Demand Planner

Our client, a luxury fragrance company, is seeking a Demand Planner to support demand forecasting and inventory planning across multiple brands and SKUs.

• Maintain and update demand forecasts using historical sales data, trends, seasonality, distribution changes, and business inputs.
• Analyze sales and demand trends to identify variances, risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with Sales teams to gather promotional plans, distribution changes, customer activity, and other factors that may impact demand.
• Prepare demand planning reports and analyses, including forecast accuracy, bias, variances, and inventory trends.
• Support monthly S&OP meetings by preparing demand planning analyses and materials.
• Support SKU rationalization by analyzing product performance and identifying low-performing or declining SKUs.
• Support new product launch and product transition forecasting using comparable product performance, distribution assumptions, and Sales and Marketing input.
• Collaborate with Supply Planning, Material Planning, Global Trade Marketing, and Global Marketing to maintain alignment on forecasts and inventory needs.
• Assist with inventory allocation and transfers by monitoring inventory levels, demand, and shipment requirements.
• Perform ad hoc analysis and other related duties as assigned or required.

• 1+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or sales analysis
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field
• Beauty, luxury, CPG, or fashion industry experience

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, formulas, and data analysis.
• Ability to partner cross-functionally on a global scale.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.