POSITION TITLE : Senior Demand Planner, Retail - North America REPORTS TO : Director, Planning BUSINESS AREA : Merchandising & Planning                          LOCATION:   Ogden, U                                                   OVERVIEW This role owns the retail demand plan for North America, ensuring forecasts align with store demand, inventory targets, and financial goals. The Senior Demand Planner connects merchandising, retail, and global planning teams to drive a clear, unified view of demand across stores and channels. In addition to planning ownership, this role leads the allocation function, managing a team responsible for in-season inventory execution. Success comes from linking strong forecasting with effective allocation to drive in-stock performance, optimize inventory, and support retail growth. WHAT MAKES THIS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK & PLAY: Hybrid work schedule A generous PTO policy, plus 15 paid annual holidays and 3 floating holidays Half-day Fridays for 5 months of the year An exceptional employee discount on all our products and sister brands (Arc’teryx, Armada, Atomic, Wilson) “Powder Bell” powder days throughout the winter season Healthy Lifestyle Benefit designed to support your well-being and active lifestyle Opportunities to engage in the community and with industry partners ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily: Demand Planning & Forecast Ownership Own the end-to-end retail demand plan at model, color, size, and monthly levels across stores Develop and maintain a consensus-based forecast aligned to store performance, inventory targets, and commercial plans Translate forecast into actionable inputs for open-to-buy and supply planning Incorporate store-level trends, regional performance, and product lifecycle into forecasting decisions Analyze and challenge assumptions to balance growth opportunities with inventory risk Retail & Inventory Performance Drive retail performance through strong alignment of forecast, inventory, and store demand Monitor sell-through, inventory levels, and stock productivity across stores and channels Partner with merchandising to influence assortment productivity and lifecycle decisions Ensure alignment between demand plan and in-season trading strategies Cross-Functional Leadership & Alignment Lead demand alignment across merchandising, retail, finance, and supply chain teams Serve as the key point of contact between retail teams and global planning functions Influence decision-making to align demand, inventory, and financial outcomes Drive clarity and accountability across teams through a single, aligned demand plan Allocation Leadership & Execution Lead and develop a team of allocators responsible for store-level inventory execution Oversee initial allocations, replenishment strategies, and in-season inventory balancing Ensure consistent in-stock positioning while minimizing excess and fragmentation Guide the team in reacting to business trends and optimizing product flow to stores Set allocation priorities aligned with demand plan and business objectives Process Improvement & Tools Drive improvements in forecasting, allocation, and retail planning processes Partner on development of reporting, tools, and dashboards to support scalability Standardize ways of working across demand planning and allocation functions KPIs Owned – Demand Planning Forecast accuracy Inventory targets and turns Store in-stock rates and inventory productivity SKU productivity (80/15/5 framework) Revenue and sell-through performance Allocation effectiveness (stock balance, availability, and flow) WHAT MAKES THIS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK & PLAY: Hybrid work schedule A generous PTO policy, plus 15 paid annual holidays and 2 floating holidays Half-day Fridays for 6 months of the year An exceptional employee discount on all our products and sister brands (Arc’teryx, Armada, Atomic, Wilson) “Powder Bell” powder days throughout the winter season Healthy Lifestyle Benefit designed to support your well-being and active lifestyle Opportunities to engage in the community and with industry partners PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORKING ENVIRONMENT  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to travel, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand and walk. The employee must occasionally kneel, stoop, crouch, twist and lift to 30 pounds, with or without accommodations.   Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.   The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but can involve exposure to varying noise levels, ranging from moderate to loud, as well as flashes of light.