Director, Global Supply Planning; Vans & Altra)

Position: Director, Global Supply Planning (Vans & Altra)
## Director, Global Supply Planning (Vans & Altra)
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- ** Director, Global Supply Planning — Vans & Altra
**** About Global Supply Planning Function:
** Global Supply Planning plays a critical role in connecting brand strategy, regional commercial demand and supply execution into one integrated plan. The function ensures that demand signals are translated into clear supply requirements, capacity is secured across vendors and countries of origin, and supply risks are proactively managed to protect service, cost and business priorities. As part of the Planning transformation journey, this role will lead the team toward the Global Supply Planning North Star — becoming the global orchestrator that turns demand into executable supply decisions through data, collaboration and AI-enabled planning.
** Job Overview:
** As the Director, Global Supply Planning, you will be the single point of accountability for end-to-end global supply planning and fulfilment for the assigned brand group across plan, confirm and deliver. You will translate commercial intent into a clear supply position, secure the capacity required to enable the plan, and own the supply narrative back to Global Brand Planning and Regional Planning.
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* Key Responsibilities:

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* ** Own the Integrated Brand Supply Plan:
** Lead the global supply plan across LRP, pre-season, in-season and S&OP as one connected cycle aligned to GTM milestones.
* ** Translate Commercial Intent into Supply Requirements:
** Consolidate and challenge regional planning inputs with evidence, establish assumptions, and define the supply position required to support brand growth.
* ** Surface Supply-Demand Risks and Trade-offs:
** Identify gaps across categories, regions, vendors and seasons, and frame options with clear business consequences.
* ** Secure Capacity and Lead Buy Execution:
** Translate the supply plan into capacity requirements 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:
** Secure capacity commitments with supply partners, build flexibility into the network, and maintain visibility into production and delivery performance across all countries of origin.
* ** Own the Brand Supply Narrative:
** Act as the single window to Regional Planning and Global Brand Planning, providing an integrated view of supply performance, risks, mitigation plans and decision needs.
* ** Lead Service Protection and Escalation Management:
** Prioritize mitigation based on brand, franchise and consumer impact, and escalate only issues requiring cross-functional decisions.
* ** Lead Capability and Change:
** Coach and develop pillar leaders and their teams, drive the transition to a brand-based operating model, and champion new ways of working, capacity visibility and performance accountability.
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Competencies:

**** 1. Strategic Thinking and Brand Supply Planning Expertise
*** Ability to connect brand commercial strategy, LRP, merchandising direction and demand drivers into an executable global supply plan.
* Strong understanding of end-to-end planning across upstream, pre-season, in-season and S&OP cycles.
* Ability to define trade-offs and scenario options across categories, regions, countries of origin and seasons.
** 2. Capacity, Buy Execution and Network Management
*** Deep knowledge of vendor capability, country of origin footprint, lead times, capacity constraints and flexibility levers.
* Experience leading buy execution, buy confirmation, PO creation, acceptance tracking and supply commitment processes.
* Ability to partner with Sourcing and Operations to secure capacity and…