Demand Planner, UK & EMEA

HOURGLASS COSMETICS – Demand Planner, UK&EMEA

Connected by creativity and driven by purpose. Hourglass Cosmetics is a vegan and cruelty-free beauty brand, redefining luxury cosmetics with high-performance products, innovative formulas, and award-winning franchises. Recognized by Forbes, Fast Company and Time Magazine as one of the most inventive beauty companies, Hourglass leads the industry with its breakthrough products and its commitment to animal welfare. Founded in 2004, Hourglass is globally available in 32 markets and 2,600 doors including Sephora, Ulta, Bergdorf Goodman, Nordstrom, Space NK and more. Hourglass became part of the Unilever Prestige division in 2017. Discover more about the Hourglass brand story and mission on our website hourglasscosmetics.com  

The Demand Planner is responsible for demand forecasting and business analysis activities. This person serves as a link between the sales, marketing, finance, and supply chain functions to ensure alignment between plans and will work to create and achieve consensus for forecasts through collaborative cross-functional planning processes.

WHAT YOU DO

• Supporting Demand Planning & Data Analytics team including:
• Creating and managing top-down and bottom-up wholesale and retail forecasts
• Lead regional forecast reviews with commercial teams for UK, EU, and Middle East regions
• Lead forecasting process for HOURGLASS’ new product development, sampling, and non-sellable items
• Analyze and share business insights such as sales vs. forecast, comparing wholesale and retail sales trends, key product analysis, and ad hoc analysis
• Compiling monthly SKU-level global forecasts by retailer and region including:
• Work alongside local market teams to analyze retailer and product performance trends and variances to forecast
• Proactively work with operations and supply chain teams to identify and close inventory gaps when forecasts are overachieved; mitigate overstock risk
• Synthesizing and analyzing data from various sources across retail sales, wholesale, and operational data
• Identifying and initiating action in response to trends/issues
• Support in technology initiatives including:
• Evaluating and creating processes and tools in support of continuous improvement efforts to support demand planning at Hourglass
• Subject matter expert for Oracle Planning Cloud Demand Planning Tool at Hourglass
• Partnering with Unilever Prestige IT and external partners for upgrades and maintenance to Planning Tool as needed
• Performing analysis and reporting including:
• Leading in the creation of new product forecasts and their contribution to the product categories
• Preparing, maintaining and publishing reporting to monitor and assess performance and trend
• Updating, recapping, analyze, and report to relevant stakeholders sales results, such as weekly retail sales, retail sales by SKU, mix of business, best sellers, and new product performance
• Producing and analyzing ad-hoc and/or ongoing reporting as needed
• Coordinating, tracking, and communicating both allocations and gratis requests to support inventory merchandise strategy for newness, events, and promotions

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, or related field
• Minimum 3 years of experience in demand planning or merchandise planning, retail or CPG experience preferred
• Strong Excel and analytical skills required; PowerBI and Oracle Planning Cloud experience preferred
• Must be highly organized and have strong attention to detail
• Passion for product, specifically cosmetics and skincare
• Thrive on solving problems and looking at implementing creative solutions
• Creative, positive and high-energy individual with an ability to execute
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with team members based in London and Los Angeles

Your application will be stored in our system/CRM/etc for maximum 1 year after the date of your application. If you don’t want us to keep your details, please inform us by phone at 310-392-7799.