Demand Planner

ZO Skin Health•Irvine, CA

13d

About The Position

The Demand Planner will support the Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) process by generating reports and key findings for monthly forecast reviews. This role involves aligning on forecast revisions for consensus, driving forecast accuracy and bias improvement initiatives, and managing product lifecycle planning. The Demand Planner will also collaborate with Inventory Planning, FP&A, and Marketing to ensure supply alignment, maintain reporting, and manage the planning tool of record.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management or related field
5+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or related supply chain functions
Strong proficiency in ERP systems preferably in NetSuite.
A working knowledge of IBP tools (Anaplan, Logility, Just Enough etc.).
Experience with S&OP/IBP processes.
Advanced Excel skills with a working knowledge of Power BI
Knowledge of inventory management principles and supply chain KPIs.

Nice To Haves

Netstock knowledge preferred
SQL is a plus
Strong communication and presentation abilities to influence cross-functional teams.
Able to build decks to facilitate presentations

Responsibilities

Support the SIOP process by generating reporting and key findings to facilitate monthly forecast reviews and align on forecast revisions for Consensus.
Generate market and SKU-level findings regarding forecast trends, variances, and risks/opportunities to Sales leadership.
Drive forecast accuracy and bias improvement initiatives using KPIs such as forecast accuracy, MAPE, and BIAS.
Manage lifecycle planning for products: new product introductions, discontinuations, phase-outs.
Work closely with Inventory Planning to ensure supply alignment and manage exceptions.
Maintain reporting on proposed forecast adjustments vs. the Gross Sales Plan to ensure alignment with FP&A.
Provide Marketing with reporting on ground-up forecasts and historical plan performance.
Maintain the planning tool of record: Netstock.
Maintain forecast parameters across all planning instances.
Ensure all item supersessions are loaded for product transitions to maintain statistical forecasts for newly transitioned/reformulated products.
Execute a product forecast transition process monthly to ensure demand points to the correct items out in time.
Work with Global Sales and Marketing to secure GWP forecasts for SIOP.
Engage in a monthly forecast review process specific to Marketing Collateral to align on global forecast quantities.