Senior Manager Global Wholesale Operations

Drives the execution of the global wholesale strategic plan across regions and categories, tracking progress and identifying risks, opportunities, and required actions. It provides commercial insights and business analysis to support refinement of the global wholesale strategy and operating model. The position guides regions and markets in implementing commercial frameworks and improving sell-in processes, tools, and reporting.

• Drive execution of the global wholesale strategic plan across regions and categories, tracking progress and results, proactively identifying risks, opportunities, and required actions
• And providing commercial insights and business analysis to support continuous refinement of the global wholesale strategy and operating model.
• Guide regions and markets in consistent implementation of commercial frameworks, including distribution strategy, trade terms, and service levels, within defined governance, and support the evolution of the wholesale business model towards stronger sell-through, productivity
• And inventory turn through robust planning and retail KPIs.
• Improve processes, tools, dashboards, and sell-in reporting, ensuring transparency on orders and orderbook status throughout key order placement milestones and following sell-in meetings with strategic accounts.
• Develop standardised templates with account teams to provide consistent visibility of sell-out performance, inventory health, and other relevant retail KPIs for key accounts globally.
• Act as a key liaison between Global Wholesale, regions, key markets, Categories, GTM, and relevant global functions to align priorities, timelines, and deliverables.
• Manage and continuously improve the global sell-in process and calendar, including commercial preparation for key seasonal milestones, sales meetings, and Brand Business Summits
• Ensure regions and markets have the required sell-in toolkit, recommend improvements, and facilitate communication across regions and functions, particularly GTM and Categories.
• Contribute to building a robust S&OP process to improve the accuracy and quality of the buy, and drive consistent Joint Business Planning standards across regions and selected strategic wholesale accounts.
• Coordinate regional wholesale targets, challenge underlying assumptions, and proactively highlight material risks and opportunities.
• Partner with Categories on wholesale customer events, including category summits and Football/Running Clubs, and support commercial presentations, customer communication, and relevant business insights.
• Participate in selected Previews, Prelines, sell-in meetings, and strategic customer meetings, supporting Sales teams in identifying sustainable growth opportunities, and support preparation of key Global Wholesale business reviews.

• 5–7 years of relevant experience in Wholesale Sales, Commercial Operations, Sales Operations, Business Planning, Commercial Strategy, or Commercial Excellence.
• Strong understanding of wholesale business models, distribution strategies, customer management, and commercial planning, with hands-on experience in forecasting, Joint Business Planning, sell-in/sell-out management, and orderbook steering.
• Strong commercial, analytical, and financial acumen with the ability to translate sales, customer, inventory, and market data into clear recommendations and actions.
• Proven ability to work across regions and functions in a complex global matrix, influence senior stakeholders, and drive multiple strategic and operational workstreams.
• Hands-on, solution-oriented mindset with a strong track record of improving processes, standardising ways of working, and driving commercial excellence.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills, combined with a high degree of independence and ownership.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Marketing, or a related field.
• Fluent English required.

• Experience in a global consumer, sporting goods, apparel, or footwear environment is preferred.

PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel, and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf, and stichd, operates in 120+ countries, and has around 22,000 employees worldwide. PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants and states that equality for all is one of its core principles, with no tolerance for harassment or discrimination.