Demand Planner Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Experience with data transformation and data mapping.
• Clear and strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
• Strong operational and development knowledge.
• Strong computer and analytical skills.
• Fundamental understanding of EDI transaction development and implementation methodology.

Nice To Haves

• EDI applications support experience.
• Experience supporting Customer Service.
• Experience with Apparel Business Solutions (ABS).
• Experience with Gentran, B2Bi, or Sterling Integrator Mapping Solutions.
• Experience with Pragma Edge PCM.
• Experience in ERP and customer service in a pick-and-pack shipping environment.
• Experience with Service Now (SNOW).
• Experience with Azure Development Operations (ADO).
• Knowledge of and experience with Microsoft SQL Server.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain customer-, SKU/style-, category-, and brand-level demand forecasts using shipment history, customer orders, retail trends, seasonality, promotions, and business intelligence.
• Review forecast performance and identify variances among forecasts, customer orders, shipments, and actual consumer demand.
• Partner with Sales to understand customer trends, programs, promotions, new business opportunities, risks, and changes to shipping projections.
• Adjust forecasts as business conditions change and maintain appropriate documentation and forecast discipline.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and bias using metrics such as MAPE and WAPE, and identify opportunities to improve forecast performance.
• Lead or participate in regular customer forecast and sales projection meetings.
• Develop inventory plans that balance demand, product availability, service levels, and inventory investment.
• Monitor inventory, weeks of supply, safety stock, and future demand to identify shortages, excess inventory, and replenishment needs.
• Manage purchasing and replenishment for assigned categories, determining buy quantities based on forecast demand, inventory, safety stock, and lead times.
• Optimize inventory through rebalancing, SKU rationalization, and management of aged or slow-moving inventory.
• Use Power BI, Excel, demand planning systems, ERP/MRP systems, and other analytical tools to monitor demand and inventory performance.
• Develop reports and analyses that identify trends, exceptions, risks, and opportunities requiring action.
• Perform ad hoc analysis and support continuous improvement initiatives for forecasting, inventory productivity, and planning processes.
• Conduct regular forecast and inventory reviews with Sales to align demand forecasts with customer shipping projections and business goals.
• Clearly communicate inventory risks and opportunities, including shortages, excess inventory, forecast gaps, and purchase recommendations.
• Evaluate customer-specific demand changes to determine whether they reflect sustained consumer demand, inventory builds, promotional activity, or timing shifts.
• Support customer-specific planning requirements while maintaining overall corporate inventory objectives.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Hybrid work schedule.
• Three weeks of paid time off within the first year of employment.
• Company-provided life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability.
• Paid parental leave.
• Health, vision, and dental insurance options with low employee contributions.
• Commuter benefit plan.
• Optional supplemental life insurance, pet insurance, and accident and critical illness insurance at a group discount rate.
• Matching 401(k).
• Unlimited access to an online fitness and wellness program.
• Career growth opportunities.