Demand Planning Lead

What will you work on
As the Demand Planning Lead you will create and maintain SKU-level forecast models by incorporating business intelligence from sales marketing and finance. You will perform deep data analysis to recognize patterns and adjust forecasts ensuring our supply chain is aligned to meet customer demand and business profit goals.

How will you create impact

• Develop initial forecast models based on historical data and promotional causal factors.

• Manage a demand plan at the SKU customer and Distribution Center (DC) level in both dollars and units.

• Identify and resolve out-of-stock issues by analyzing safety stock levels and shortage occurrences.

• Partner with account managers to review vendor scorecards and resolve chronic issues such as fill rates and forecast accuracy.

• Collaborate with supply planners to track purchase order execution and inventory distribution from manufacturing to DCs.

• Lead demand planning inputs for the S&OP process making recommendations on consumption and financial plans.

• Analyze impact of promotional strategies including placement and acquisition methods to optimize margins.

• Conduct factory capacity and supplier make-plan analysis for promotional and seasonal inventory.

What are your skills and experience

• A degree in Business Supply Chain Logistics or a related field.

• Proven experience in demand planning and operational business aspects (e.g. lead times MOQ safety stocks).

• Strong analytical background with experience in professional reporting and statistical modeling.

• Deep understanding of forecasting concepts such as MAPE WMAPE and BIAS.

• Working knowledge of planning systems like DSX Oracle (Demantra) or JDE.

• Ability to translate complex data trends into actionable business insights for sales and finance partners.

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The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Connecticut is $110000 to $120000 Per Annum. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job years of experience within the required industry education etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation creativity and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities

• Flexible Work Hours

• Innovation Collaboration and Fun

• Comprehensive Benefits

• Other fun Perks!

Whats it like to work here

Spin Master is a fast-paced hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isnt for everyone we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

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We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.