Lead Sales and Operations Planning

Auto req ID: 62374 Title: Lead Sales and Operations Planning Job Function: Strategy and Business Planning Location: JUNEAU Workplace Category: Onsite Company: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Full or Part-Time: Full Time Shift: SHIFT1

In 1903, out of a small shed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, four young men lit a cultural wildfire that would grow and spread across geographies and generations. Their innovation and imagination for what was possible on two wheels sparked a transportation revolution that would make Harley-Davidson the most recognizable motorcycle brand in the world. Today, we continue to define motorcycle culture, evoking soul-stirring emotion reflected in every product and experience we deliver - like we have for well over a century and will for generations to come. Are you ready to ride with us?

Harley-Davidson Motor Company, founded in a humble Milwaukee backyard shed in 1903, still calls the city home. Today, its Corporate Campus includes a 4.8-acre public park—a welcoming greenspace open to all. Join our team as a Lead Sales and Operations Planning.

Job Summary

The Lead Sales & Operations Planning role serves as a key inventory planning subject matter expert for the MotorClothes & Licensing business. This role is responsible for developing and maintaining inventory plans, optimizing stock levels, and ensuring global product availability while balancing service, inventory, and financial objectives. The role translates sales forecasts, merchandising strategies, and assortment plans into actionable inventory plans while identifying risks and opportunities that impact inventory, service, and financial performance. The position identifies inventory risks and opportunities, supports product lifecycle management, and partners cross-functionally to optimize inventory performance across regions and channels. The role requires strong analytical capabilities, business acumen, and the ability to effectively influence stakeholders across multiple functions. This role plays a critical part in supporting product availability, improving inventory efficiency, and enabling profitable growth within the MotorClothes & Licensing business.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain inventory plans for all Motorclothes categories, ensuring alignment with sales forecasts, assortment strategies, and business objectives.

• Monitor global inventory levels, safety stock, and replenishment requirements to optimize product availability.

• Analyze regional historical sales trends and ongoing forecasts, seasonality, and inventory health metrics to improve inventory decisions.

• Identify inventory risks and opportunities, including excess inventory, stockouts, aging inventory, and supply constraints, and recommend corrective actions.

• Partner closely with business functions to ensure inventory plans reflect current business conditions and future opportunities.

• Lead regional-level inventory reviews as part of the monthly S&OP process, providing insights and recommendations to support financial, inventory, and service objectives.

• Manage global inventory strategies for product launches, carryover assortments, and end-of-life product transitions.

• Collaborate with Supply Planning and Sourcing teams to balance inventory investments, service levels, lead times, and operational objectives.

• Monitor and report key inventory performance metrics, including inventory turns, backorder and fill rates, weeks of supply, excess inventory, and markdown exposure.

• Support assortment and lifecycle planning by monitoring product introductions, transitions, and discontinuations while identifying inventory risks and opportunities.

• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance inventory planning methodologies, reporting tools, processes, and system capabilities.

Education Requirements

High School Diploma or Equivalent Required

Education Specifications

N/A

Education and Experience Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, inventory management, supply chain planning, or Sales & Operations Planning.

• Strong understanding of inventory management principles, replenishment strategies, and inventory optimization methodologies.

• Experience analyzing inventory performance metrics and making data-driven recommendations.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

• Experience working with ERP and planning systems (SAP, SO99+, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, o9, Anaplan, Just Enough, or similar platforms).

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Analytics, Operations, or a related field.

• APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP, or related certification).

• Experience within apparel, footwear, retail, consumer products or omnichannel businesses.

• Experience supporting Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) or Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes.

• Experience with business intelligence and reporting tools such as Power BI, Fabric, Tableau, or similar platforms.

• Knowledge of seasonal inventory planning, assortment management, allocation and replenishment.

• Knowledge of dealer, wholesale and retail distribution networks.

The pay range shown represents the national average pay range for this role. Your pay may be more or less than the stated range and is dependent on your geographic location and level of experience.

We offer an inclusive compensation package for all full-time salaried employees including, but not limited to, annual bonus programs, health insurance benefits, a 401k program, onsite fitness centers and employee stores, employee discounts on products and accessories, and more. Learn more about Harley-Davidson here.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

Direct Reports: No Travel Required: 0 - 10% Pay Range: $108,000 - $161,900 Visa Sponsorship: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or visa transfer Relocation: This position is eligible for domestic relocation assistance (within posted country)