Product Manager III/Demand Planner

About the role

This role combines advanced demand planning and program management to build accurate, data-driven forecasts and guide strategic decisions for retail channels. You will own end-to-end forecast management, including promotional scenarios, and lead cross-functional partners through structured planning cycles.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage all forecast inputs, including sales curves, baselines, and promotional lifts, to build forward-looking forecasts based on historical trends and channel-specific adjustments.
• Create comprehensive promotional forecasts, including scenario models, to support channel owners in making strategic decisions on promotions and pricing.
• Oversee and conduct deep-dive analyses on product performance, including year-over-year comparisons, attainment tracking, and mix shift assessments.
• Provide day-to-day and week-to-week forecasting and sales reporting support to retail sales channel owners, ensuring they have timely and accurate insights.
• Develop and maintain net-short analyses and manage inventory allocation during end-of-sale planning to limit overhang risk and optimize sell-through.
• Manage and update all forecasting systems to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and alignment with business needs.
• Create and manage detailed workback schedules for each forecasting cycle, holding channel owners accountable for delivering inputs and meeting deadlines.
• Meet regularly with channel owners to review baselines, gather feedback, and incorporate changes, while documenting assumptions for bridging and assumption tracking.
• Lead recurring forecast inspection meetings with channel owners to review performance against forecast, identify variances, and align on corrective actions.
• Standardize assumptions and forecasting methodologies across marketplaces, influencing channel owners to adopt consistent processes for both emerging and established businesses.
• Own the forecast narrative and final documentation, clearly explaining changes between forecast cycles and articulating drivers of variances.
• Lead global retail demand reviews, synthesizing complex portfolio insights into clear recommendations for stakeholders.
• Act as both a strategic advisor and a hands-on modeler by helping channel leaders evaluate different promotional approaches and translating historical data into future forecasts at daily, product-level specificity.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of relevant experience working with complex product or portfolio environments, with a minimum of 5 years required.
• Proven experience in demand planning and forecasting, including responsibility for forecast inputs and accuracy.
• Demonstrated ability to forecast promotional impacts, including calculating lifts and understanding price elasticities.
• Experience in B2C, finance, or traditional retail industries with the ability to connect forecasting work directly to business strategy.
• Strong Excel skills, including building and maintaining complex models and performing detailed data analysis.
• Ability to design and interpret scenario models for different promotional strategies and translate these into actionable forecasts.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work at a granular level, including daily and product-level forecasting.
• Ability to clearly communicate forecast narratives, explain variances, and influence stakeholders to adopt standardized methodologies.
• Self-motivated and able to work under strict deadlines while managing multiple forecasting cycles and stakeholder expectations.

Skills

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage complex timelines and multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working effectively in a global, cross-collaborative team environment.
• Motivated, proactive, and comfortable operating in both advisory and hands-on analytical capacities.
• Familiarity with Anaplan or similar planning tools is a plus.
• Ability to translate data-driven insights into clear, business-oriented recommendations.

Work Environment

This is an onsite role based in either Seattle, WA or San Francisco, CA. The standard schedule is Monday through Friday, approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. You will work in a highly cross-collaborative environment that values self-motivation, structured planning, and clear communication.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $65.00 - $69.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include: Medical, dental & vision, Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital, 401(k) Retirement Plan, Life Insurance, Short and long-term disability, Health Spending Account (HSA), Transportation benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).

Schedule

This is a fully onsite position in Seattle, WA, with a standard schedule of Monday through Friday, approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.