Head of Merchandise Planning

In short

As the Head of Merchandise Planning, Americas, you will chart the course and set the strategic direction for all financial and product planning across the region. This role requires simplifying complexity to drive profitable growth, ensuring seamless alignment between global strategies and local execution across all channels. You will champion a culture of data-informed decision-making, operational excellence, and accountability, acting as a crucial leader for the Merchandising function. Reporting to the Director of Merchandising, you will lead a high-performing and growing planning team to optimize assortment efficiency and support On's overall strategic priorities.

Your story

You bring 9+ years of progressive functional experience in merchandise planning, demand planning, or a related commercial finance role, ideally at a premium or performance-oriented global retailerYou have 4+ years of direct people leadership experience, leading teams across multiple functions, and highlighting team scale and business unit or regional breadthSkilled at strategic alignment, you consistently map out and organize work to break down priorities into realistic projects and structures that incorporate necessary checks and balancesA master of informed decision-making, you make sound choices even with limited information, relying on a combination of analysis, experience, and judgment, and know when a swift solution is sufficientYou are adept at synthesizing people and interests, anticipating and integrating the concerns of various teams and stakeholders to align outputs with diverse interests and needsYou have deep experience in a fast-paced, matrixed organization, successfully balancing the need to optimize team performance with the contribution to cross-functional and organizational priorities