Manager, Demand & Supply Planning

Helio Outdoors is a branded consumer products company serving the needs of millions of consumers for swim sports and pool related products through many different sales channels including mass merchants e-commerce and distributors world-wide. As the Operations team continues to grow and take shape as a best-in-class organization we are seeking a forward-thinking demand and supply planning professional to take charge of a business-critical complex and yet exciting responsibility using our proprietary AI planning software. This is an on-site position and will be based out of our Stoughton MA or Denver CO location.

The role is a part of the Operations unit and partners internally with the Finance Sales New Product Development (NPD) IT and Asia Sourcing organizations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of demand and supply planners to deliver demand and procurement plans for their assigned set of customers / brands.
• Develop and execute advance demand and supply planning standard methodologies set tactical goals for the organization and drives follow through major landmarks.
• Acts as the voice of the team in all cross-functional discussions within and outside of US responsibility.
• Supports a culture of exception management by proactively identifying major issues and opportunities around demand and supply.
• Drives a culture of excellence in analysis and execution while taking ownership of identified issues in inventory planning to drive quantifiable solutions and positive business results.
• Supports monthly demand-supply reconciliation and reporting. Participates in the S&OP process in collaboration with cross functional partners.
• Creates systemic processes with in-depth retail analysis skills to deliver an agnostic view of shipment potential.
• Participates in goal setting and is the active leader in forecast accuracy coverage reporting and SKU rationalization.
• Optimize inventory operations by utilizing advanced AI forecasting software to maximize turns and prevent stock outs.

• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in supply chain specifically in demand supply and allocation planning for recreation industry retail wholesale or comparable seasonal high SKU-count CPG industry.
• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Mathematics or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with AI-integrated planning tools that build validate and deploy machine learning models for demand forecasting.
• Ability to thrive in a global multi-cultural and multi-country environment while building cross functional trusted partnerships and facilitating consensus within and across work teams.
• A strong work knowledge of effective supply chain performance including customer service supplier and asset management.
• Passion for crafting processes and systems improvements.
• Skills in analysis influencing negotiation communication and navigating a sophisticated global organization.
• Energy for working in a sophisticated collaborative fast-paced environment and handling several projects at one time.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including early mornings and late evenings to accommodate meetings across global time zones (including Asia).
• Direct experience with Amazon ecommerce and online marketplaces is highly preferred.