Senior Demand Planner

Description

The Senior Demand Planner will support pre-season and in-season sales and inventory planning across key accounts. This role contributes to the forecasting process—both top-down and bottom-up—across core products and new launches, helping to ensure optimal inventory levels, forecast accuracy, and profitability.

• Own and maintain an 18-month rolling SKU-level forecast across assigned channels.

• Deliver forecast accuracy and bias KPIs to meet annual targets. Increase demand forecasting accuracy by removing forecast bias, utilizing robust analytics, and reviewing brand and market trends.

• Leverage demand planning systems to generate statistical forecasts, integrating market intelligence and clearly documenting assumptions.

• Support best in class service and inventory levels by executing a structured and repeatable demand planning monthly collaboration calendar

• Merge business knowledge and expertise with statistical models to enhance the forecast while integrating input from Sales, Marketing, Customers and other key stakeholders

• Participate in monthly Consensus meetings with sales and customers to aid delivering accurate forecasts which will be used to drive critical downstream commercial and operations business processes

• Partner with key parties to gather forecast inputs (building blocks) based on functional expertise. Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Customers and Finance to support new product launch forecasts

• Participate in stage gate process and support Marketing teams to develop innovation forecasts

• Manage the product range inclusive of product life-cycle. Analyze and interpret SKU effectiveness and efficiency, guide/drive SKU rationalization

• Monitor performance vs. the forecast throughout the month identifying any key shifts or trends. Analyze forecast variation/deviation with the goal to minimize service issues and prevent the build of excess & obsolete inventory

• Support the development and implementation of new systems, processes, models, and KPI performance reporting tools

• Demand Planning

• Sales

• Project Management

• Marketing

• Customers

• Minimum of 4+ years demand planning experience

• Experience of S&OP and forecasting processes in a CPG environment

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with exceptional attention to detail and a results-driven mindset

• A strong collaborator, with a willingness to drive change and to lead by example

• Proficient in Microsoft office applications with emphasis on Excel, Word, and Outlook.

• Experience with Demand Planning systems

• Travel to offsite meetings as needed. 5%

Must be able to perform essential functions (with or without an accommodation) without posing a "direct threat" to the health and safety to self or others.

Morphe takes a market-based approach to pay, and amounts will vary depending on your geographic location. The salary range reflected here is for positions based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

The Company reserves the right to alter, change, abolish and even combine jobs depending upon changing conditions.