Demand Planner; Partner Brands; SalonCentric

Demand Planner

Salon Centric is the premier national distributor of salon professional products in the U.S. Created by L’Oréal USA in 2008 with 585 Salon Centric stores and 260 StateǀRDA stores in the US. Today, Salon Centric is expanding in Canada, with its first presence and footprint in Ontario.

Salon Centric is the premier national distributor of salon professional products in the U.S. Created by L’Oréal USA in 2008 with 585 Salon Centric stores and 260 StateǀRDA stores in the US. Today, Salon Centric is expanding in Canada, with its first presence and footprint in Ontario.

Our vision is to inspire the Beauty Community to make the world a more colorful place. We are committed to developing an atmosphere where every member of our Beauty Community feels included, valued, and empowered, and where we can all share, learn, grow and thrive. We do this by supporting social, environmental, and economic causes that support the entire professional beauty industry and our Beauty Community.

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Demand Planner to develop, maintain, and continuously improve our demand planning process. This role will be responsible for creating accurate demand forecasts, analyzing sales and market trends, monitoring inventory requirements, and partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure the right products are available at the right time.

The ideal candidate is not simply an Excel user, but an advanced Excel problem-solver who can automate processes, build scalable planning models, work with large datasets, and develop tools that reduce manual work and improve forecast accuracy.

• Develop, maintain, and improve demand forecasts using historical sales data, trends, seasonality, customer demand, market information, and business inputs.
• Build and maintain the company's Excel-based demand planning system, including forecasting models, planning templates, promotional analysis, and reporting tools.
• Build Excel VBA macros to automate repetitive processes, data preparation, reporting, forecasting updates, and planning workflows.
• Create dashboards and management reports to monitor demand, forecast accuracy, forecast bias, sales trends, inventory levels, stockouts, excess inventory, and other KPIs.
• Analyze historical sales and demand patterns to identify trends, seasonality, growth opportunities, changes in customer behavior, and potential risks.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Procurement, Production, Finance, and Logistics to gather business inputs and develop a consensus demand forecast.
• Support new product launches by developing initial demand forecasts and monitoring actual demand against expectations.
• Conduct regular forecast-versus-actual analysis and identify the root causes of significant variances.
• Prepare regular demand planning reports and communicate key findings, risks, and recommended actions to management.
• Participate in regular demand planning meetings to review performance and identify issues.
• Stay informed about industry trends and market conditions.
• Continuously seek out opportunities to improve demand planning processes and tools.
• Excellent communication skills are necessary for collaborating with various teams and conveying information effectively.

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business, Operations, Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of Demand Planning experience
• Advanced to expert-level Microsoft Excel skills – experience in building complex Excel models and automated planning tools.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with various teams and convey information effectively in a clear and concise manner.
• Precision in…