & Flexibility - Paid time off, and No Wasted Day program (dedicated paid days to get outside & explore).
- Family support - Parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents, including an option to ease the transition back to work.
- Growth, community & gear - Professional development opportunities, Arc'teryx Academies (outdoor skill-building events), Employee Belonging Councils, and access to employee discounts and Pro Deals (exclusive discounted pricing on gear).
*Eligibility for certain programs may vary by role.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in demand planning or merchandise planning
- Experience in the footwear industry or with a footwear-focused portfolio
- Strong demand forecasting experience, including statistical forecasting and advanced Excel and data manipulation skills
- Experience accounting for global and regional planning nuances
- Strong understanding of retail KPIs
- Experience with new product forecasting and building demand curves for launches
- Experience with advanced planning tools such as o9, Blue Yonder, Anaplan, or Oracle
- Comfort working across large, complex data environments
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills and ability to translate complex data into actionable insights
- Experience leading planning for a major category, including IBP cycles, top-down and bottom-up plan reconciliation, and demand risk identification
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills
- Experience mentoring and developing others
- Eligibility to work in the United States
What We Do
Arc’teryx is a global design company based in North Vancouver, B.C. that specializes in technical high-performance outerwear and equipment. We design and manufacture a wide range of mountain sports outdoor apparel and equipment for all conditions and experiences, including mountaineering, ice and rock climbing, skiing, snowboarding, and trail running. Our company is built on a passionate and relentless commitment to design, craftsmanship and performance. We have a unique construction process that enables us to create technical products that can be trusted to perform at the point of extreme need. We are uniquely positioned in our industry as we have our own factory located in New Westminster, BC, which enables us to build products with a meticulous focus on detail and performance. We leverage this manufacturing knowledge and share it with our global partner factories. In the Coast Mountain Range behind our headquarters and design centre in North Vancouver, we field test our products in real world conditions allowing us to create the best-fitting, longest-lasting, highest-performing technical products available. We distribute our outerwear and equipment through more than 3,000 retail locations worldwide, in over 40 countries globally, including 38 branded and outlet stores in Europe, North America and Asia. The company started with six employees in 1989 and now has more than 1000 employees in Canada.
