Senior Manager, Demand Planning

The Senior Manager, Demand Planning plays a pivotal role in our global toy business, driving end-to-end forecasting, inventory optimization, and supply chain strategies for our major retail partners! In this highly collaborative position, you will lead cross-functional initiatives across Sales, Supply Chain, and Finance to improve forecast accuracy, maximize product availability, and optimize inventory investment. As a strategic partner, you will leverage data analytics to influence executive decisions, ensure flawless promotional execution, and drive profitable growth.

Join our dynamic team to help us ensure the right products get to the right places, shaping the future of play!

Lead the end-to-end demand planning process across multiple product categories and customer channels by developing accurate statistical and collaborative forecasts using POS, shipment history, syndicated data, and market trends

Drive forecast accuracy and continuous improvement by owning bias and variability metrics, performing root cause analysis, and incorporating new product launches, seasonality, and promotional activities into demand plans

Develop and execute inventory strategies to optimize levels, maximize in-stock performance, minimize excess inventory, and mitigate supply risks while monitoring health metrics like OTIF, fill rates, and inventory turns

Partner directly with retailer teams and Sales leadership to support inventory planning, joint business planning (JBP), annual customer business plans, volume forecasts, and strategic growth opportunities

Evaluate promotional effectiveness and support customer line reviews through pre- and post-event analytics, ROI measurement, trade optimization, and the delivery of customer scorecards

Analyze complex datasets, including POS, syndicated data, and retailer portals, to translate information into actionable insights, executive-ready recommendations, and scenario planning models

Present demand assumptions, supply constraints, and pricing strategies during monthly S&OP and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) meetings to influence senior leadership decisions

Identify and lead continuous improvement initiatives to standardize forecasting methodologies, optimize replenishment processes, and enhance planning efficiency using Lean principles, automation, and advanced KPI dashboards

8+ years of progressive experience in Demand Planning, Replenishment, Supply Chain, Sales Planning, Commercial Analytics, or Customer Planning within the CPG, Retail, or Consumer Products industries

Demonstrated experience supporting major retail customers such as Walmart, Target, Costco, Amazon, Sam's Club, or Kroger

Strong expertise in demand forecasting, inventory optimization, S&OP, Integrated Business Planning (IBP), retailer replenishment processes, and overall supply chain operations

Proven ability to utilize syndicated data (such as Nielsen, Circana, or IRI) and retailer portals (such as Retail Link or Scintilla) to analyze market share, shipment trends, and inventory performance

Advanced Excel expertise, including Power Query, Power Pivot, Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, statistical analysis, and financial modeling

Hands-on experience with enterprise forecasting and planning systems such as SAP APO, SAP IBP, JDA, Blue Yonder, Anaplan, Kinaxis, Demantra, Logility, or Oracle

Exceptional executive presentation and communication skills with a proven track record of influencing cross-functional teams, leading complex planning initiatives, and driving profitable business growth

A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain, Analytics, or a closely related field is a plus

Proficiency with advanced business intelligence and data visualization platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or SQL

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee, but provide the primary duties and responsibilities of the role. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.