Demand Planner - Amazon

Revelyst Outdoor•Irvine, CA

19d•$84,000 - $90,000•Onsite

About The Position

Revelyst, is a collective of makers who design and manufacture performance gear and precision technologies. Our category-defining brands leverage meticulous craftsmanship and cross-collaboration to pursue innovation and redefine what is humanly possible in the outdoors. We are seeking an experienced Demand Planner to join our Adventure Sports Demand Planning team and help accelerate the growth of our Amazon business. As the Demand Planner – Amazon, you will play a key role in forecasting future demand for Amazon products and optimizing inventory flow. You’ll develop data-driven forecasting models to ensure product availability and meet consumer demand. This position is critical to maintaining a seamless supply chain and supporting our continued success on Amazon. This position reports to the Director of S&OP and is based On site in our Irvine, CA location.

Requirements

Proven work experience as a Demand Planner or a similar role
Solid understanding of inventory management practices and procedures
Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge
Capability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

Utilize software to generate statistical unit demand forecasting for forecast group/sku level.
Collaborate input from internal consensus participants (product/trade-marketing/sales)
Manage sku level forecasting by forecast group-location.
Utilize software to establish inventory policies for assigned sku’s.
Responsible for achieving on-hand inventory goals through parameter settings and push/pull of inventory replenishment.
A key contributor to the performance of outdoor sales and operations planning (S&OP) process.
Product life cycle management (beginning of life-end of life planning)
Manage product flow by month.
Plan exit strategies and transition plans for excess inventory.
Analyze and consolidate large volumes of data (shipments, point of sales, inventory, market share, promotional activity), develop a fact-based point of view, and communicate to management via presentations and reports.
Facilitate monthly inventory/replenishment reviews with buying staff to communicate trends and assumptions.
Assimilate information from collaborative input and provide recommendations for adjustments.
Facilitate monthly/seasonal review of inventory policy and goals with Buying/Sourcing/Finance to develop corporate plans to support capacity plans.
Develop and maintain weekly sku level demand signals (promotions, customer forecasts) for new, active, discontinued products by utilizing statistical forecasting models, incorporating customer-supplied data, market intelligence or applying other techniques to define best methods to forecast customer demand.
Identify key opportunities and obstacles inherent to the forecasting process.
Assist management in continuous improvement of the process.
Support long-range factory capacity planning processes by maintaining unit forecasts for 12-18 future months in software.
Responsible for End-of-Life sku planning- utilizing Life Cycle Planning and communication to liquidate and achieve set budget targets.
Collaborate with Key Customers and Field Sales to gain outside market data.
Build and communicate via reporting on inventory stock position issues, KPI tracking, new product launch/end of season, and additional reporting, as necessary.