Demand Planner

Job title: Demand Planner / Supply Chain

Length of assignment: Temp to Hire

Start date: ASAP

Duration: 6 months as a contractor

Hybrid: 2 days a week in office

Location: Port Washington, NY

Work hours: 40 hr / week

Pay Rate: $35-40/hour

GENERAL FUNCTION
• The Demand Planner is responsible for contributing to the profit and growth of the North America Wholesale division by managing/creating forecast for supply planning.
• The main functions include creating demand plans at the customer, brand, and SKU level using quantitative and qualitative metrics.
• Gather data and perform analysis-based business indicators that leads to sound and effective decision making.
• The function ensures consistent service levels for our customers through developing accurate forecasts, tracking their results, and partnering with inventory teams to ensure efficient inventory levels to cover demand.
• Liaise with Sales, Product, Customer Service, Corporate Planning, and other cross-functional groups to achieve collaboration and consensus to ensure a high level of service to our customers.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Create and maintain customer, brand, and SKU level demand plans to be used in production/manufacturing planning.
• Analyze historical sales data, market trends, seasonal fluctuations, and demand drivers to create accurate Brand and SKU level demand forecast to help improve forecast accuracy.
• Provides leadership with overview of Forecasting at customer and brand level with key analysis and direction of forecasts to maximize decision making ability.
• Conducts and provides analysis of key performance indicators (KPI) among product lines and accounts.
• Utilize statistical methods and demand planning software to generate reports and accurately forecast demand.
• Work cross-functionally and collaboratively with sales, marketing, brand, product, sales operations, go to market, business planning, global supply chain, global NPI, and finance teams to review the business at a Customer/Brand or Channel/brand levels.
• Manage established as well as develop new reporting metrics for fill rates and forecast error to internal/external customers
• Run weekly report to help monitor order tracking and fill rate
• Weekly/Daily check of backorder report for assigned customers/areas and communicate recovery to sales, customer, and leadership as needed.
• Monitors, identifies and coordinates other internal and external inventory locations to improve supply efficiency and order fill rate.
• Provide ad hoc inputs and analysis to others in supply chain to maximize effective decision making.
• Creation of ppt slides, excel recaps and reports, and emails to be presented to/used by leadership. Clear narrative mandatory
• Lead forecast meetings with sales, brand, product, and customers to review overall business plans and align future demand signals with business expectations.
• Balance supply request to the factory vs financial plan, make informed decisions on what to forecast, procure, and request of production based on what sales and business planning teams are included in the financial plans.
• Full understanding of customer performance on both replenishments and NPI business and impact of replenishment vs NPI.
• Develop understanding of company supply chain models end to end, to have the most informed conversations with customers and internal stakeholders.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s Degree in - Business Administration, Mathematics, Economics, Supply Chain
• 2 plus years’ experience in similar roles
• Robust quantitative approach to discussions
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills to provide statistics and metrics
• Ability to turn data into useful insights with proven examples
• Excellent PC skills including MS Office & SAP
• Advanced Excel Skill set – ability/aptitude to learn/create spreadsheets using advanced formulas (Lookups, IF statements, pivot tables)
• Strong PowerPoint skills – proven experience with creating and communicating to presentation deck
• Experience working on a legacy/enterprise database system and input and retrieving data from multiple sources and the ability to draw data driven solutions
• Database – ability/aptitude to access reports, build and manipulate queries
• Experience with a planning software
• Excellent communication skills and coordination capabilities
• Ability to drive conversation and influence peers
• Ability to work and make informed decisions in fast paced environments
• Ability to learn complex data relationships quickly – Agile Mindset
• Knowledge of fashion Sales cycles and buying practices

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience in the fashion / accessories industry
• Experience with Order Management cycles
• SAP AFS1 experience
• Business Intelligence – ability to create and update reports (SAP Business Objects)
• DPM knowledge
• Experience with Data Visualization tools such as Power BI and/or Tableau
• Experience with Automation software such as Power Automate
• Experience with programming through Python, Visual Basic or Dax
• Proven History with leading meetings
• Committed to continuous learning showing a Growth Mindset