Demand Planner

In this role you'll be responsible for:

• Achieving forecast accuracy across all product lines by working closely with internal stakeholders on future demand
• Actively managing and monitoring inventory levels to achieve company goals and KPIs, ensuring purchase orders are accurate and on time
• Being proactive and proposing improvements to current processes, thinking critically, challenging yourself and others
• Ensuring timely import of products and stock management, to ensure an exceptional customer experience
• Understanding and minimising logistics and warehousing costs by effectively analysing inventory levels and purchase orders’ shipments sizes and frequency
• Regular demand analysis and audit to avoid potential stock outs and aged stock, taking corrective action where necessary
• Analysing performance of various product ranges and recommending actions to key stakeholders
• Ensure we have a minimal number of sold-out products, monitoring them and timely updating of prices, presale dates and stock levels
• Partnering with Category Managers to ensure stock levels are sufficient, considering potential demand changes based on sales and / or promotional campaigns

To be successful in this role, you should be:

• University Degree qualified in a relevant field (Commerce, Business, Mathematics or similar)
• Experienced within or have exposure to Demand Planning or Inventory / Stock Control, preferably within a Retail, eCommerce or FMCG environment
• Experience with SAP and Demand Planning software will be well regarded
• Highly analytical, logical and ready to delve into data - being able to evaluate offers and products quickly to determine if they’re of value to our customers is key
• Able to develop strong and effective relationships, through excellent communication and negotiation skills
• A multi-tasking ninja - we expect you to juggle 50 different tasks at once without dropping the ball (we’re not kidding)
• A whiz with Microsoft Excel (we’re talking VLOOKUP and pivot tables, not SUM and AVERAGE - and we will test your capabilities)
• Tech savvy and ability to use various IT and cloud-based tools to improve efficiency and productivity.
• Ready to challenge, be challenged, and work within our highly disruptive business model.

Why Kogan.com?

• Work with an incredible team to solve important challenges, helping to drive Australia and New Zealand’s eCommerce future
• Your role has a lot of ownership, autonomy and little red tape. You’ll be empowered to achieve positive outcomes and your work will have a real impact
• You’ll be at the forefront of the eCommerce industry  with us and be part of a company that are the Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia
• Be an Intrepreneur, playing a hands on role in shaping our strategy at our HQ
• A range of employee benefits such as; complimentary Kogan First Membership, team exclusive discounts, Health & Wellness program, Learning & Development and Lunch & Learns, Hackathons, Team member referral program, Company and team events and celebrations, community engagement (volunteering) and extensive career development opportunities plus loads more!