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Responsible for Footwear Demand Planning at Nike
- Drive regional revenue and profitability
- Lead Demand Planning strategies and processes
- Cross functional alignment and communication
- Continuous process improvement
Managing a team of 6 Demand Planners, 2 Demand Planning Managers and a BA. Responsible for planning 83.5 million units on annual base with a Net revenue of 2.85 billion dollars.
- Drive regional revenue and profitability
- Lead Demand Planning strategies and processes
- Cross functional alignment and communication
- Continuous process improvement
Managing a team of 6 Demand Planners, 2 Demand Planning Managers and a BA. Responsible for planning 83.5 million units on annual base with a Net revenue of 2.85 billion dollars.
Haves
Planning, recruiting, strategic planning, APICS, DETEX, Textile understanding, Line planning.
Professional Experience
May 2012 - Present
VP Portfolio Planning
Clarks
Retail
Clarks
Retail
Oct 1998 - Jan 2002
(4 years)
(4 years)
Demand planner
Nike
Sports
Nike
Sports
Demand planner Men’s and Kids, Nike Hilversum (The Netherlands)
Lead the strategic, tactical and operational planning and execution of the forecast planning for the largest Apparel Categories. Develop detailed product demand plans for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Anticipate pan-European customer demand and market trends. Anticipate consumer demand and market trends. Develop detailed product demand plans for assigned category that result in high forecast accuracy, thereby contributing to NIKE and customer profitability.
Lead the strategic, tactical and operational planning and execution of the forecast planning for the largest Apparel Categories. Develop detailed product demand plans for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Anticipate pan-European customer demand and market trends. Anticipate consumer demand and market trends. Develop detailed product demand plans for assigned category that result in high forecast accuracy, thereby contributing to NIKE and customer profitability.
Jan 2002 - Jan 2003
(1 years)
(1 years)
Demand planning Teamlead
Nike
Sports
Nike
Sports
Demand planning team lead Active and Sport, Nike Hilversum (The Netherlands)
Assisted the Operations Director in the day-to-day coordination of five demand planners. Determine category business goals and targets. Also responsible for the Initial set up of the newly created White label business unit. The Demand planning Super user for the 12/02 NSC implementation
Assisted the Operations Director in the day-to-day coordination of five demand planners. Determine category business goals and targets. Also responsible for the Initial set up of the newly created White label business unit. The Demand planning Super user for the 12/02 NSC implementation
Jan 2003 - Jun 2007
(4 years, 5 Months)
(4 years, 5 Months)
Operations Manager
Nike
Sporting Goods
Nike
Sporting Goods
Jun 2007 - Nov 2009
(2 years, 5 Months)
(2 years, 5 Months)
Senior Planning Manager
Nike
Sports
Nike
Sports
Nov 2009 - Feb 2011
(2 years)
(2 years)
Apparel Demand Planning Director
Nike
Sporting Goods
Nike
Sporting Goods
Nov 2010 - Apr 2012
(2 years)
(2 years)
Footwear Demand Planning Director
Nike
Sporting Goods
Nike
Sporting Goods
More about Sander van der Zwaan
First Name
Sander
Last Name
van der Zwaan
Interests / Hobbies
Sports, Strategic planning, Apparel, human resource planning
Specialities
Planning, recruiting, strategic planning, APICS, DETEX, Textile understanding, Line planning.
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