Sr. Demand Planner

The Opportunity:
Global Supply Chain – Global Logistics and Planning: Sr Demand Planner, reporting to Commercial Planning Manager, Dolls Portfolio. Day-to-day includes short term analysis of point-of-sale performance and shipping trend, as well as long term category planning and forecasting. The ideal candidate will fill a key position in implementing Anaplan software. This position, along with the other demand planners, will create standard operating procedures (SOP) after the initial implementation of this software. Great opportunity to influence team processes and service level agreements in the long term.
What Your Impact Will Be:
Analysis and Problem-Solving: The ideal candidate will apply critical thinking to dissimilar problems and deliver fact supported analysis, and the ability to quickly switch between strategic thinking and detailed analysis.
Process Management and Improvement: The ideal candidate will create and organize work and processes to get things done in the most efficient manner. Will continuously strive to improve the ways we operate by consistently bringing strong technical and leadership knowledge to the table.
Financial and Business Acumen: The ideal candidate will evaluate financial and business indicators and translate data into actionable information to drive results.
Collaboration: The ideal candidate will build constructive and effective cross-functional relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners.
Influencing & Negotiation: The ideal candidate will present ideas and directions that lead others to action.
Presentation: The ideal candidate will communicate clearly and effectively in a variety of presentation settings including one-on-one, small and large groups, and with peers and executives.
What We’re Looking For:
Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of related experience, or;
Master’s degree and 1 – 3 years of related experience;
Thorough understanding of inventory management;
Proven experience in demand planning and forecasting;
Strong understanding in data analysis and statistics;
Proficient in MS Office Suite: Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
Experience gathering and documenting process and tool requirements;
Comfortable moderating meetings, delivering oral presentations and /or training to large groups; strong communication skills to deliver business updates and influence business decisions;
Demonstrated a growth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves.
Preferred:
Experience with JDA/Blue Yonder/Anaplan;
Experience with Tableau/Cognos/Thoughtspot;
Experience with VBA/SQL programming.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No