Director of US Demand Planning

About the Role

Own and drive the end-to-end demand planning strategy for Dyson US serving as the critical link between US Commercial leadership Asia-based Supply Chain and Americas Executive Teams. Set the vision for demand planning excellence and embed world-class processes to deliver against Dysons Double Dyson growth ambition. Inspire coach and lead a high-performing team of demand planning leaders and professionals. Steer and continuously improve the US monthly IBP (Integrated Business Planning) process for A/B grade finished goods and accessories ensuringoptimalalignment with Group strategy.

Main Accountabilities and Key Responsibilities

Executive Cross-Functional Leadership

• Forge strategic partnerships with Commercial Marketing Group Supply Chain and regional leadership to shape unified customer-centric demand plansaligned tightly to market intelligence commercial targets and inventoryoptimisation.

• Serve as the senior chair for US supply planning and IBP meetings shaping executive-level decision-making within Dyson US and with Group.

Strategic Demand Planning

• Oversee development and sign-off of demand and inventory targets at total market customer and product category levels.

• Leverage data-driven analytics advanced forecasting tools and sophisticated modelling to inform short- and long-term plans.

• Set the vision for demand planning deliverables and drive best-in-class ways of working championing processinnovationandstandardisation.

Business Performance and Continuous Improvement

• Own end-to-end S&OP/IBP cadence for Dyson US market continuouslyidentifyingand implementing improvements.

• Anticipate and mitigaterisksactivating response options with agility in partnership with senior leadership.

• Utiliseadvanced performance analytics toidentifygaps and drive process improvements that enhance forecast accuracy and inventory health.

Commercial Planning and New Product Introduction

• Direct strategic promotional alignment and assortment planning tomaximisecommercial impact across channels.

• Drive scenario planning and long-range forecasting to support annual budgets and multi-year business plans.

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication

• Act asprimaryinterfacefor all critical demand changes to US and global ELT ensuring leadership is informed and enabled totake action.

• Build executive-level consensus for all demand and supply plans managing cross-functional alignment and rapid escalation of issues.

Leadership and Team Development

• Inspire develop and mentor a team of demand planning managers and senior analysts.

• Drive a high-performance results-oriented culturesetting clear expectations providing coaching and enabling growth.

Quality and Compliance

• Oversee product pipeline integrity including replenishment strategies NPD timelines and compliance checks in partnership with Quality and Audit.

About You

• Bachelors degree; MBA or relevant advanced degree highly preferred (Supply Chain Business or related field).

• 12 years of progressive experience in demand planning forecasting or supply chain strategy with at least 5 years leading multi-layered teams in large-scale fast-paced CPG or consumer technology environments.

• Strong executive presence and proven ability to influence at C-suite and Group level.

• Demonstratedexpertisein S&OP/IBP leadership scenario planning and advanced forecasting systems (SAP Anaplan Kinaxis or equivalent).

• Transformational leader witha track recordof buildinghigh-performing engaged teams and driving process innovation.

• Deep analytical capability; expert in business modelling commercial math and problem-solving.

• Exceptional communicatorable tosynthesisecomplex data and strategic insights for broad and senior audiences.

• Demonstrated bias for action agility and ownership.

• Unwavering integrity professionalism and commitment to Dysons pioneering culture.