Demand Planning Manager

• Build and maintain the forecast across your segment, including new items, seasonal ramps, and end-of-life
• Translate forecasts into weekly buy plans with clear coverage targets by SKU and category
• Recommend how much inventory each category needs to stay in stock without carrying more than it can turn, and bring the analysis behind those targets
• Review forecast accuracy and bias regularly, and fix the drivers rather than just the numbers

• Place purchase orders against the plan, on the cadence the plan requires
• Smooth purchasing against weekly receiving capacity, which your segment shares with the rest of the catalog, so buys land inside what our buildings can absorb
• Build and run the seasonal pull-ahead plan, Chinese New Year above all, as a months-long flow rather than a single large buy

• Chase vendor acknowledgements and hold the line on committed dates
• Validate cargo ready dates and keep them honest
• Hand off cleanly to the transportation booking team so bookings, transit, and receipt line up with need dates
• Surface exceptions early, while there's still time to act on them, and escalate to the director when they need more weight
• Work daily with merchandising, transportation, and distribution center operations

• Track vendor performance against acknowledged dates and cargo ready commitments
• When POs slip, get on the phone. Use the weight of our business to hold vendors to what they committed to
• Maintain the scorecards and run the escalation path that make those conversations short

• Strong analytical capability: you work directly in the data, build the model yourself, and can defend the numbers
• Fluency with SQL, BI tools, and advanced Excel, and the ability to pick up an ERP or planning system quickly
• Hands-on experience in demand planning, inventory planning, or purchasing, ideally with a large SKU base and overseas vendors
• Vendor-facing experience: you've chased suppliers on commitments and know what actually moves them
• Experience building solutions with automation or AI, or a clear track record of teaching yourself new tools and putting them to work
• Comfort operating against hard physical or operational constraints, not just against a plan on paper

• In-stock rate improves while weeks of supply holds flat or comes down
• Forecast accuracy and bias improve at the SKU and category level, and you can explain why
• Receipts land inside weekly door and labor capacity, with Chinese New Year volume feathered rather than spiked
• Vendor on-time performance to acknowledged dates improves, tracked on a scorecard everyone recognizes
• At least the most repetitive monitoring tasks are automated, replaced by exceptions that surface on their own

Raymour & Flanigan proudly supports a drug and smoke free work environment.

Please note that we are currently unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must have authorization to work in the U.S. without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.

Raymour & Flanigan is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any associate or applicant on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, physical or mental disability, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital or familial status, genetic information or other basis protected by law.