**Manager, Planning** **Responsibilities** + **Leadership** : Lead all planning activities from long-range (Multi-Horizon) planning to seasonal planning processes. + **Support Development** : Develop seasonal supply planning processes and resolve service issues due to demand shifts, capacity problems, fabric concerns, and forecast variances. + **Decision Making** : Utilize relationship building and strong analytical skills to drive decision making, ensuring processes are integrated and aligned across all regions. + **Team Development** : Lead and develop direct reports under the guidance of VF Guiding Principles. Foster One VF culture in interactions with direct reports, internal stakeholders, and cross-functional teams. + **Process Improvement** : Lead current planning processes and implement improvements for efficiency in line with team and company strategy. + **S&OP and NPI Processes** : Lead S&OP and Critical products/NPI processes, partnering with the Regional Planning counterpart to develop and monitor processes, templates, and metrics, including target setting, training, and process maintenance. + **Global Operations Meetings** : Lead monthly Global Operations meetings. + **Demand Forecasting** : Understand demand forecasts and market information from regions to drive conversations and decisions for seasonal and long-range planning. + **Escalation Point** : Act as the escalation point for regions and production planning teams for order/shipment change requests to support on-time delivery and regional inventory targets. + **Sourcing Strategy** : Follow the sourcing strategy to develop country and factory group allocations, ensuring vendor capacity is considered and managed in the seasonal allocation process. + **Collaboration** : Work closely with Production Planning partners to consolidate SKU allocation, factory capacity, factory capability, business region requirements, and prebuild by construction, month, facility, and construction. + **Reporting** : Provide a consolidated demand report in a global view, prepare a prebuild plan by business team, and develop mitigation plans if a shortfall in capacity arises. + **Risk and Opportunity Analysis** : Provide risk and opportunity analysis and present to senior management and business teams. + **Planning Analysis** : Enable smooth seasonal/monthly buy through planning analysis/solutions to balance demand and capacity. + **Change Agent** : Act as a change agent/ambassador throughout the Product Supply and Supply Chain organization by building trust, communicating business objectives, and management vision clearly and consistently. + **Team Recruitment and Development** : Recruit and maintain a best-in-class team to meet or exceed business performance expectations. Foster an environment of empowerment and passion where trust, creativity, innovation, and openness can thrive. + **Strategic Leadership** : Provide strategic leadership and mentoring to team members, maximize their development, and drive clear succession plans. **Prerequisites** + **Experience** : At least 7 years of experience in planning, with exposure to manufacturing and/or consumer goods such as footwear, clothing, and bags. + **Supervisory Experience** : At least 3 years of strong team leadership experience. + **Education** : University/College degree/diploma or above. + **Language Proficiency** : Excellent English (writing and speaking) proficiency. + **Technical Skills** : Excellent Excel, PowerPoint, and presentation skills. Strong analytical skills and systems knowledge, with experience in SAP or Cognos required. + **Subject Matter Knowledge** : Possesses deep functional subject matter knowledge. + **Supply Chain Understanding** : Understanding of supply chain processes with experience in forecasting and S&OP. + **Management Experience** : Proven management experience, including leading, coaching, mentoring, and building effective teams within a department. R-20250117-0002 VF Diversity Vision Statement VF is committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our associates, customers, suppliers and the communities in which we live and conduct business. The continued success and growth of VF is enhanced through initiatives that promote diversity throughout VF around the world.VF is an equal employment opportunity/ affirmative action employer of minorities, females, protected veterans and the disabled. VF is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, and treating our VF associates and VF applicants without discrimination on the basis of their race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected factor.