Marketplace Planner, Footwear

Marketplace Planner, Footwear

What will you do?

As a Marketplace Planner - Footwear, you will optimize enterprise-level open to buy (OTB) strategies across the Americas, aligning financial plans with corporate objectives. You will collaborate with merchandising, finance, supply chain, and global teams to drive planning transformation, implementing new tools, analytics, and best practices for regional efficiency. This is a hybrid role, based in our office in Costa Mesa, California.

Let’s break down that day-in-the-life a bit more.

• 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.

What do you need to succeed?

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role, there are foundation skills you’ll need to succeed and excel. Additionally, while formal education in a related field is great to have, we are most interested in your 3-5 years of experience and professional achievements.

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• 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.

Now WE have a question for YOU.

Are you in?

Hiring Range: $73,440.00 USD - $91,800.00 USD annually

Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation: You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates on www.

MyVFbenefits.com and by clicking Looking to Join VF? Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

Please note, our hiring ranges are determined and built from market pay data. In determining the specific compensation for this position, we comply with all local, state, and federal laws.

At VF, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. If you require accommodations during the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. VF will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals to the extent required by applicable law.

Pursuant to all applicable local Fair Chance Ordinance requirements, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, VF will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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End Date: October 8, 2026 (12 days left to apply)

About Us

VF Corporation habille les consommateurs partout dans le monde grâce à son portefeuille diversifié de marques emblématiques de style de vie, notamment Vans®, The North Face® et Timberland®. Fondée en 1899, VF est l’une des plus importantes entreprises mondiales de vêtements, de chaussures et d’accessoires. Elle exerce ses activités de façon socialement et écologiquement responsable dans de nombreuses régions du monde, catégories de produits et canaux de distribution.

VF s’engage à offrir des produits novateurs aux consommateurs et à créer une valeur durable pour ses clients et ses actionnaires.

VF Corporation outfits consumers around the world with its diverse portfolio of iconic lifestyle brands, including Vans®, The North Face®, and Timberland®. Founded in 1899, VF is one of the world's largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies with socially and environmentally responsible operations spanning numerous geographies, product categories and distribution channels. VF is committed to delivering innovative products to consumers and creating long-term value for its customers and shareholders.

Énoncé de vision de VF en matière de diversité VF s’engage à créer un environnement inclusif qui accueille et valorise les différences parmi tous ses associés, ses clients, ses fournisseurs et les collectivités où nous vivons et exerçons nos activités. Le succès et la croissance continus de VF sont renforcés par des initiatives qui favorisent la diversité à l’échelle mondiale. VF s’engage à offrir l’égalité des chances en matière d’emploi et à traiter ses associés et ses candidats sans discrimination fondée sur la race, la couleur, le sexe, l’âge, l’origine nationale, la religion, l’orientation sexuelle, l’identité ou l’expression de genre, l’état matrimonial, la citoyenneté, un handicap, le statut d’ancien combattant protégé, le statut VIH/sida ou tout autre motif protégé par la loi.

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