Demand Planner

About the role

The Demand Planner is a proactive, detail-oriented role that supports demand forecasting and product-level inventory optimization across multiple product classes. This role plays a key part in ensuring accurate forecasts by product and maintaining ideal product availability.

Responsibilities

• Analyze sales data, forecast future demand, and ensure that the right inventory is available to support strategies to meet customer needs
• Assist in developing and maintaining demand planning models and processes to support accurate forecasting
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including buying, marketing, and production, to gather information and insights to inform demand planning
• Monitor inventory levels and make recommendations for efficient inventory management
• Identify and resolve discrepancies between forecasted and actual demand
• Utilize various forecasting tools and techniques to accurately predict demand
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators related to demand planning
• Partner with buying to stay updated on market trends and competitor activities to anticipate changes in demand
• Communicate with the production team to ensure the timely delivery of products
• Participate in regular meetings and provide insights and recommendations to improve demand planning processes
• Proactively identify and address potential supply chain issues and work towards solutions
• Adhere to company policies and procedures and ensure compliance with industry regulations
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve demand planning processes and contribute to overall company growth and success

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or other relevant field
• 2+ years of retail apparel planning, demand planning, allocation, or analytics experience
• Excellent communication, written, oral, and group facilitation skills
• Strong retail math skills
• Professional and positive attitude
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, sense of urgency, highly detailed, and experience in meeting deadlines
• Must be able to work independently
• Proficient Excel skills, including formulas such as sumifs, vlookups, etc., and pivot tables

Nice to Have - Bonus Points!

• Planning experience in fashion retail and/or e-commerce
• Passion for women’s fashion