Demand Planning Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 5–7+ years of progressive experience in Demand Planning, forecasting, S&OP, inventory planning or closely related supply-chain planning roles.
• Demonstrated ownership of SKU-level demand forecasting in a multi-channel consumer business.
• Demonstrated experience building or materially upgrading a Demand Planning process, toolset or cross-functional planning capability from an early stage of maturity.
• Experience supporting DTC and wholesale/retail channels.
• Experience forecasting new product launches and managing product lifecycle transitions.
• Experience leading or supporting a Demand Review or S&OP process, including partnership with Finance and Supply Chain.
• Strong commercial judgment, communication and cross-functional influencing skills, and ability to operate autonomously in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, including pivot tables, lookups, Power Query and forecasting models.
• Experience with an ERP system.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret sales, sell-through and inventory reports, retailer and distributor data, financial reports and system documentation; write SOPs and concise planning summaries; and present information effectively.
• Ability to apply percentages, ratios, growth rates, weighted averages and proportions; calculate and interpret forecast accuracy and bias metrics such as MAPE and WMAPE, weeks of supply, safety stock and inventory turns; apply basic statistical forecasting methods; and translate unit demand into revenue, cost and inventory value.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, interpret varied demand signals and reconcile commercial inputs into a single plan, including when data is incomplete or inconsistent.
• Proficiency with MS Office and/or Google Workspace.
• Demonstrated use of AI and automation tools to improve analysis and productivity.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Finance or a related quantitative field.
• ASCM/APICS (CPIM) or IBF (CPF) certification.
• International or distributor-based planning experience.
• Experience in beauty, fragrance, cosmetics, CPG or another launch-intensive consumer category.
• Experience implementing or working within a new ERP environment; Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is strongly preferred.
• Experience with BI and reporting tools such as Power BI or Jet Reports.
• Experience with demand-planning or forecasting software.

Responsibilities

• Design and establish the company’s global Demand Planning process, operating cadence, RACI, reporting, methodologies and ways of working.
• Establish the demand plan as the single source of truth for forward-looking unit demand and define planning inputs, assumptions, ownership, deadlines and decision rights across functions and channels.
• Develop SOPs and documentation, identify data, systems and process gaps, and create a prioritized roadmap to improve planning capability.
• Help design and establish an S&OP process appropriate to the company’s scale and complexity.
• Own and maintain a rolling 12–18 month global unit demand forecast across DTC, owned Retail, North America Wholesale and International Wholesale.
• Develop forecasts at the SKU, channel, customer, market and time granularity needed for production, purchasing, inventory and financial decisions.
• Reconcile bottom-up and top-down views, commercial ambition, historical performance and demand signals into a defensible consensus plan.
• Incorporate sell-in, sell-through, inventory/WOS, retailer and distributor forecasts, seasonality, commercial plans, marketing activity and market intelligence into forecasts.
• Maintain planning assumptions and version control, and distinguish unconstrained demand from supply or inventory constraints.
• Own forecasts for new product introductions across channels and markets, from initial sizing and launch phasing through post-launch replenishment.
• Partner with Marketing, Commercial, DTC and Operations to translate launch plans, distribution, marketing support and comparable-product performance into unit forecasts.
• Build launch scenarios and assess assumptions about newness, incrementality, cannibalization, halo effects and replenishment; conduct post-launch reviews and incorporate learnings.
• Forecast testers, samples, gratis, GWPs and other non-saleable requirements, and support product phase-ins, phase-outs and discontinuations.
• Serve as the analytical engine of the S&OP process and lead Demand Reviews that consolidate forecasts, launch assumptions, changes, risks and opportunities.
• Prepare concise, decision-oriented reporting; partner with Supply Chain on supply requirements, constraints, shortages and inventory risks, and with Finance on revenue, inventory, working capital and cash implications.
• Track planning decisions, reflect approved assumptions in the published plan, and maintain weekly exception reporting between formal planning cycles.
• Establish and own forecast-performance measures, including accuracy, bias and relevant error metrics by SKU, channel and market; review variances, identify root causes and improve assumptions and methodologies.
• Build forward-looking inventory views covering weeks of supply, projected out-of-stock risk, excess and obsolete exposure and inventory concentration.
• Partner with Supply Chain on safety-stock and inventory-coverage recommendations; identify demand-driven inventory risks and recommend actions such as production changes, reallocations, replenishment adjustments, promotional support or SKU rationalization.
• Provide the Head of Supply Chain & Operations and Leadership Team with visibility into material demand, inventory, service and cash risks and opportunities.
• Become a capable user of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and help shape its use for Demand Planning.
• Build practical reporting and analytical tools using Business Central, Excel, Power BI/Jet Reports and other appropriate technologies; develop dashboards for demand, forecast performance, sales trends, inventory health and risks.
• Reduce fragmented spreadsheets and manual reporting through more automated, reliable and scalable workflows; use AI and automation to accelerate analysis and identify patterns while applying business judgment to outputs.
• Evaluate lightweight planning tools as the company grows, prioritizing solutions suitable for its scale.
• Partner with Supply Chain, commercial teams, Marketing/GTM, Finance and Leadership to develop a credible consensus demand view and translate analysis into clear implications, scenarios and recommended actions.
• Help commercial teams understand their accountability for providing high-quality demand inputs.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Employer-paid life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Quarterly gratis
• Employee discount
• Long-term disability leave
• Short-term disability leave