Job Description
Demand Planner Opportunity!
This role is looking for someone to play a vital role in sales planning, managing inventory and ensuring that inventory level and replenishment align with forecasts and budgets for a growing, global lifestyle brand collective.
An established company that is focusing on growth across EMEA - if you're looking for a role and company with potential and opportunity, this is the one!
Responsibilities:
Inventory Planning:
* Monitor weeks of supply and inventory turnover across all replenishment categories and produce weekly availability reports
* Collaborate with Sales and Production on replenishment planning for core products across all brands.
* Prepare replenishment production orders for approval, ensuring alignment with OTB volume and timing requirements.
Replenishment Planning:
* Oversee the replenishment planning process for all accounts and develop weekly ladder plans at the account/brand/category/style level
* Review ladder plans, production placements, and inventory availability with Sales to drive alignment on key decisions.
* Analyse account performance to recommend optimal models and inventory levels, maximise replenishment SKU productivity, and identify new business opportunities.
Financial:
* Collaborate with Sales and Operations to develop accurate monthly sales and margin forecasts and deliver comprehensive sales reporting to improve visibility of trends, risk and opportunities
* Produce variance analyses versus Latest Estimate, Budget, and Prior Year to deepen business performance insights.
* Participate in weekly S&OP meetings to ensure cross-functional alignment and proper documentation of risks and opportunities
Requirements:
* Good experience in Demand/Replenishment/Inventory planning
* Experience with Apparel retailers
* Strong Excel skills
* Demonstrated experience in retail data analysis.