
Stanley/Stella · Belgium
YOUR PURPOSE AT STANLEY/STELLA The Manager – Sourcing, Costing & Product Engineering is a strategic and technical leadership role responsible for optimizing p...
The Manager – Sourcing, Costing & Product Engineering is a strategic and technical leadership role responsible for optimizing
product cost structures and ensuring engineering excellence across our categories and collections. The ideal candidate brings
minimum 10+ years of hands‑on experience in sourcing, costing, and product development within premium apparel & accessories, with
deep expertise in knitwear cotton base, outerwear & accessories manufacturing, raw materials, yarns, knitting & weaving, dyeing &
finishing techniques, in a multi‑country production ecosystem.
This role requires a unique blend of technical product knowledge, commercial acumen, supplier management, strong analytics and
sustainability awareness to deliver best‑in‑class product value and margin performance.
1. Costing Leadership & Margin Optimization
product development, design, product manager, marketing, operations, quality, sustainability and margin goals.
expected selling forecasts.
performances.
impacts. Follow-up on Industry direction related to Circularity and recycling.
2. Product Engineering & COGS mitigation
traceability).
3. Cross‑Functional Collaboration
quality teams to deliver aligned seasonal collections.
Required
global production regions.
and garment construction.
purchasing practices, and traceability systems.
Key Competencies
YOUR PURPOSE AT STANLEY/STELLA As a European Demand Planner, you will play a key role in shaping inventory decisions and ensuring product availability across Europe. Acting as the link between Product, Sales and Supply Chain teams, you will transform market insights, customer demand patterns and business priorities into reliable forecasts and actionable recommendations. Beyond forecasting, you will contribute to assortment decisions, support product launches, and help drive business performance through data-driven decision-making. This role offers a unique opportunity to combine analytical expertise with business partnering in a fast-growing international environment. YOUR ROLE AND IMPACT Demand Planning & Forecasting Own the monthly demand forecast at Style-Colour, SKU and warehouse level for a portfolio of approximately 1,600 Style-Colour references: • Build and maintain accurate forecasts by combining historical sales data, market trends, product lifecycle changes and strategic business priorities. • Continuously monitor forecast performance and identify risks, opportunities and improvement actions. • Prepare forecast insights, key assumptions and performance analyses to support monthly S&OP discussions and decision-making. • Develop business analyses to strengthen forecast accuracy and improve understanding of customer purchasing behaviours. • Contribute to the continuous improvement of demand planning processes, methodologies and tools. Business Partnership with Product Teams Act as a trusted partner to Product teams throughout the product lifecycle. • Support new collection launches by providing demand planning expertise and commercial insights. • Contribute to assortment decisions by identifying products to maintain, expand, rationalize or discontinue. • Analyse product performance, customer purchasing patterns and market trends to support product strategy and business decisions. • Provide data-driven recommendations that enhance product portfolio performance and availability. Collaboration with Supply Planning Work closely with Global Supply Planning teams to ensure the right balance between customer demand, inventory levels and product availability. • Anticipate supply risks and proactively recommend actions to mitigate potential shortages. • Trigger urgent replenishment actions when required to maintain targeted service levels. Inbound Flow & Inventory Management Monitor and manage inbound product flows into European distribution centres. • Track, analyse and prioritize sea and air shipments arriving at European warehouses. • Coordinate stock allocation and transfer activities to improve product availability across the network. Business Support & Commercial Collaboration Partner closely with Sales teams to support business growth and customer satisfaction. • Provide visibility and recommendations regarding product availability and inventory constraints. • Assess the impact of major customer opportunities and contracts on stock levels and replenishment plans. • Deliver specific analyses and follow-up for key accounts and strategic business opportunities. • Use data and insights to support commercial priorities. ABOUT YOU Education & Experience • University degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science or a related field. • Minimum 2 years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain Planning, Finance, Business Analysis or a similar analytical role. • Experience within a textile, apparel, retail, FMCG or consumer goods environment is a strong asset. • Exposure to forecasting, inventory management or S&OP processes is a plus. • Fluent in English. • French is a plus. Technical Skills • Advanced Excel skills. • Knowledge of SQL is a strong advantage. • Experience with Power BI or other Business Intelligence tools is a plus. • Familiarity with ERP systems and planning tools is an advantage. • Strong analytical capabilities and affinity with data-driven decision-making. Who are we looking for? • A precise and detail-oriented expert with a passion for numbers and strong analytical skills. • A proactive and customer-oriented team player who is willing to go the extra mile and contributes to a culture of continuous improvement. • A collaborative professional who builds trusted partnerships through respect, transparency, and open communication. • An entrepreneurial mindset with a strong drive for excellence and continuous improvement. Key facts & figures • Network of 3 warehouses in Europe • Current portfolio of 1600 Style Colour and 12.000+ SKUs • Reporting to: Head of Demand Planning & Logistics • Department: Supply Chain
At Joko, we help consumers shop smarter. Our mission is to revolutionize shopping, empowering people to find what they need, make informed decisions, and save money. Founded in Paris, Joko is a tech company and certified B Corp with over 105 talents across Paris, Barcelona, and New York (and beyond). More than 6 million users already save money every day at 10,000+ merchants with Joko. From cashback and automatic coupons to price alerts and carbon tracking, we keep expanding our products to make shopping smarter. We’re now building an AI-powered shopping assistant to help users find the best products by price, quality, and environmental impact. Having reached profitability in our core market, we’re now scaling globally, with a strong focus on the US. It’s still day 1, come build the future of shopping with us! 🧲 OUR TALENT TEAM At Joko, hiring has been a founding obsession since day one. Our founders have always been convinced that you don't crack a market with a big team, you crack it with a small team of exceptional people. That bet has worked: we've grown to 6 million users and become one of France's most recognized shopping apps with just 30 people in the early years, and we've kept the same bar as we've scaled past 100. The Talent team exists because we believe talent is the single biggest asset of a company, and that identifying, attracting, and closing the best profiles is a craft worth investing in seriously. We are constantly experimenting with state-of-the-art techniques, tools, and processes to find the people who will build the future of shopping with us. Today, the Talent team sits within the broader People function, which also covers People Ops, People Business Partnering, and Workplace across France, Spain, and our growing international footprint into the US. We are a small team with a big scope, and we move fast. ✨ WHY THIS ROLE IS SPECIAL Recruiting is Joko's #1 company objective, which makes this one of the most strategic seats in the company. Three things make it genuinely rare: * The team is exceptionally involved in hiring. From ICs to managers to founders, recruiting is treated as a first-class responsibility, not something delegated to TA. You will work with hiring partners who actually show up, give sharp feedback, and care about the bar as much as you do. * You will have the tools, and the budget, to be on the frontier. We already work with a modern stack (Ashby, Claude, Claap, and more), and we keep investing to stay among the most performant and modern TA setups out there. You will not be fighting for basic tooling, you will be deciding what comes next. * You will live a genuinely unique scale moment. Going from 100 to 150 this year, and beyond that to 250, with a real international component (France, Spain, US, and more to come) is the kind of stretch many TA leaders don’t often get to experience. You get to do it here, with a company that has already proven it can build a recognized product with a tiny team. To be concrete about what this looks like in practice: in year one, the job is to build the team — sourcing, hiring, and coaching the TAMs who will power Joko's growth. The AI strategy, international employer brand, and long-term function design are the horizon you are building toward. They are real, and you will own them fully. But the foundation comes first, and the foundation is the team. 🎯 WHAT YOU WILL DO As Head of Talent Acquisition, your mission is to build and lead the TA function that will take Joko from ~105 people today to 150 by year-end and 250 and beyond, with the bar, craft, and intentionality that have defined Joko's talent density since day one. You will report to Déborah (VP People) and partner closely with founders, hiring managers, and the broader People team. * Build and own the TA team: The most important thing you will do, especially early on, is hire the recruiters who will hire everyone else. We have a clear direction — 5 TAMs by end of year, with 2 ideally already in place before you join, plus a Talent Marketing hire to raise the quality of our inbound. You will make the case for what else the function needs over time, from sourcing specialization onward, and recruit, coach, and grow the team around you. * Define how Joko recruits: Inbound, outbound, RPO management, agency relationships, tooling (Ashby), and process are all yours. You will set the standards, not just execute against them — including upskilling hiring managers so the bar is applied consistently across every panel. * Recruit senior and critical roles yourself: You will stay close to the hardest hires. You know when to delegate and when to own the desk. * Build a global AI strategy for recruiting: The way recruiting is done is going to change drastically in the coming years, and likely the coming months. You will define and roll out Joko's AI strategy for TA: which parts of the funnel to automate, which tools to deploy, how to keep human judgment where it matters most, and how to turn AI into a real competitive advantage in how we source, screen, and close. You will own this end to end. * Drive an international employer brand: We are not well known enough yet, and that is costing us. You will build an employer brand strategy that reflects who we actually are, starting in France, scaling very soon to Spain, and preparing for the US and other markets. You will partner with Marketing on execution and make the internal case for the resources it takes to do this properly. 👀 WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR * Experience: You have stood up a TA function before, or rebuilt one, and you have also worked somewhere with best-in-class standards. You can operate in both 0-to-1 mode and best-in-class mode, and you know when to switch. The strongest candidate may not have done "just" Talent — a track record that spans ops, consulting, or building things beyond recruiting is a real asset here. * Coaching mindset: You know how to develop the resourcefulness and drive of the people you manage. You see growing recruiters as part of the job, not a tax on it. * High-bar mindset: Joko's culture is built on talent density. Our hiring managers are involved, exacting, and not afraid to pass on a 90% candidate. You find that energizing, not frustrating. * Ops-oriented and performance-driven: You think in systems, not one-offs. You instrument the funnel, care about the numbers, and build process that holds up as the team scales. * Strong sense of craft in TA: You know the difference between a recruiter who has relied on inbound for years and one who genuinely knows how to source. You’ve done both, and you know which approach each situation calls for. * Curious and experimental about AI: You don't claim to have it all figured out, the field moves too fast for that. But you have hands-on experience deploying AI tools into a TA function, you have strong opinions formed from real attempts (and real failures), and you genuinely enjoy figuring out what works. * International scope: Paris, Barcelona, New York, our footprint is growing. You are comfortable recruiting across geographies and building an EVP that resonates in more than one market. * Education: No specific requirement. Track record matters more than credentials. * Languages: You are fluent in French and English (our working language). Spanish is a plus. 💎 OUR PERKS (Some of the benefits listed below are available to full-time positions only) At Joko, we believe that flexibility and trust are essential. Our work environment reflects this through: * Flexible remote : If you live in Paris, you can choose to work from our office or from home with no constraints. If you live elsewhere, we can provide access to a coworking space and a coworking budget. * Work from anywhere : Want to spend a month in Italy while working? You can work from most countries in the world for up to 3 months per year. On top of that, we offer plenty of perks: * 💸 Top-market compensation * 📈 Equity for everyone with the chance to own a piece of what you build * 🤖 Half-day each week dedicated to leveling up with AI by exploring new tools, iterating hard, and sharpening your skills * 🌴 Yearly offsite in amazing locations and budget for team-building events & monthly in-person gatherings * 💪 Contribution to your ClassPass subscription * 🍼 8-week leave paid 100% for the second parent * …and much more, check the full list here! 🤝 OUR HIRING PROCESS 1. Intro call: Quick screening with the Hiring Manager or the Talent team. 2. Step 1 – Team interview (45 min): Conversation with two Joko team members (could include the Hiring Manager, people from the team you’d join, or colleagues from other teams). 3. Step 2 – Role-specific assessments * For non-engineering roles: A take-home case study followed by a 45-min interview. We assess both your output and how you think in real time. The exercise will be relevant to your role (e.g. analysis, strategy, or process design). * For engineering roles: A 90-min live technical interview on CoderPad covering code understanding, review, system design, and product thinking (with AI serving as a collaboration tool). 4. Step 3 – Leadership interview (45 min): Conversation with a SteerCo member and a Founder. 5. References: Up to 3 calls with former colleagues or managers. ☕ You may also be invited for coffee with team members to get a feel for our culture.
IN SHORT The Senior Specialist, Footwear Compound & Bottom Unit Costing drives cost engineering excellence and pricing transparency for compound and bottom units within the Global Footwear Sourcing & Costing Team. In this capacity, by blending polymer science expertise with strong "should-cost" modeling and negotiation, this role ensures long-term cost efficiency, scalability and product commercialization with partnering cross-functionally from innovation to commercialization. YOUR MISSION * Cost Engineering & Modeling: Develop, validate & maintain "should-cost" models for polymer-based compounds (outsoles, midsoles, and speedboards) utilized in footwear manufacturing. Connect technical polymer-science-driven solutions to commercially viable costing solutions. * Strategic Negotiation: Lead formula & market-based pricing discussions with global chemical/ material suppliers to secure competitive landing costs and long term commercial agreements. * Market Intelligence: Analyze global petrochemical markets and raw material indices to deliver risk-mitigating forecasts. Establish frameworks connecting raw material costs to compound pricing. * Cost Governance & Analytics: Build and standardize databases, assumptions and tracking tools for chemical materials to support global strategic cost initiatives. * Sustainable Material Costing: Establish financial and costing frameworks for sustainable polymers, aligned with On's sustainability goals. * Cross-functional Collaboration: Act as the strategic costing partner, aligning with Polymer Science & Engineering, Innovation, Footwear Sourcing, and external business partners to manage compound & bottom unit costing process within Product Creation & Commercialization timeline. Your story * 05+ years of experience in material costing, compound development, polymer/ chemical engineering or footwear manufacturing engineering. * Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical/ Polymer Engineering, Polymer Science, Finance or Business. * Technical & Commercial Business Acumen: Strong understanding of footwear bottom construction & foam technologies; proven ability to translate technical specs into commercial savings. * Analytical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets/ Excel, financial modeling, and index-based pricing mechanisms. Experience with PLM systems is preferred. * Soft Skills: Entrepreneurial mindset; exceptional communication skills with the ability to challenge suppliers and align stakeholders in a dynamic, global matrix environment. * Languages: Professional fluency in English, additional language skills are a plus. * Preferred Qualifications: Expertise in high-performance materials designed to transform the underfoot experience. Comprehensive knowledge of manufacturing techniques, including IM, CMP, SCF, and high-pressure injection molding. Previous engagement with sustainable material solutions and initiatives aimed at carbon reduction. MEET THE TEAM You will join the Global Footwear Costing team, a group focused on delivering precision and transparency in footwear & material costing. We prioritize data-driven decisions and collaborative problem-solving to support the brand's long-term growth and innovation goals.