Retail Sales Forecasting & Planning Manager

About the role

SimpliSafe is a high‑tech home security company passionate about protecting the life you've built and keeping Every Home Secure. The company embraces a hybrid work model, with teams expected to be in the office two core days per week (typically Tuesday‑Thursday) and flexible the remainder of the week. As a Retail Sales Forecasting & Planning Manager on the Sales Operations team, you will serve as the analytical engine for national retail account managers, building promotional plans, forecasting units, shaping account strategy, and delivering data‑driven insights to support retail sales and executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own weekly annual operating plan and quarterly reforecast across national retail club accounts; manage sell‑in/sell‑through planning to minimize excess returns.
• Co‑own account forecasts and promo planning; collaborate with account managers for buyer meetings with emphasis on SKU‑level accuracy and reporting.
• Partner on activation forecasting to support the go‑to‑market planning cycle and contribute to cross‑functional scenario modeling with Finance and Direct‑to‑Consumer Forecasting teams.
• Manage weekly sales reporting for timely delivery to internal stakeholders; maintain recurring KPI reporting and surface trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Support migration of sales reporting into a self‑serve business intelligence platform and contribute to activation and attrition reporting to monitor customer lifecycle performance.
• Collaborate with Sales and Supply Chain on retail channel inventory allocation and manage retailer inventory allocation as needed.
• Monitor retailer supply and demand balances and operational metrics.
• Maintain retailer sell‑through and sell‑in sales forecast and communicate forecast, risks, and opportunities to the supply chain demand and/or supply planning team.
• Own data integrity, product cost and pricing accuracy, and platform adoption across sales planning tools; align supply and demand assumptions to improve forecast inputs.
• Build custom dashboards and reporting tools that deliver actionable insights, and apply AI tools to drive efficiencies across forecasting and planning workflows.
• Build strong relationships across Sales, Finance, Direct‑to‑Consumer, Supply Chain, and Marketing; translate planning outputs into concise, executive‑ready communications.
• Partner with analytics teams on KPI definitions, reporting standards, and best practices.
• Actively participate in the S&OP process and demand consensus.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) required.
• 5+ years of experience in forecasting, planning, sales operations, finance, or a similar analytical role.

Skills

• Advanced Excel proficiency; experience with BI tools such as