Senior Demand Planning Manager

Huda Beauty•New York, NY

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

Huda Beauty is looking for a highly motivated Senior Demand Planning Manager to own all aspects of forecasting sales and inventory for Huda Beauty within the Americas. This person will have the opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping our strategic initiatives and ensuring successful execution for all planning processes. In addition to the duties in Planning, the position offers exciting exposure to Sales, Finance, Supply Chain / Inventory Management and Customer Service, with monthly exposure to the executive leadership team (COO + CFO) through monthly Market S&OP meetings with an opportunity to implement innovative solutions.

Requirements

5-7 years of experience in Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, Inventory Analysis, Merchandise Planning, Replenishment Analysis, Supply Chain Planner, or related field, ideally working in the beauty or FMCG space
Bachelors degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Statistics, Finance or related field
Ability to manage/mine data from multiple sources to create forecast, analyze, prepare statistical reports
Highly analytical with an aptitude for interpreting and utilizing data to improve and propose change; strong working experience with Excel - VLOOKUP, pivot tables, macros
Expertise in managing multiple levels of Open-to-Buy
Strong organizational and time management skills; able to handle multiple priorities
Strong verbal and written communication skills with keen attention to detail

Nice To Haves

Sephora experience a plus

Responsibilities

Main point of contact for internal category supply chain contacts. Own all communication regarding forecast changes, “what-if” projections in line with operating strategy
Lead monthly Demand Review overviews presenting demand forecast and supporting needs to Global Supply Chain / Demand Planning teams highlighting areas of opportunity and variances to last submission
Lead forecast inventory on a weekly basis and ensure proper inventory levels are maintained by consistently reviewing weeks of supply, sell through, and trend
Build out successful sales/inventory launch planning models for expansion within the Americas to help support brand awareness.
Build a demand forecast at the SKU level for the coming 24 months that includes all future marketing, social media plans
Maintain quality and consistency of key forecast changes and Risks & Opportunities
Partner with retail counterparts (by region) to develop newness/launch forecasts and buys and align on monthly OTB forecasts
Partner with retail counterparts (by region) to build and manage obsolescence / liquidation strategies
Develop gap analysis tools between actuals sales and forecast
Analyze retailer inventory and sales to create and maintain annual RTV budget by Retailer/Brand
Develop and maintain effective relationships with cross-functional teams and cross-channel teams
Work closely with the DRP / inventory teams to include new trends into inventory planning
Analyze forecast accuracy issues and build forecast accuracy action plans across the organization
Manage internal Budget from a demand (sell in) / inventory management perspective to aid in achieving company sales targets and operating profits.