Demand Planner

Revelyst Outdoor•Irvine, CA

9d•$83,000 - $88,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Demand Planner is responsible for forecasting the future demand of the business for a given product category. The Demand Planner creates and maintains forecast models for their product category incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from Sales, Product Marketing, and other sources. This position leads the dialogue with Sales and Product Marketing in analyzing the business to understand our customer, manage inventory levels, and strategize ways to create new demand. The Demand Planner also works closely with Production Planning and the rest of the Supply Chain functions, as well as Product Development and FP&A. This position reports to the Sr. Manager, Demand Planning and is based out of our Irvine, CA location.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required
2+ years Demand Planning experience required
Thorough knowledge of Excel
Proven ability to build cross-functional relationships and collaborations

Nice To Haves

apparel industry experience a plus
database and SAP experience a plus

Responsibilities

Work with regions to compile future global demand using historical trends and regional input.
Own all aspects of SMS buys
Build buy templates
Collect needs from all regions
Submit results to production planning team
Split seasonal demand into production buys based on timing needs from sales, and production schedule previously determined with the Production Planning team.
Prepare buy approval templates at each production buy for sign off from Executive team prior to purchase.
Update the rolling forecast for assigned product category monthly
Validate information and help call out any trends to Demand Planning Manager.
Update detailed forecasting tools weekly
Build and update discontinued inventory reports and distribute to regions
Look for opportunities to share inventory across global warehouses to support needs, recommend inventory transfers amongst regions as necessary.
Identify sales and inventory level trends that are concerning, work with relevant parties to resolve.
Build slow moving inventory reports and work with sales to address.
Conduct SKU analysis to create line architecture targets for the Product Marketing team each season.