Vp, Integrated Business Planning

Description:

At SharkNinja, we create innovative products that delight consumers and define categories. As we continue our rapid growth across Europe, we are seeking a strategic, commercially minded, and data-driven VP, Integrated Business Planning – EMEA to elevate our regional planning capability and bring sharper clarity to how we plan, forecast, and execute across markets.

Reporting into the Global VP, this role is the EMEA owner of forecast orchestration—responsible for ensuring we deliver a consistent, insight-led, and action-ready commercial forecast across the UK, France, Germany, and Emerging EMEA. You will sit at the intersection of Sales, Finance, SS&A, and Operations, leading the rhythm of the business and driving alignment between global expectations and regional realities.

This is a career-defining opportunity for a leader who thrives in high-growth environments, loves untangling complexity, and can turn data, insight, and cross-functional debate into decisions that accelerate performance.

If you are excited by building something world-class, influencing at senior levels, and raising the planning maturity of an entire region—this is your stage.

What You’ll Do

Own the EMEA planning rhythm
 

• Lead the full planning cycle for the region (PT, Consensus, forecast reviews) ensuring quality, consistency, and clarity in every submission.
• Align country teams to global frameworks—embedding standards, expectations, calendars, and deliverables.
   

Champion forecast quality and insight
 

• Drive accuracy and accountability across commercial forecasts; coach markets on building reasoned, insight-backed assumptions.
• Pressure-test submissions, stress-check scenarios, and create forward-looking hypotheses that shape decision-making.
   

Create cross-functional alignment that sticks
 

• Ensure Sales, Finance, SS&A, and Operations speak a common planning language.
• Facilitate conversations that turn ambiguity into clarity and conflicting priorities into unified action.
   

Lift regional planning maturity
 

• Build and lead a high-performing team of orchestration leads and analysts.
• Introduce new behaviours, processes, and tools that strengthen ownership, precision, and agility across all markets.
   

Act as the EMEA voice in global planning
 

• Represent regional insight, risks, and opportunities at global forums.
• Translate global expectations into action and clarity for markets across Europe.
   

What You’ll Bring
 

• 15+ years’ experience in commercial planning, IBP/S&OP, forecasting, or operations within CPG, consumer durables, or retail/e-commerce.
• Proven success leading multi-country planning processes across EMEA.
• Experience aligning regional planning to global frameworks and driving accountability across diverse teams.
• Strong commercial acumen and comfort shaping narratives that influence leaders and drive decisions.
• Systems and data fluency (Anaplan, SAP IBP, Power BI or similar).
• Thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments with evolving portfolios and planning cycles.
• Exceptional communicator who brings structure and calm to complexity.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
• Fluency in English; additional European languages a plus.