Sr. Analyst, Market Planning

Position Title:Senior Analyst Market Planning Professional Hair

Location:Calabasas CA USA

Reports to: Senior Manager Business Planning

Direct Reports:N/A

Scope / Brands: Prosumer Briogeo

ABOUT THE WELLA COMPANY

TogetherWEenable individuals to look feel and be their true selves.

WellaCompany is one of the worlds leading beauty companies comprised of a family of iconic brands such as Wella Professionals Clairol OPI Nioxin and ghd. With 6000 employees globally presence in over 100 countries WellaCompany and its brands enable consumers to look feel and be their true selves. As innovators in the hair and nail industry WellaCompany empowers its people to delight consumers inspire beauty professionals engage communities and deliver sustainable growth to its stakeholders.

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THE ROLE

The Sr. Analyst position is responsible for ensuring appropriate inventory levels to support the market demand plan and strategy. Establish strategic collaboration with factories and global deployment team to ensure network supply strategies including inventory policies are established with service cost and cash balance. Have a focus to ensure excess and obsolete inventory is always not created. Provide regular market-facing supply and service analysis including top projected missed dollars and actions plans along with historical analysis and gap to targets. This role will also owe the success of our new brand supply implementation after acquisition.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Weekly Inventory analysis and FR risk outlook preparation

Supporting Sr. Manager with analysis on product availability status - data extraction from JDA/SAP/BY and other sources

Collaboration with Demand Planner understand the forecasting process and actively challenge/influence the building blocks that impact production and delivery of product

Collaboration with multifunctional team focused on understanding current brand & channel strategies/needs and providing product availability context/watchouts

Proactive communication of potential supply crisis developing risk mitigation proposals and executing allocation plans in the market.

Prepare and communicate supply outlook and critical risks/opportunities to commercial team on a regular basis

Phase-In & Phase Out codes tracking and stock management

Contribute to reduction of E&O stock in collaboration with Trade Marketing and Planning Hub - develop a deep understanding of supply chain limitations and opportunities and actively engaging other teams to deplete excess stock and optimize initiatives execution

Challenge production/deployment plan when required

Drive alignment of safety/cycle stock parameters minimum order quantities and other system parameters to improve the inventory coverage within the region

Collaboration with the Planning Hub on production prioritization to ensure market needs are reflected & Fill Rate is on target

Participate in daily / weekly and monthly connects with all critical business partners

Ensuring successful Initiatives execution in the market in collaboration with Market Initiative Planner and other functions proactive risk mitigation plans reducing PIPO disruption impact on daily availability for orders and balancing Phase Out and Phase In inventory.

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential:

• Education: BA/ BS in Economics Business Administration Supply Chain Management Data Analytics or related field
• Experience: 3-5 years experience in supply planning demand planning project management data analytics and/or production management
• Technical Skills: MS Excel MS PowerPoint MS Vision.
• IDEAL Technical Skill: Power BI.
• Experience owning measures and improving results.
• Strong analytical and project management skills required including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Communication skills: Ability to communicate clearly transparently concisely and on a timely basis with leadership. Comfortable with dealing with conflict and issue resolution
• Ability to challenge and refine business process and/or data requirements
• Aptitude for problem solving; proven ability to create implement and measure new processes
• Collaboration Skills: Ability to work collaboratively across different styles. Develop strong partnerships. Must be able to work well with people not physically collocated.

Desirable:

• Education: MBA/MS degree preferred
• Technical Skills: SQL
• CPG industry experience a plus

We disclose the compensation range for positions in compliance with local law. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location experience skills and in comparison to internal incumbents currently in similar roles. Pay Range: $75000-$85000 salary per year. The range listed is just one component of Wella Companys total rewards package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonus plan or variable pay depending on the addition Wella Company provides a rich variety of benefits to employees including health insurance life and disability insurance 401(k) retirement plan paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

NOTICES

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color sex sexual orientation gender identity religion national origin disability veteran status or other legally protected status.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process please email . This email account will not respond to inquiries regarding the status of a candidates application.

Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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