Supervisor, Demand Planning – 12 month FTC
Demand Planner, HOKA
At Deckers Brands, we value authenticity, inclusivity, and community impact. As a Demand Planner for HOKA, you’ll support the Demand Planning Manager in creating and maintaining regional demand plans and forecasts. You’ll work closely with brand leadership, sales, supply planning, and finance teams to deliver highly accurate forecasts that drive business decisions and achieve operational sales plans at the country level. Your role is essential in supporting the seasonal buying cycle and communicating across the business in the UK & EMEA.
Your Impact
- Create demand forecasts to ensure the right product is available at the right time, based on demand patterns and business trends
- Drive efficient SKU selection each season using historic trends and growth opportunities
- Analyze sales at style, color, and size level
- Maintain and revisit demand plans to identify short‑term sales opportunities and coordinate with stakeholders
- Ensure demand planning output meets introduction dates, launch requirements, and regional specifics
- Communicate proactively with Sales and Operations teams to ensure demand and supply visibility
- Submit demand summaries for monthly consensus forecasts and attend monthly demand reviews
- Maintain consistency across all brands within EMEA demand planning and process
- Partner with local Sales teams to understand variances, sales trends, and promotions impacting future demand
- Develop and execute product demand plans to meet organizational goals
- Monitor systems and reports for potential issues and liaise with IT to resolve
- Create regular sales and demand evolution reporting and ATP/Availability packs
- Align demand planning output with introduction dates, launch requirements, and regional specifics
- Lead communication and action planning with Operations and Commercial on innovation launch events
Who You Are
- Action‑oriented, problem solver
- Self‑starting, conscientious, comfortable working autonomously
- Flexible, adaptable, passionate, and committed
- Detail‑oriented with an understanding of the bigger picture
We would Love to Hear From People With
- Experienced planner with multi‑brand and multi‑region operations knowledge
- Strong understanding of Retail, Wholesale, and E‑Commerce operations
- Experience in wholesale demand planning roles in the EMEA market; omni‑channel experience desirable
- Commercially aware with knowledge of Manufacturing, Logistics, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and the end consumer
- Other European language desirable (French, German, or Dutch)
- Mathematically minded with advanced Excel skills
What We Will Give You
- Competitive pay and bonuses through a variety of compensation programs
- Generous holidays and bank holidays, plus flexible work arrangements such as half‑day Fridays when work is complete
- Discounts, perks, and volunteer opportunities
- Growth and development opportunities, including a global mentorship program
Equal Employment Opportunity
Diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer; our employees represent a variety of backgrounds and identities. We welcome qualified applicants who embrace their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, and all other aspects of identity.
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