The Director of Merchandising & Planning is responsible for leading the regional product strategy and inventory management to drive long-term brand positioning, quality growth, and financial health across EMEA. This role acts as the strategic link between global product teams and local markets, curating the global product lines into categories, product mix, assortments and business planning that meet regional consumer needs and address market opportunities. This role partners with Marketplace, Marketing and Logistics teams to achieve a healthy product availability in the marketplace and that the right product is in the right place at the right time. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team EMEA, this role transcends functional responsibilities and collaborates with the ELT on leading the organizations EMEA business. This role is accountable for building high level strategy in collaboration with ELT and implementation with key stakeholders as well as taking strategic and tactical decisions for the organizations EMEA business as needed.