About the Role

The Senior Demand Planner reports through the supply chain function supporting the team in forecasting wholesale customer demand, inventory management, analytics, reporting, and process improvements. The ideal candidate for this role is passionate about product, customers, data analysis with a relentless curiosity for insights that will optimize revenue, margin, and inventory productivity. This is a highly integrated position, interfacing with virtually every department, communication and collaboration is critical for success.

You’ll Make a Difference By

• Creating and managing demand forecasts while aligning inventory plans in assigned areas of the wholesale footwear business.
• Delivering results across revenue, margin, and inventory goals with a sharp focus on sales to stock, fill rates, assortment productivity, forecast accuracy, and inventory turns.
• Generating and aligning weekly/monthly demand and supply recommendations, focusing on business drivers with cross-functional partners.
• Evolving and maintaining documentation and standard operating procedures for demand planning processes and systems.
• Assembling, analyzing, and recommending demand/sales plans (e.g., statistical forecasts, historical sales, market trends, product trends, seasonality, marketplace insights, customer POS, capacity plans, inventory levels).
• Creating and continuously improving forecasting techniques, methods (statistical models and software tools), and processes to scale the planning operations.
• Leading demand and inventory planning meetings with merchandising, marketplace, and sourcing teams, delivering alignment across business drivers that produce revenue, margin, and inventory goals.
• Preparing, reporting, and communicating forecast and inventory measurements to management (forecast accuracy, inventory plan vs. targets).
• Other duties as assigned.

About You

• Wholesale experience required. Background in retail planning preferred.
• BA/BS degree in Business, Finance preferred, with 5-7 years related experience.
• Experience with enterprise-level software applications such as Cognos, Tableau, SAP/AFS and Vanguard or other advanced demand and inventory planning.
• Strong proficiency in MS Excel and experience with large data sets are essential.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and computer skills are essential.
• Enjoy intellectual curiosity, passion for learning and ability to maintain a positive attitude.
• Work well with multiple cross-functional partners, comfortable in sharing your recommendation with confidence while being open to all perspectives.
• A self-starter who takes the initiative and is flexible and adaptive to changing priorities.

About Ariat

Ariat is an innovative, outdoor global brand with roots in equestrian performance. We develop high-quality footwear and apparel for people who ride, work, and play outdoors, and care about performance, quality, comfort, and style.

The salary range for this position is $95,000 - $110,000 per year.

The salary is determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data for geographic locations. Ariat in good faith believes that this posted compensation range is accurate for this role at this location at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

Ariat’s holistic benefits package for full-time team members includes (but is not limited to):

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Expanded wellness and mental health benefits
• Paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and paid volunteer days
• 401(k) with company match
• Bonus incentive plans
• Team member discount on Ariat merchandise

Note: Availability of benefits may be subject to location & employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements. Ariat reserves the right to alter these benefits in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

Ariat will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws. Ariat is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis protected under federal, state, or local law. Ariat is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need an accommodation during the application process, email

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