VP, Commercial Planning, EMEA

About Us

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact peoples lives in homes around the world. the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham Massachusetts with more than 3600 associates the companys products are sold at key retailers online and offline and through distributors around the world.

About the Role

At SharkNinja we create innovative products that delight consumers and define categories. As we continue our rapid expansion across Europe we are seeking a strategic commercially minded and data-driven leader to elevate our EMEA commercial planning capability and bring greater clarity to how we forecast align and execute across markets.

Reporting to the Global VP this role is the EMEA owner of commercial forecast orchestration. You will be accountable for delivering a consistent insight-led and action-ready forecast across the UK France Germany and Emerging EMEA. Sitting at the intersection of Sales Finance SS&A and Operations you will lead the regional rhythm of the businessaligning global expectations with local market realities and turning complexity into commercial advantage.

This is a career-defining opportunity for a leader who thrives in high-growth environments enjoys untangling ambiguity and can convert data insight and robust cross-functional debate into decisions that accelerate performance.

If you are excited by building world-class capability influencing at the most senior levels and raising the planning maturity of an entire regionthis is your stage.

What Youll Do

Own the EMEA planning rhythm

• Lead the end-to-end regional planning cycle (PT Consensus Forecast Reviews) ensuring quality consistency and clarity in every submission.

• Align country teams to global planning frameworks embedding standards expectations calendars and deliverables.

Champion forecast quality and insight

• Drive forecast accuracy and accountability across markets coaching teams to build reasoned insight-backed assumptions.

• Pressure-test inputs stress-test scenarios and develop forward-looking hypotheses that inform senior-level decisions.

Create cross-functional alignment that sticks

• Ensure Sales Finance SS&A and Operations operate with a shared planning language and set of priorities.

• Lead high-impact forums that turn ambiguity into clarity and competing perspectives into unified action.

Lift regional planning maturity

• Build and lead a high-performing team of commercial planning and orchestration leaders.

• Introduce new behaviours processes and tools that strengthen ownership precision and agility across all EMEA markets.

Act as the EMEA voice in global planning

• Represent regional insights risks and opportunities in global planning forums.

• Translate global direction into clear actionable guidance for markets across Europe.

What Youll Bring

• 15 years experience in commercial planning IBP/S&OP forecasting or operations within CPG consumer durables or retail/e-commerce.

• Proven success leading complex multi-country planning processes across EMEA.

• Strong experience aligning regional planning to global frameworks and driving accountability across diverse senior stakeholders.

• Deep commercial acumen with the ability to shape compelling narratives that influence executive decision-making.

• High level of systems and data fluency (e.g. Anaplan SAP IBP Power BI or similar).

• A track record of thriving in fast-paced high-growth environments with evolving portfolios and planning cycles.

• Exceptional communicator who brings structure clarity and calm to complexity.

• Bachelors degree required; MBA preferred.

• Fluency in English required; additional European languages are a plus.