Senior Demand & Supply Planner

Responsibilities

• The Senior Demand & Supply Planner is responsible for building accurate SKU-level demand forecasts.
• Establishing supply plans, and managing inventory levels to meet customer and business objectives.
• This role bridges demand forecasting and supply planning to ensure service levels, profitability, and efficient inventory utilization.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Merchandising, Sourcing, Distribution, Finance, and Account Support.
• Create, document, and maintain demand SKU level forecasts aligned with supply for long‑range planning.
• Reconcile the differences between macro business plans and SKU level forecasts.
• Partner with Sales, Merchandising, and customers to develop assortment and demand plans.
• Monitor and measure forecast accuracy and volatility.
• Diagnose, categorize, quantify and summarize root causes of inaccuracy, poor service levels, and higher‑than‑expected excess and obsolete inventory.
• Analyze and distribute weekly and monthly demand reports with insights to cross‑functional teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver against demand forecast and financial expectations.
• Work with the Sales team to develop incremental opportunities to close gaps to expectations.
• Establish and maintain 12‑month rolling supply plans with supplier and distribution constraints.
• Identify, quantify and help resolve supply constraints that impede achievement of the demand plan.
• Create and maintain accurate purchase orders with factories.
• Create and maintain choice level SKU details.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Research, Statistics, Business, or related field.
• 3–5 years’ experience in demand and/or supply planning, forecasting, or related roles.
• Advanced analytical skills & proficiency in Excel (sumifs, index match, lookups, if function, pivot measures, power query, etc.).
• Proficiency in a BI tools (Tableau, SQL, Snowflake, Micro Strategy or Sigma, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of supply chain processes including forecasting, inventory management, sourcing, and distribution.
• Excellent organizational, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Leadership potential with mentoring or supervisory experience.