Demand Planner

Demand Planner

On-site:
Lexington, KY

The Galls Demand Planner is responsible for forecasting and planning products within specified product categories. Serves as the accountable owner of forecast accuracy and optimized inventory levels across the network within their categories, working with the Merchant to deliver performance through all Galls sales channels. The planner is responsible for providing guidance, analysis, and oversight for their assigned demand portfolio to ensure alignment with business direction and objectives, as well as consistency with market trends and customer needs.

• Key Owner of inventory service levels and inventory turns. Needs deep understanding of sales channel, vendor and product parameters, and trends of their respective product categories to analyze and create forecasts to best optimize inventory levels across the network.
• Accountable for establishing and managing item level statistical forecasts for their specific categories. Planner should act as the functional expert for Galls demand planning, including ecom and sales channels, and is responsible for continuous forecast improvement using process KPIs and diagnostics to ensure improvement efforts.
• With insight and direction from Merchandizer, create forecasts and initial planning for new product rollouts, including set up all item parameters, product supersession and demand overrides with expected demand curves. Determines where the new products should be planned and the inventory plan for each sales channel. Responsible for providing insights to merchant on the performance of new products.
• Manages exceptional demand by reviewing system generated exceptional demand alerts weekly/monthly and smoothing demand spikes after validating demand with key owners, history, and system data integrity.
• The demand planner will facilitate a collaborative and consensus approach by working closely with the merchandising team, agency demand planning team, and the supply planning team, including seasonal planning to ensure optimal inventory levels.
• Provide support on the monthly business reviews, sharing performance, trends, and opportunities with the merchant.
• Owner of initial master setup within planning tools and monitor for data accuracy

• Strategic thinking - Ability to envision, create and drive data-supported strategies to generate disruptive growth within business with connection to economic impact.
• Results-oriented - Ability to drive results, fully executed with excellence to and above plan with urgency, full accountability, autonomy, and adaptability to shifting markets.
• Decision making - Ability to assess situations from all perspectives and make financially sound decisions based on a best course of action.
• Presentation skills - Strong business story-telling ability backed by diligent data-support to present with clarity and professionalism across the organization and vendors
• Proficient in understanding of fundamental business management and supply chain principles and concepts.
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources to develop, implement, and execute timely and accurate demand forecasts
• Experienced utilizing demand planning/inventory/purchase order/supply chain optimization tools. Experience with Tools Group products a plus.
• Highly Proficient/Advanced in Excel, experience utilizing data tools such as Tableau, Qlik, Power
  
  BI, or other data-mining tools.
• Proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to adapt readily to change and work within a high-paced environment with autonomy
• Experience with multi-channel business to include store, catalog and web
• Successful experience in customer centric organizations
• Strong analytical skills, ability to convert data into information and present insights.

• Your resume, highlighting your education, experience, and skills
• Why you want to be a part of the Galls family

• Excellent medical/dental and vision coverage - Eligible 1st day of the month after start date
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Flexible benefits - choose what you like, ignore the rest
• Generous employee discount
• Vacation and Personal Time
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Day Shifts Only

Galls is an Equal Opportunity Employer of people from all walks of life, including persons with disabilities and veterans. Galls is passionately committed to diversity and inclusion in all that we do. We invite you to join our team, grow with us and contribute by bringing your authentic, best self to work.