What are the responsibilities and job description for the Demand Planner position at US Tech Solutions?
Job Title: Demand Planner
Location: Beaverton, OR(97005)
Duration: 6 Months Contract
Job Description:
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
- Develop seasonal plans and monthly forecasts inclusive of sales, margin and inventory at the style color level (leveraging analytics), develop strategies to meet CFoP financial goals and own open to buy bottom’s up forecasts to inform manufacturing decisions through to in season optimization
- You will deliver a seasonal buy for the kids business that is aligned to Retail Sales, Inventory and Market expectations, including door, flow, and size specificity.
- Partner with key stakeholders across Geo and Global to optimize business health throughout the entirety of the product life cycle inclusive of responsive offering.
- Recap and analyze the business against forecast weekly and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a monthly basis
- Product forecasting and in season optimization by analyzing data, & providing actionable insights
- Report on forecast variance weekly with action plans and risks & opportunities
- Support monthly and seasonal inventory planning and management activities
- In partnership with marketplace teams actively manage product; close-out process and aging inventory to maximize consumer demand and marketplace objectives
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will work closely with GEO CFoP Merch Planning Partners, Merch Financial Planning, Marketplace and Finance; to create a robust rolling forecast for our client Kids business grounded in quantitative and qualitative metrics of sales, inventory and margin.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Good Communication skills
- Ability to lead and influence
- Leverage statistical forecasting, data science and new ways of working to develop plans and drive better decisions pre and in-season
- Demonstrated experience in assortment planning and understanding of financial, product and inventory planning
- Strong ability to influence and ability to design compelling communication grounded in data
- Ability to think critically and understand the potential of a style in the marketplace as well as quantify any gaps to financial plans from a bottoms up perspective
- Demonstrated problem solving and critical thinking skills by developing accurate plans that optimize trade-offs and outcomes
- Current understanding of consumer and marketplace trend
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 3-5 years directly relevant work experience
About US Tech Solutions:
US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com.
US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Detail
Internal ID-25-31941
Salary : $35 - $48
