Planning Manager

Alpinestars is the leading global performance motorsports apparel, protection and footwear manufacturer. For over 55 years the company has been providing the world’s best athletes and motorsports enthusiasts in the pursuit of performance excellence with the most technologically advanced products which fuse protection, innovation and style.

Thanks to the outstanding quality and continuous innovation of our products, we are currently going through a solid expansion phase on the global market, for which we aim to reinforce our strongly international teams with top talent from anywhere in the world.

Position

We are looking for a skilled Planning Manager to take on the challenge and lead our Planning Department located in Asolo . You will lead and oversee all planning and scheduling activities to ensure an excellent level of efficiency in our operations, whilst also optimising workflow and enhancing productivity.

Main Responsibilities

• You will create and implement planning strategies based on solid data analysis, working cross-functionally extensively so to optimise our processes in order to meet our customers’ demands, production and organisational goals.
• Boasting a hands‑on and fully operational approach, as well as a solid understanding of specific markets, products and customer peculiarities, you will define forecasts and demand plans for our business lines on multiple time horizons and at multiple levels.
• Moreover, you will develop and implement solid inventory allocation strategies, so to maximise inventory placement, sales and customer experience.
• As an experienced manager, you will lead, coach and guide a team of professionals, taking on the responsibility of their training as well as performance management.

Qualifications & Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of and extensive hands‑on experience in working with Demand Planning principles, Inventory Management best practices and Production Planning.
• Solid international experience within complex product focused environments and used to working with a very high number of SKUs.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage challenging and international stakeholders so to align them on business needs and actionable plans will be a must‑have.
• Previous experience in managing a team, supporting them to grow, developing their skillsets as well as managing their performance.
• Previous experience in managing Demand System implementation projects or acting as a Key User for such systems will be greatly beneficial (i.e. SO99+ or similar).
• Previous experience in Digital Transformation projects will be considered a plus.