Demand Planner

Our client is seeking a Demand Planner who will manage monthly forecasts.

The Demand Planner will be responsible for reconciliation, trend identification, tracking sales, and strategic planning. The Demand Planner will work cross-functionally with key stakeholders in Sales, Finance, Operations, and Marketing.

Some Responsibilities but not limited to:

• Work cross-functionally with key stakeholders in Supply Chain, Operations, Sales, eCommerce, Finance & Marketing teams
• Develop and optimize item and channel level forecasts, and serve as a key leader involved with budgeting, strategy, and long-term business planning
• Ongoing analysis of sales on both the SKU and channel level to build forecasts and modeling
• Lead process development and iteration as it pertains to forecasting all new items
• Collaborate with Sales on forecasting and demand planning
• Develop/maintain trended demand planning KPIs/metrics, including forecast accuracy and bias measures across multiple time lags
• Measure forecasting errors using KPIs and variance reporting and perform root cause analysis

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Forecasting, or Supply Chain
• DTC e-Commerce experience or Startup experience is strongly preferred
• BS/MS in Supply Chain, Finance, or similar
• Experience using and implementing Demand Planning software
• Advanced Excel Skills and experience with ERP systems
• Experience in Sales and Operations Planning
• Experience using and implementing Inventory Planning tools