Sr. Demand Planner (Contractor)

We appreciate your interest in employment with The Honest Company! The Honest Company is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. Applicants with disabilities who need assistance with the application process may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation in accordance with applicable law. If you need assistance in completing this application or with the application process because of a disability, please contact the Human Resources Department at 1.888.862.8818 or 1.310.857.3020.

The Honest Company (NASDAQ: HNST) is a personal care company dedicated to creating cleanly-formulated and sustainably-designed products spanning categories across diapers, wipes, baby personal care, beauty, apparel, household care and wellness. Launched in 2012, the Company is on a mission to challenge ingredients, ideals, and industries through the power of the Honest brand, the Honest team, and the Honest Standard. For more information about the Honest Standard and the Company, please visit www.honest.com.

We're on a mission to empower people to live happy, healthy lives. We're a wellness brand with values rooted in consciousness, community, transparency, and design. Every day and in every way, we hold ourselves to an Honest standard. We believe that it is our responsibility to do our part to help create a healthy and sustainable future for all. 

We are seeking an experienced and execution-focused Interim Senior Demand Planner to support the Demand Planning function during a 6-month assignment. This role will partner closely with the Associate Director of Demand Planning and play a critical role in the preparation, analysis, and system execution of the full SIOP cycle. The individual must be able to quickly become operational in a fast-paced CPG environment where manual data preparation, cross-functional coordination, and system rigor are essential. This is not a leadership role of the Demand Planning function, but rather a highly analytical and executional role supporting the Associate Director.

Key Responsibilities

Full SIOP Cycle Preparation & Analytics

Support and execute the analytical preparation for all stages of the monthly SIOP process, including:

Data Gathering Phase

• Statistical modeling with forecasting platform
• Consolidate forecast inputs from Sales, Brand, and Finance
• Validate baseline vs. brand adjustments
• Review forecast changes vs. prior plan and AOP
• Identify risks, gaps, and major demand shifts

Demand Review Preparation

• Prepare analytical materials and data summaries
• Highlight key drivers, risks, and opportunities
• Support slide preparation and executive-ready materials

Supply Review Preparation

• Ensure clean and timely demand signals for Supply Planning
• Support scenario analysis when supply constraints arise
• Validate alignment between demand and supply assumptions

Executive Consensus Meeting Preparation

• Consolidate final forecast view
• Support reconciliation between financial targets and demand plan
• Prepare updated demand files post-alignment

This role owns the integrity and preparation of the demand data throughout the cycle.

Forecast Management & System Execution

• Maintain SKU-level forecasts
• Update approved Demand Plans in JDE
• Ensure system accuracy and version control
• Validate ERP outputs to prevent downstream supply disruption

System rigor and timeliness are critical success factors.

Demand Drivers Review & Validation

While this role does not own Demand Drivers strategy, responsibilities include:

• Reviewing Sales and Brand submitted drivers
• Verifying promotional assumptions, pricing impacts, distribution changes
• Editing and adjusting inputs where inconsistencies are identified
• Ensuring drivers reconcile to financial and volume targets
• Maintaining structured Demand Driver tracking files

This requires strong analytical skepticism and attention to detail.

Manual Data Crunching & Reporting

Given current process maturity, this role will:

• Manage significant manual Excel modeling
• Maintain forecast consolidation files
• Run variance analyses (Actuals vs. Forecast, vs. AOP)
• Support inventory and service-level discussions

Advanced Excel capability is required.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Partner with Sales, Brand, and Finance to validate assumptions
• Align closely with Supply Planning to ensure signal clarity
• Support Finance with forecast-related questions
• Provide analytical responses during SIOP discussions

SIOP Software Implementation Support

• Support data mapping and validation for new SIOP platform
• Participate in testing cycles
• Ensure forecast continuity between manual and system processes
• Identify data integrity gaps

This role will be instrumental in maintaining business continuity during system transition.

Qualifications & Experience

• 4-5 years of Demand Planning experience (CPG strongly preferred)
• Hands-on SIOP process experience
• Experience working in ERP systems (JDE preferred)
• Advanced Excel skills (pivots, modeling, lookups, scenario building)
• Experience working with promotional and distribution-driven businesses
• Strong analytical mindset and attention to detail
• Ability to become operational quickly

Key Competencies

• Structured and analytical
• High execution discipline
• Detail-oriented with system rigor
• Strong cross-functional communication
• Comfortable managing ambiguity during transition
• Proactive and solutions-oriented
• Analytical, disciplined, and immediately operational in a complex planning environment.

Compensation

The range for this role is $43 - $53/hour. Actual compensation is based on many factors including but not limited to depth of experience, skill level, ability, knowledge, education, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. 

California Privacy Rights Notice for Californian Job Applicants and Prospective Talent

Effective Date: January 1, 2020

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), The Honest Company, Inc. (“Honest” or “us” or “we”) is required to inform California residents who are our job applicants or prospective talent (together “job applicants” or “you”) about the categories of personal information we may collect about you and the purposes for which we use this information.  Click here if you are a California resident to read disclosures required by the CCPA. Note this notice applies only to personal information that is subject to the CCPA. 

Categories of Personal Information We Collect. We may collect the following categories of personal information about our job applicants, who are California residents:

• Name
• Signature
• Social Security Number
• Email and mailing address
• Telephone number
• Education
• Employment history

How We Use Job Applicants' Personal Data.  We use and disclose the personal information we collect for our business purposes.  These business purposes include, without limitation:

• Processing evaluating your application to determine your qualifications for the role to which you’ve applied, and communicating with you about your application, including to check references or your background, and communicate with you about other jobs that may interest you.
• Other business purposes as identified in the CCPA, which include:
• Auditing related to our interactions with you; 
• Legal compliance
• Detecting and protecting against security incidents, fraud, and illegal activity;
• Debugging;
• Performing services for us, such as analytics;
• Internal research for technological improvement; and
• Internal operations.

Other Interactions with The Honest Company.  More information about our privacy practices can be found in our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Contact Us.  For questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].

#LIHybrid