Senior Demand Planner

The Demand and Supply Planning Manager will own forecasting and inventory planning across Ded Cool’s full product portfolio, ensuring we have the right product in the right place at the right time. This is a high-impact, highly visible role that sits at the intersection of operations, finance, and commercial - and one that will grow with the business. The role reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer.

Ded Cool is a genderless fragrance house on a mission to build a new olfactive system. We are redefining what functional fragrance means, extending scent beyond the bottle into laundry detergent, car fresheners, lip balm, and beyond. Our products are clean, sustainable, and designed for everyone. We don’t believe in gender rules, we believe in personal expression, and we’re building a brand and a world that reflects that.

Our retail partnerships are where the Ded Cool world meets the customer in real life. From our largest, most strategic doors to the specialty accounts that define the brand’s edge, how we show up on shelf shapes how the brand is understood. We are looking for someone who can carry that responsibility with both commercial rigor and genuine love of the category.

The Role

The Ded Cool Finance and Operations team plays a critical role in sourcing, developing, manufacturing, and delivering differentiated fragrance and lifestyle products to our customers. The team is highly strategic, data-driven, and analytical and works in a highly cross-functional manner with our Finance, Commercial, Creative, Product, and Marketing teams.

The ideal candidate is analytical and detail-oriented, comfortable building structure in a fast-moving environment, and excited to work closely with cross-functional teams to translate data into smart decisions. You’re execution-focused, highly adaptable, and eager to build alongside a team that genuinely cares about the product.

Responsibilities

Demand Forecasting

• Build and maintain rolling demand forecasts across Ded Cool’s full product portfolio - incorporating sales trends, seasonal patterns, channel mix, promotional activity, and new product launches
• Develop and manage both top-down and bottom-up finished goods forecasts by SKU, retailer, and channel
• Analyze forecast performance, seasonal trends, promotional impact, and market shifts to continuously improve accuracy and reduce forecast bias
• Own forecast accuracy metrics; conduct root cause analysis on variances and drive continuous improvement to minimize forecast error
• Lead demand review processes and support the monthly S&OP cycle, aligning demand plans with supply, finance, and commercial teams
• Maintain and refine forecasting models based on actuals and learnings

Inventory Planning & Management

• Manage inventory health across all channels - track sell-through rates, flag risks, and recommend replenishment or reallocation strategies
• Monitor retailer inventory levels, sell-through performance, and replenishment trends to identify risks, opportunities, and inventory optimization strategies
• Define and maintain inventory targets, safety stock strategies, and planning parameters across all locations (DTC, wholesale, 3PL)
• Own tracking of Weeks of Supply (WOS) and overall inventory health by SKU; proactively identify and mitigate potential shortages or excess
• Identify slow-moving inventory, demand gaps, and excess & obsolete (E&O) risks while recommending corrective actions to optimize inventory levels

Supply & Procurement Planning

• Translate demand forecasts into actionable purchasing and production plans in partnership with the procurement team
• Collaborate…