EMEA DTC Merchandise Planner — Strategy to Execution

Arc'teryx Equipment; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Arc’teryx Equipment is seeking a DTC Merchandise Planner for the EMEA region to own and refine merchandise financial plans, tying regional demand to inventory, margin, and receipts across the DTC channel. You’ll partner with Demand, Supply, Inventory, Merchandising, and Finance to ensure plans are actionable and aligned with strategy.

You will develop and maintain weekly and seasonal plans, perform scenario analyses, and communicate insights to senior stakeholders, driving revenue,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related field.
• 3–5+ years in Merchandise Financial Planning, Financial Planning, or Demand Planning.
• Hands-on experience in sales, margin, and inventory planning.
• Strong understanding of top-down and bottom-up planning methodologies.
• Strong understanding of retail KPIs.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Strong data analytics and visualization capabilities, translating large datasets into insights.
• Experience with planning tools such as o9, Blue Yonder, Anaplan, Oracle (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain fiscal and seasonal DTC merchandise financial plans (sales, margin, inventory, receipts) by week.
• Manage Open-to-Buy and align inventory targets across the season.
• Run scenario analyses to identify risks and opportunities.
• Partner with Demand, Supply, Inventory, Merchandising, FP&A, and Commercial teams to align plans.
• Connect demand signals to margin and inventory implications and translate outputs to actionable insights.
• Conduct weekly trading reviews to identify risks, opportunities, and actions for performance.
• Own key KPIs: sales, gross margin, inventory turnover, markdown performance.
• Prepare and present planning recommendations and risk assessments to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analytics

Visualization

Financial modelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/ Supply Chain/ Operations

Tools

o9

Blue Yonder

Anaplan

Oracle

Job description

Arc’teryx Equipment is seeking a DTC Merchandise Planner for the EMEA region to own and refine merchandise financial plans, tying regional demand to inventory, margin, and receipts across the DTC channel. You’ll partner with Demand, Supply, Inventory, Merchandising, and Finance to ensure plans are actionable and aligned with strategy.

You will develop and maintain weekly and seasonal plans, perform scenario analyses, and communicate insights to senior stakeholders, driving revenue,