Footwear Marketplace Planner: OTB & Analytics

VFCorporation; Costa Mesa (CA); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

VF Corporation in Costa Mesa is seeking a Marketplace Planner - Footwear to optimize enterprise-level open to buy strategies across the Americas. You will collaborate with merchandising, finance, supply chain, and global teams to drive planning transformation and implement new tools and analytics for regionalefficiency.

This hybrid role is based in our Costa Mesa office and requires 3–5 years of experience with strong analytical skills, advanced Excel/Word proficiency, and a proactive approach

Qualifications

• Planning experience in an Omni, Multiple Retail Concept environment.
• Strong analytical and communication skills including the ability to read, analyze and interpret retail reports.
• A proactive business management approach, completing all assignments and job duties in a timely manner.
• Advanced computer skills including Excel and Word.

Responsibilities

• OTB & Financial Ownership - Owns and optimizes OTB strategy across key markets, aligning financial plans with corporate objectives while maximizing profitability and minimizing excess stock.
• Executive-Level Influence & Process Improvement - Partners with key functions like merchandising, finance, supply chain, and global teams to drive business-wide planning transformation, implementing new tools, analytics, and best practices to enhance efficiency across global operations.
• Regional Assortment-Analytically support the formulation of the Americas product assortment and the phases of product life cycle (preseason product line planning and in-season global trend analysis).
• Sales Analytics - Supports reporting across Vans' Americas markets, contrasting top-down plans to consolidation of data from multiple countries/channels to track demand trends across DTC stores/ecommerce, wholesale, and franchise.
• Demand Planning - Develops and maintains demand forecasts for key Vans product categories, ensuring alignment with brand and global sales strategies. Topline, attribute, style/color level.
• Cross-Functional Market Alignment - Works with regional merchandising, finance, and supply chain teams to align assortment and sales strategies across different consumer segments, factoring in key consumer moments, pricing strategies, and macroeconomic influences.

Skills

Planning experience

Analytical skills

Proactive management

Excel proficiency

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

VF Corporation in Costa Mesa is seeking a Marketplace Planner - Footwear to optimize enterprise-level open to buy strategies across the Americas. You will collaborate with merchandising, finance, supply chain, and global teams to drive planning transformation and implement new tools and analytics for regionalefficiency.

This hybrid role is based in our Costa Mesa office and requires 3–5 years of experience with strong analytical skills, advanced Excel/Word proficiency, and a proactive approach