Job Description
Salary: $65,000 - $85,000
Simplehuman is seeking an experienced Demand Planner to join its Supply Chain team. This role will use historical and current data to develop, continuously update, and improve demand forecasting of our products. The Demand Planner will interact with the sales team and overseas manufacturing personnel to ensure the most accurate short-term and long-term planning.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Create demand forecasts on a SKU, category and account level
- Effectively communicate regularly with internal teams including Marketing, Sales and Supply Planning and use historical order/ship data, POS trends and promotional activities to develop the best possible demand forecast for new and existing products.
- Analyze historical inventory cycles and distribution channel forecasts
- Apply statistical methodology in analyzing data trends to improve forecast accuracy
- Oversee planning for all inventory by reviewing daily order report and maintain inventory levels by locations and demand
- Identify, communicate and escalate concerns to management to ensure incoming product is sufficient to meet demand plans.
- Review forecast accuracy and understand root cause when variability exceeds the norm to determine best methods to improve forecast or hold cross functional teams accountable to meet demand forecasts.
- Analyze and update forecasting data weekly, maintaining a rolling demand forecast
- Utilize BI and other tools to ensure data integrity and ease of view
- Ensure that the inventory allocation processes are running smoothly and effectively
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in consumer goods demand and supply planning and buying
- Experience in distribution channels such as wholesale and digital
- Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics & Operations, Math, Statistics, Finance, or Engineering
- Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in a Forecasting or Supply Chain environment
- Experience in forecasting processes and demand analysis methodology preferred
- Experience using ERP and visualization/reporting software a plus
- Exceptional analytical skills; Intermediate/Advanced knowledge of Excel is required (including pivot tables & VLookups; advanced macros a plus)
- Ability to provide data and assumptions to assist with complex scenarios
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
- Excellent communication skills
ABOUT US
We create tools for efficient living. Through innovation and new technologies, we find ways to streamline simple tasks – ones that are so basic that we take them for granted. We make gorgeous trash cans that respond to voice commands, mirrors that speak with Alexa, and soap pumps that dispense with a wave of the hand. At simplehuman, we value ingenuity, precise communications, fast iteration and scrappiness. We’re laid-back, but work hard. And we only build products we love to use ourselves.
- Tight-knit team with work hard, play hard tradition – we take pride in individual and team success and push boundaries to make the best products.
- Cool office with full-court gym + fitness activities/classes (basketball, yoga, volleyball, badminton, krav maga, more) + weight room
- Free Wednesday breakfasts + birthday celebrations + holiday parties/trips + juice club
- Great benefits + Competitive compensation