Job Details - Director of Demand Planning, San Francisco, CA

Make a difference. Make History. Our products have captured the attention, imagination and loyalty of generations of diverse individuals since our founding over 150 years ago. We created the world's first blue jean in 1873, but we didn't stop there. We've had an impact on every decade since, from activewear for women in the early 20th century, to leading the casual businesswear revolution of the 1990s with our DockersR brand, to providing everyday values with our Signature by Levi Strauss T brand.

Throughout our long history we've driven change in the marketplace and in the world, offering products that are right for every generation. Today, we are offering an opportunity that may be right for you.

Responsibilities:

The Director, Demand Planning - Men's leads the Demand Planning team for the Dockers brand and consumer segment in delivering accurate demand and shipping forecasts and providing meaningful market intelligence to achieve sustainable growth.

• Represent total category demand forecast and formulate resulting implications to internal partners.
• Lead organization to develop unbiased, independent and accurate forecasts of unconstrained demand at the product code level over predetermined period of time.
• Drive actionable management decision making.
• Deliver shipping forecast based on constraints.
• Lead collaborative planning effort on key accounts in region.
• Provide quantitative support for development of sales strategies, promotion and assortment plans.
• Lead creation of bottoms-up account level forecasts.
• Build consensus with cross-functional partners.
• Provide category POV to merchandising for developing assortment plans.
• Provide forecast with error to supply planning to implement inventory strategies to achieve service level and inventory targets.
• Provide quantitative analyses and recommendations to support product lifecycle management decisions.
• Provide proactive and ad hoc quantitative support/analytics.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (10+ years of combined college education and experience may be substituted for a degree)
• Minimum 7 years proven management experience in planning/forecasting with increased levels of responsibility
• Experience in leading a department and cross-functional team - sets clear, compelling and consistent direction

Additional Qualifications:

• Master's degree preferred with Retail or wholesale experience
• Strong project & team management skills - eliminates non-value-added business activities to improve productivity and profitability
• Works collaboratively across internal and external organizational boundaries to optimize business outcomes
• Strong financial acumen - eliminates non-value added business activities to improve productivity and profitability
• Exceptional strategic thinking capabilities with the ability to frame problems and provide solutions - strength in analytical problem solving skills
• Ability to simplify complex analysis that delivers comprehensive understanding and actionable recommendations
• Demonstrated initiative with the ability to anticipate and prepare for specific opportunities or problems that may not be obvious to others
• Demonstrated action-orientation with the ability to create opportunities and avoid future problems
• Flexibility with the ability to adapt to meet new requirements
• Ability to work with considerable ambiguity and/or multiple priorities

Every day, our employees make a difference because they are part of a legendary company where they are encouraged to contribute their unique talents and perspectives to help shape the future of our powerful apparel brands. We offer a dynamic, inspiring work environment and a corporate culture characterized by ethical conduct and a commitment to social responsibility. Our compensation package is innovative and includes competitive salaries, incentive plans and a wide range of progressive benefits. We invite you to learn more about who we are and what we have to offer by visiting our website at www.levistrauss.com. For consideration for this opportunity, please apply on-line and search for Job Number 0900665. http://levistrauss.com/Careers/NorthAmerica.aspx