Demand Planner
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Job Location:
Los Angeles, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 56800 - 75000
Posted on:
15 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Demand Planner is a proactive detail-oriented role that supports demand forecasting and product-level inventory optimization across multiple product classes. This role plays a key part in ensuring accurate forecasts by product and maintaining ideal product availability.
This is a hybrid role working out of our Los Angeles CA office. The candidate is expected to be on-site on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
What Youll Do
Analyze sales data forecast future demand and ensure that the right inventory is available to support strategies to meet customer needs
Assist in developing and maintaining demand planning models and processes to support accurate forecasting
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including buying marketing and production to gather information and insights to inform demand planning
Monitor inventory levels and make recommendations for efficient inventory management
Identify and resolve discrepancies between forecasted and actual demand
Utilize various forecasting tools and techniques to accurately predict demand
Monitor and report on key performance indicators related to demand planning
Partner with buying to stay updated on market trends and competitor activities to anticipate changes in demand
Communicate with the production team to ensure the timely delivery of products
Participate in regular meetings and provide insights and recommendations to improve demand planning processes
Proactively identify and address potential supply chain issues and work towards solutions
Adhere to company policies and procedures and ensure compliance with industry regulations
Continuously seek opportunities to improve demand planning processes and contribute to overall company growth and success
What Youll Need
Bachelors degree in Business Finance or other relevant field
2 years of retail apparel planning demand planning allocation or analytics experience
Excellent communication written oral and group facilitation
Strong retail math skills
Professional and positive attitude
Excellent organizational and time management skills sense of urgency highly detailed and experience in meeting deadlines
Must be able to work independently
Proficient Excel skills including formulas such as sumifs vlookups etc. and pivot tables
Ability to apply logical thinking and sound judgment to a wide range of practical problems
Nice to Have - Bonus Points!
Planning experience in fashion retail and/or e-commerce
Passion for womens fashion
Were ready to meet you! Come help us achieve our ambitious goals!
At Lulus we believe our people are our greatest asset and we seek to structure competitive compensation offers to ensure that we can attract and retain the best talent. Our job postings include an annual base salary range for the role. The stated base salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on several factors including the selected candidates educational and professional experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the selection process. Base salary is a part of a total compensation package which depending on the position may also include an annual bonus and other benefit programs.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Forecasting
- Microsoft Access
- Math
- SAP
- Supply Chain Experience
- Analysis Skills
- SAP APO
- SAP Supply Chain Management
- Production Planning
- SAP ERP
- ERP Systems
- MRP
