Demand Planner Apparel

Our client is working on a demand planning role with a fashion/apparel company that sells sleepwear/lounge/UW and hosiery categories. They have licensed and private lable business sold to department stores and Walmart. Role is onsite in midtown. The Demand Planner will utilize all means necessary to estimate future product demands. Develop an effective forecast model by paying attention to industry trends and demand patterns. Monitor and report essential changes to sales forecasts, business strategies, and budgets. Support company management with risk assessment and activities to help mitigate the risk and propose and implement solutions that accurately improve demand forecasts. Manage and prioritize steps for execution, inventory, or shipments based on customer need and available product. Create and generate statistical forecasts using historical data, seasonality, and variability metrics and coordinate logistics to deliver launch products, support product promotions and sales recovery.

• Salary at full time approximately $100K but may go higher based on experience.

Responsibilities:

• Develop effective forecast models based on industry trends and demand patterns and analyze available data from demand planning, inventory reports and other resources.
• Creation and maintenance of Pre-Season and In-Season Ladder Plans.
• Support management with risk assessments and mitigation activities.
• Propose and implement solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy.
• Successfully communicate forecast and inventory estimations to management, production planning and customers.
• Monitor and report on important changes in sales forecasts, budgets, and business strategies.
• Tracking the company’s current inventory and able to recommend changes to the way the company handles inventory.
• Anticipating factors that might influence demand, such as seasonal slowdowns or upcoming promotions.
• Collaborating with operations, production, and other supply chain department team members.
• Review item forecasts for new, existing, and discontinued products.
• Collaborate with B2B Sales, E-comm Trading, Finance and Operations teams to facilitate effective demand planning.
• Recommend updated order quantities, delivery dates to reflect demand changes in compliance with proper authorizations.
• Provide actionable data analysis to support business cases for demand plans using data-driven methods.
• Experience with BI, SQL, spreadsheets, and enterprise resource planning.
• A leader and critical thinker with an eye for continuous improvement and able to serve as a mentor for other individual contributors on the team.
• Fluent in statistics, spreadsheets, root cause analysis, and segments.
• Skilled at time management and negotiation.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain or other relevant fields.
• A minimum of 3 -5 years’ plus experience in demand planning/forecasting role.
• Experience working with replenishment or planning is required.
• Solid understanding of demand planning and inventory management practices and procedures.
• Proficiency in inventory management software and advanced spreadsheet applications.
• Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge.
• Capability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

If you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today.

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