S&OP Manager Europe

Location: Genf

## S&OP Manager Europe Apply locations:
Petit-Lancy, Geneva, Switzerland time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R-021144

Reports to:

Omni Planning Manager EU Permanent contract EMEA HQ, Geneva, Switzerland Hybrid (2 days/week home-office)

Start date:

September/October 2026
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** ABOUT THE POSITION
** We are looking for an S&OP Manager to own and evolve our Sales & Operations Planning function at a European level, based at our EMEA headquarters in Geneva.

The role sits within the Demand Planning team and is accountable for the full monthly S&OP cycle across all our omnichannel revenue streams: wholesale, retail, e-commerce, partner stores. You will be sitting at the intersection of Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, and Distribution, with monthly deliverables that feed directly into European senior leadership decisions and global US reporting

As the S&OP Manager, you will run the monthly cycle end-to-end, consolidate the corporate forecast, discuss channel assumptions, and present a clear picture of where the business is heading to senior leadership. You own the inventory, KPI reporting, and communicate shipment forecasts to our Distribution Centers. And you are the one who knows, at any given moment, what the risks and opportunities are across all channels.

Beyond running the process, we expect this role to help us move forward. Our current tools are largely manual, our templates have not been significantly updated in years, and the process has room to be sharper, faster, and more impactful. We expect you to be able to diagnose what needs to change, articulate what better looks like, and drive that improvement progressively while continuing to deliver a reliable monthly cycle.
** HOW YOU’LL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
**** Run the monthly S&OP cycle
*** Lead monthly channel preparation meetings across all revenue streams to collect inputs and debate assumptions
* Consolidate the corporate forecast and present it to senior leadership for sign-off, with clear scenario analysis, risk and opportunity assessment
* Update systems post-sign-off and report to global US teams
** Own inventory and KPI reporting
*** Track inventory KPIs, identify deviations from targets, and recommend corrective actions
* Communicate shipment forecasts to Distribution Centers for workforce planning
* Handle ad hoc analyses driven by business context or requests from regional & global Finance and Supply Chain teams
** Revamp the process and modernise the tooling
*** Diagnose current pain points after your first cycles and propose a clear improvement roadmap
* Work with our analytics team to replace legacy macro-based tools with fit-for-purpose solutions — you will need to articulate what to build, not just what is broken
* Improve how we collect inputs from channel partners: better templates, sharper questions, earlier visibility on risks
** Build the partnerships that make the process work
*** Establish trusted-partner status with channel directors, senior leadership, DC teams, and global stakeholders
* Be present in the conversations that matter, both in the scheduled reviews and in the informal chats where business insights are shared
* Adapt how you communicate depending on your audience
** YOU ARE
*** Someone who has done the detail work and knows how to leave it behind when walking into a leadership room: you can crunch the numbers at granular level and then present a clear, credible story to a VP without getting lost in the weeds
* Comfortable challenging people more senior than you — not…