The Senior Analyst, Demand Planning, is responsible for maintaining the 18-month rolling forecast by SKU for the assigned Sales Channel and owning the demand plan. S/he will act as planning partner to the Sales Team. The role reports to the Director, Demand Planning.
- Partner with Sales Channel to understand product demands (promotions, marketing events, historical sales, door changes, etc.).
- Provide trends, forecast misses and other intelligence to help inform Sales Channel during Monthly Demand Review.
- Support Supply Planning and Distribution with forecasts to drive production, distribution requirements and capacity analysis.
Essential Job Functions:
- Own the demand plan for the assigned Sales Channel.
- Conduct Monthly Demand Review with assigned Sales Channel, gaining a deep and thorough understanding of new product launches, discontinuations, door openings/expansions/closures and other leading indicators in preparing the forecast.
- Maintain SKU, product and category performance metrics, identifying and applying trend impact to the Sales Channel/Account forecast. Identify lagging indicators, exception items, and track assumptions underlying forecast to deliver a Demand Planning forward forecast recommendation for Monthly Business Review with assigned Sales Channel.
- Maintain SKU, product and category performance metrics, identifying and applying trend impact to the forecast.
- Prepare data as required within monthly S&OP cycle.
- Maintain forecast accuracy metrics to drive continuous improvement.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 3+ years Demand Planning in high SKU CPG environment. Cosmetic industry helpful.
- 2+ years participating in S&OP activities.
- Advanced Excel required.
- ERP experience required. Familiarity with advanced planning platform helpful (APO, Blue Ridge, Demand Caster, Logility, etc.).
- Supply chain acumen with understanding of drivers that impact demand/supply (MOQs, lead time, logistics).
- Understanding of inventory principles (safety/cycle stock, retail replenishment, inventory turns, weeks of coverage etc.).
- Strong communication skills to influence collaboratively across functions.
- International/ECommerce demand planning experience a plus.
- Excellent analytical, presentation and writing skills
Anastasia Beverly Hills offers a competitive compensation package with full benefits and a 401(K) plan with matching contributions from the company. The starting base salary range for this position in the selected city is $90,000.00 - $95,000.00 yearly. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on several factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and geographical location. Base pay is one part of the total compensation package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work. This role is bonus eligible.
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Anastasia Soare is widely referred to as the Beauty Innovator and The Definitive Brow and Eye Expert. Over the years she has achieved iconic status in the beauty industry for her unique way of shaping the eyebrows and enhancing the eye area. While working as an esthetician at several prestigious beauty salons in Beverly Hills, Anastasia developed her own specific Golden Ratio™ technique behind the science of shaping eyebrows and helping to enhance the overall eye area, in addition to her other skincare services. With her extremely loyal following and the growing buzz behind her brow shaping techniques, Anastasia opened her first full service salon on Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, aptly named Anastasia Beverly Hills, in 1997. The success of her first salon led her to opening a second full service salon in Brentwood, CA in 2010.
Anastasia has also extended her reach with Anastasia Brow Studios at select Nordstrom, Sephora and International locations, and with the creation of her exclusive brow products and the first to market clinically and consumer tested makeup line.
