The company is looking for a Demand Planning Manager to join our team who has experience with demand forecasting and inventory management, as well as strong reporting and analytic skills. Responsibilities to include:
- Continuously improve the internal forecast through evaluating promotional activities, consumption trends, category trends, advertising investments, and internal and external inventory positions
- Support developing and managing annual forecast (budget) and determine where gaps exist
- Lead cross-functional discussions with Sales, Digital Marketing and Brand teams to understand how consumer and customer trends will impact the forecast
- Provide monthly updates on forecast KPI’s (Forecast Accuracy and Bias) to internal stakeholders
- Provide actionable shipment updates to senior leadership weekly with larger deep dives on a monthly and quarterly cadence
- Collaborate with external partners to identify areas of opportunity for greater efficiency and service improvements
What You Will Need
- Bachelor’s degree in business
- 3+ years’ experience in Retail Merchandise Planning, Demand Planning, or CPFR planning
- Experience within the Consumer-Packaged Goods and/or Children’s/Baby industry preferred
- Excellent interpersonal skills that enable effective interactions with all levels of the organization
- Technical Skills: Experience working with MS Office, with high proficiency in Excel and PowerBI
- Ability to analyze large sets of data, draw conclusions, and articulate clear next steps
- Ability to prioritize, organize, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously with high attention to detail
- Ability to recognize opportunities and then recommend and implement improvements
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, with a strong sense of urgency to solve multiple and critical issues
- Demonstrate good judgment in escalating potential risks proactively