At Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), we’ve been hiring friends since 1937—people who share our passion for helping customers feel right at home. If you share our vision, we invite you to be one of us! People love working here! Named one of Furniture Today’s Best places to work, and here a few reasons why: A FUN, stable work environment, with no layoffs in our history. A safe place to work and shop, development opportunities leading you to the career of your dreams and a culture that encourages volunteering and serving our communities.
Pay Range: $59,916 - 74,295 annually
Job Description: Your Piece of the Puzzle
NFM’s Demand Planner is focused on utilizing tools that analyze data and forecast sales. The Demand Planner collaborates with internal partners to plan inventory to increase sales, profitability and market share.
Job Duties: A Day in the Life
- Create: Produce lifecycle plans to forecast new, mature and discontinuing products
- Collaborate: Work with buyers to determine forecasts, identify trends and evaluate risks and results
- Maintain: Uphold relevant reports and product attributes, while incorporating trends, seasonality and promotional lifts
- Support: Gather and respond to promotions and integrate forecast lift at family, category and SKU level
- Analyze: Research sales post promotion to find opportunities to improve forecast, sales or add-ons
Your work will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they love—because that’s what we love.
Qualifications: Can You Check These Boxes?
- Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Math, Decision Science, Marketing, Business or related area
- 1 year of experience with distributions requirement planning and other supply chain processes such as demand planning, production planning, scheduling and transportation
- 1 year of planning and executing projects involving multiple groups across an organization
- Experience with retail buying or logistics preferred
- Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Knowledge of supply chain software preferred
- Ability to work nights, weekends and/or early morning hours based on business needs
- Pre-employment screening includes, but isn’t limited to, criminal background check
Benefits: What’s in It for You?
As a full-time member of our NFM Family, you will enjoy:
- Same day pay - access to your earned pay on-demand, when you need it the most
- Competitive pay - generous annual increases up to 7%
- Inclusive culture – Because everyone who works or shops at NFM should feel right at home
- Health, dental, vision, life Insurance, short and long term disability
- Paid holidays (upon hire) and paid time off (after 90 days)
- Staff discount on merchandise (Collectively, NFM staff have saved almost $2 million on purchases in the last 12 months)
- Virtual and in-person career development opportunities at all levels
- Paid community volunteer opportunities
- Tuition Reimbursement
- You’ll start saving for your retirement immediately in NFM’s 401(k) and you’re eligible for company match after one year. NFM’s 401(k) also offers Berkshire Stock as an investment option
Nebraska Furniture Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Math, Decision Science, Marketing, Business, or a related field
- One year of experience with distribution requirement planning and supply chain processes such as demand planning, production planning, scheduling, or transportation
- One year of experience planning and executing projects involving multiple organizational groups
- Experience with retail buying or logistics
- Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Knowledge of supply chain software
- Ability to work nights, weekends, and/or early morning hours based on business needs
- Successful completion of pre-employment screening, including a criminal background check
What We Do
Nebraska Furniture Mart, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, is the largest home furnishing store in North America selling furniture, flooring, appliances and electronics. NFM was founded in 1937 by Mrs. B (Rose Blumkin) in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1983, Mrs. B sold a majority interest to Berkshire Hathaway. NFM now has four stores, located in Omaha, Nebraska, Kansas City, Kansas, Des Moines, Iowa and The Colony, Texas. Nebraska Furniture Mart is more than a store. We’re in the business of improving people’s lifestyles. By offering big selection, big savings and big ideas, we inspire our customers to create the home of their dreams (without breaking the bank). We love our customers like family, and strive to provide the best experience every step of the way. NFM prides itself in having an inclusive and unique culture. We value our teammates and know that when our staff excel, our customers are getting the best shopping experience with us. Our staff works as a team, building one another up with peer‑to‑peer recognition, company‑wide awards and development opportunities.
