Demand Planner (Pooling)

Essor, where brands take flight. We find digital challenger brands and supercharge them into iconic global legends that consumers love. As a next-generation consumer products platform, we leverage technology, industry expertise, and strategic collaborations to ignite growth and launch brands beyond expectations. 

Essor’s brand portfolio today includes a broad range of rapidly growing health & wellness and lifestyle brands like Boka, ZitSticka, Puracy, OTOTO Design, FreshCap, Iron Flask, Fullstar, NumNum, Key Nutrients, and Viking Revolution that are sold on Amazon, Direct to Consumer channels, and through national retailers like Target, CVS, and Walmart. 

This is an evergreen role. While we may not have an immediate opening, we continuously review applications and will reach out once a suitable opportunity becomes available.

About the Role

The Supply Chain team oversees all aspects from production at our suppliers’ location (Asia, Europe & Americas) to inventory management to delivery and optimization of all sales channels (e-commerce marketplaces, direct-to-consumer, brick & mortar delivery, and more). 

About the Team 

As a Demand Planner you are responsible for the worldwide sales forecast for your brands and categories. You will lead the monthly forecasting process which includes developing forecasts, analyzing forecasts, making recommendations, and incorporating historical and market strategies into current forecasts. Ideally, you are experienced in fast-growing companies in the e-commerce business.

What you will do:

• Drive forecasting process across all sales channels 
• Collaborate with brand management team to analyze current trends and adapt forecast where necessary 
• Collaborate with operational intelligence team to analyse Artificial intelligent based forecast and provide feedback to improve
• Generate weekly forecast reports and communicate forecast flags to brand management, inventory team, and operational intelligence team
• Analyze forecast deviations with the goal to improve forecast accuracy, minimize out of stock and mitigate overstock
• Maintain and develop collaborative tools with brand management team

Who you are:

• A self-starter, willing to experiment with different ideas and approaches 
• Self-motivated with a drive for continuous improvement: don’t be afraid to challenge the status quo! 
• Comfortable working with large sets of data, high proficiency in excel
• Effective in communication and influencing. Ability to engage with business partners and leaders throughout the whole organization

This is an evergreen role. While we may not have an immediate opening, we continuously review applications and will reach out once a suitable opportunity becomes available.

We are seeking for people who:

• Are owners. 
• Are continually raising the bar.  
• Are sincerely open-minded, and are willing to examine their strongest convictions with humility. 
• Nurture and embrace differing perspectives to make better decisions. 

What's in it for you?

• A supportive, diverse and global team with a growth mindset.
• A scaling company with great industry professionals.
• A flexible (hybrid) working environment.
• Great opportunities to get involved with exciting projects.

If you are ready to join our fast-paced company, apply now!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, age, or national origin will be considered. No qualified applicants will be discriminated against on the basis of disability or protected veteran status.