Retail Demand Planning Manager

SimpliSafe • Boston, MA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

SimpliSafe is seeking a Retail Demand Planning Manager to join their Sales Operations team. This role is responsible for driving forecast accuracy, sales performance reporting, and planning rigor across SimpliSafe’s national retail accounts. The manager will act as a dedicated planning partner to Retail account managers, jointly building promotional plans, forecasting units, and shaping account strategy. This position sits at the intersection of data, strategy, and execution, translating complex business trends into clear plans for the retail sales organization and executive leadership. SimpliSafe offers a hybrid work model, with teams expected to be in the office two core days a week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) required.
• 5+ years of experience in planning, sales operations, finance, or a similar analytical role.
• Advanced Excel proficiency; experience with BI tools such as Hex, Tableau, or Power BI.
• Experience with retail and sales planning platforms; familiarity with Alloy preferred; SIOP knowledge a plus.
• Strong communicator with the ability to translate complex data for both sales partners and executive leadership.
• Detail-oriented and self-motivated, with comfort navigating ambiguity and evolving processes.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Alloy preferred.
• SIOP knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own weekly annual operating plan and quarterly reforecast across national retail club accounts; manage sell-in/sell-through planning to minimize excess returns.
• Co-own account forecasts, promo planning, collaborate with account managers for buyer meetings with emphasis on sku-level accuracy and then reporting.
• Partner on activation forecasting to support the go-to-market planning cycle and contribute to cross-functional scenario modeling with Finance and Direct-to-Consumer Forecasting teams.
• Manage weekly sales reporting for timely delivery to internal stakeholders; maintain recurring KPI reporting and surface trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Support migration of sales reporting into a self-serve business intelligence platform and contribute to activation and attrition reporting to monitor customer lifecycle performance.
• Collaborate with Sales and Supply Chain on inventory allocation, supply and demand balance, and operational metrics; maintain sell-through and sell-in processes while reducing manual touchpoints.
• Own data integrity, product cost and pricing accuracy, and platform adoption across sales planning tools; align supply and demand assumptions to improve forecast inputs.
• Build custom dashboards and reporting tools that deliver actionable insights, and apply AI tools to drive efficiencies across forecasting and planning workflows.
• Build strong relationships across Sales, Finance, Direct-to-Consumer, Supply Chain, and Marketing; translate planning outputs into concise, executive-ready communications.
• Partner with analytics teams on KPI definitions, reporting standards, and best practices.

Benefits

• Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for your home.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor and develop, and advocate for change.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager