Director, Global Supply Planning (Vans & Altra)

About the role

The Director, Global Supply Planning leads the global supply planning function for the Vans & Altra brand group, acting as the single point of accountability for end-to-end global supply planning and fulfilment across plan, confirm and deliver. The role translates commercial intent into a clear supply position, secures the capacity needed to run the plan and owns the supply narrative back to Global Brand Planning and Regional Planning. It sits within a planning transformation journey aimed at turning demand into executable supply decisions through data, collaboration and AI-enabled planning.

Key responsibilities

• Own the Integrated Brand Supply Plan, leading the global plan across LRP, pre-season, in-season and S&OP as one connected cycle aligned to GTM milestones.
• Translate commercial intent into supply requirements by consolidating and challenging regional planning inputs, establishing assumptions and defining the supply position.
• Surface supply-demand risks and trade-offs across categories, regions, vendors and seasons, framing options with clear business consequences.
• Secure capacity by product, vendor and country of origin, and lead buy guidance, global buy review, PO creation, confirmation and acceptance reporting.
• Partner with Sourcing and Operations to secure capacity commitments, build flexibility into the network and track production and delivery performance.
• Act as the single window to Regional and Global Brand Planning, providing an integrated view of supply performance, risks, mitigation plans and decision needs.
• Lead service protection and escalation management, prioritizing mitigation by brand, franchise and consumer impact.
• Coach and develop pillar leaders and teams, drive the transition to a brand-based operating model and champion new ways of working.

Required profile

• Proven senior-level experience in global supply planning, brand planning, supply chain planning, sourcing operations or related fields.
• Experience managing complex supply-demand trade-offs across regions, vendors, categories and countries of origin.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional stakeholders and influence decisions in a matrixed global organization.
• Strong leadership capability, including developing leaders and managing teams across geographies.
• Comfortable working with planning systems, data tools and transformation initiatives such as an Enterprise Planning Transformation project.
• Global scope with cross-time-zone collaboration; travel to vendor and regional locations as required.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of LRP, pre-season, in-season and S&OP planning cycles.
• Deep knowledge of vendor capability, country of origin footprint, lead times and capacity constraints.
• Supply risk management and the ability to frame mitigation options with clear service, cost and commercial implications.
• Stakeholder management and influence in a matrixed environment.
• Leadership, transformation and change management.