Forecast Planner

Nebraska Furniture Mart•Omaha, NE

6d•$59,916 - $74,295

About The Position

At Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), the Demand Planner uses tools to analyze data and forecast sales. The role works with internal partners to plan inventory and increase sales, profitability, and market share. The planner creates lifecycle plans for new, mature, and discontinuing products; collaborates with buyers on forecasts, trends, risks, and results; maintains reports and product attributes while accounting for trends, seasonality, and promotional lifts; supports promotion planning; and analyzes post-promotion sales to identify opportunities to improve forecasts, sales, or add-ons.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Math, Decision Science, Marketing, Business, or a related area.
One year of experience with distributions requirement planning and other supply chain processes, such as demand planning, production planning, scheduling, and transportation.
One year of experience planning and executing projects involving multiple groups across an organization.
Microsoft Office Applications experience, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Ability to work nights, weekends, and/or early morning hours based on business needs.
Pre-employment screening includes, but is not limited to, a criminal background check.

Nice To Haves

Experience with retail buying or logistics.
Knowledge of supply chain software.

Responsibilities

Produce lifecycle plans to forecast new, mature, and discontinuing products.
Work with buyers to determine forecasts, identify trends, and evaluate risks and results.
Maintain relevant reports and product attributes, incorporating trends, seasonality, and promotional lifts.
Gather and respond to promotions and integrate forecast lift at family, category, and SKU level.
Research sales after promotions to identify opportunities to improve forecasts, sales, or add-ons.

Benefits

Same-day pay with on-demand access to earned pay.
Competitive pay with generous annual increases up to 7%.
Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
Short- and long-term disability coverage.
Paid holidays upon hire and paid time off after 90 days.
Staff discount on merchandise.
Virtual and in-person career development opportunities at all levels.
Paid community volunteer opportunities.
Tuition reimbursement.
401(k) retirement savings plan with eligibility for a company match after one year and Berkshire Stock as an investment option.