Senior Demand Planner

Overview

Who We Are At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line. Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:

• Runner First
• Word is Bond
• Champion Heart
• There is no “I” in Run
• Keep Moving

We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement — because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.

The Senior Demand Planner will play a key role in developing the 5 years strategic and 24 months Operational Demand Plan at brand, SKU, and account level in context for multi-categories and multi-channels to support growing Brooks’ business. Functionally you will serve as a strategic planner to help shape and guide business level strategic and tactical planning activities. Operationally, you will contribute to the creation of the channel/category operational demand forecasts through statistical methods & business drivers analysis collaborating with Sales, Retail Analytics, Marketing and Finance.

• Assist Demand Planning Manager in facilitating monthly consensus meetings with Sales, Retail Analytics, Marketing, Finance & Market Supply Planning which may include preparing all data and metrics for review, identifying gaps and scenarios that must be presented, facilitating decision making on open items and trade-offs, and ensuring action is taken on agreed to action items
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with key internal customers based on trust and confidence
• Ensure launch, promotion and other customer or business historical data and insights are properly managed to provide support for future modeling
• Identify deviations from forecasted results and other disruptions and promptly resolve or make recommendations for any issues
• Prepare demand planning input for budget, trend, and strategic & operational S&OP for the Supply Chain, Business and Financial communities
• Drive forecast accuracy analysis (FA% and Bias%) including root cause and performance problem solving
• Review performance metrics to assess how S&OP plans are tracking against goals, and work with the functional planning groups to improve their processes to meet the goals
• Contribute to the Global Demand Planning Community by developing Demand Planning Excellence program and participating in cross functional project teams
• Mentor and train team members and cross-functional partners on the tools, systems, and processes within the Integrated Planning Group
• Act as a key contributor in the development of demand planning best practices to identify, standardize and automate key planning inputs
• Maintain and improve forecasting models and methodology by reviewing historical sales trends at multiple levels of aggregation, researching demand drivers, and collaborating with key stakeholders
• Lead cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated assumptions
• Other projects and responsibilities as required

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Business, Supply Chain, or related discipline or equivalent combination of experience
• 5+ years of experience in a planning related field
• Displays strong initiative with a curiosity for learning
• Innovative mindset and a tendency to challenge the norm
• Proven ability to interpret sales data and make recommendations based on their own analysis
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a resourceful professional style
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills
• Well-developed quantitative skills with an aptitude for report-building, data mining, and interpretation
• Strong computer skills, including proven mastery of Microsoft office suite, experience in advanced planning systems like Kinaxis is desired
• Microsoft Power BI and Knime experience is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally, demonstrating strong…