Senior Manager, US Demand Planning

Job Description

Senior Manager, Demand Planning | YETI

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at YETI, located in Austin, Texas, USA. YETI builds high-quality gear designed to make time spent outdoors extraordinary. This role is critical for leading the US Demand Planning organization, advancing forecasting and Integrated Business Planning capabilities, and translating commercial strategies into a data-driven demand plan that informs operational and financial decisions. The Senior Manager plays a pivotal part in ensuring customers receive the gear they need for their adventures.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person – Austin, Texas, USA

• Team: Leads a team of Demand Planners within the US Demand Planning organization.
• Mission: Leads and advances US demand forecasting, planning, and Integrated Business Planning capabilities to enable robust operational and financial decision-making.
• Tech Stack: SAP IBP, Excel, Power BI, Tableau

What You’ll Actually Do
• Lead Demand Planning Function: Provide leadership for the US Demand Planning team, including hiring, coaching, developing, and retaining planning talent, while establishing clear priorities and accountability.
• Own Consensus Demand Plan: Lead the development of the US consensus demand forecast across channels, categories, and planning horizons, ensuring it reflects aligned commercial, product, customer, and market inputs.
• Drive Integrated Business Planning: Lead the monthly demand review and planning cadence, partnering with Finance, Supply Planning, and Commercial teams to support S&OP and executive planning processes.
• Govern Planning Processes: Establish clear ownership, decision rights, and planning governance across regional and global planning teams, standardizing processes, templates, and quality controls.
• Advance Planning Systems & Analytics: Serve as a senior business leader for demand planning systems, tools, data quality, and reporting capabilities, driving forecast accuracy improvements and leveraging advanced analytics.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Operations, Analytics, or a related field, leading a demand planning function.
• Experience: 8+ years of progressive experience in demand planning, supply chain planning, business planning, finance, or analytics; 7+ years of people leadership, including coaching and developing planning talent; demonstrated experience leading S&OP, IBP, or executive planning processes; experience with SAP IBP or an equivalent enterprise planning platform.
• Skills: Strong forecasting, analytical, financial, and scenario-modeling capabilities; advanced proficiency with Excel; experience with visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau; proven ability to influence senior cross-functional stakeholders.
• Bonus: Consumer products, retail, apparel, outdoor, sporting goods, or omnichannel experience; experience managing seasonal volatility, product proliferation, and new product introductions; experience leading planning transformation, operating model design, systems implementation, or process modernization; experience applying AI, automation, and advanced analytics within planning workflows.