Alpinestars is the leading global performance motorsports apparel, protection and footwear manufacturer. For over 60 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.

The company, thanks to outstanding and constantly innovative products, is in a powerful growth phase in the global market, reflecting the strengthening of the staff in order to join our great successful team.

Position

We are currently looking for a Senior Planning Specialist to join the Planning Team based in Asolo. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in building and leading the global demand planning process for one or more business lines, and optimise, develop the supply chain process to deliver perfect inventory levels, to meet customers’ demands as well as minimising costs.

Main Requirements

• Forecast & Demand Analysis
  • You will build and manage 6 – 12 month rolling forecasts across all product categories, including special editions, OEM lines and collections.
  • You will consolidate input from sales, markets and key accounts to capture trends, upcoming launches and campaigns.
  • You will analyse historical sales as well as market trends to refine your forecast accuracy, as well as identifying deviations and proposing alternative solutions.
  • Moreover, you will also contribute to new-product introduction checkpoints (such as tracking go-live dates, sample availability etc).
• Planning Operations Execution
  • You will contribute to a 6 month rolling capacity plan (mid-term) aligning unconstrained demand with suppliers’ production limits and constraints.
  • You will consider MOQs, lead times, tooling constraints and seasonal peaks so to prevent cost escalation and minimise surcharges.
  • Moreover, you will challenge the demand plan when capacity constraints or costs risks arise, proposing corrective solutions.
  • You will be a key person to provide visibility on bottlenecks, inefficiencies to handle exceptions and priority shifts, collaborating closing with varied stakeholders.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
  • Acting as a main point of contact for your assigned business line, you will foster communication between Planning, Quality Control, R&D, Product Merchandising and IT Departments on all operational topics.
  • You will challenge “the way we’ve always done it” when it limits performance, bring forward new improvement ideas, methods and external best practices to improve availability and speed of response in the end-to-end supply chain.

• A solid experience in a similar position, ideally within a Sporting Goods Manufacturing and/or Textile Manufacturing company.
• Excellent skills on Data Analysis, KPI definition, trend analysis skills as well as root-cause investigation.
• In-depth knowledge of planning principles, forecasting techniques, production scheduling, as well as phase-in / phase-out management.
• Previous experience with ERP systems, SO99+, AS400, QlikView / Qlik Sense BI as well as advanced skills in Excel (pivot tables, lookups, basic macros).
• Fluency in English – Comfortable with working in a fully English speaking environment.

Location – Asolo (On site)