Demand Planning Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of Coterie's comprehensive demand forecasting across DTC, Amazon, retail, wholesale, and various marketplace channels, from total business demand down to the customer and SKU level.

• Create and maintain rolling forecasts that incorporate historical performance, run rates, seasonality, promotions, marketing strategies, retail sell-through, customer forecasts, product launches, and other demand influencers.

• Generate customer-level forecasts for both wholesale and retail sectors.

• Convert commercial initiatives into demand and inventory requirements.

• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Leadership, and Supply Planning to ensure alignment around a reliable demand plan.

• Maintain responsibility for forecast accuracy and bias measurement, continuously seeking improvements.

• Analyze forecast misses and identify necessary changes in assumptions, inputs, methodologies, or processes.

• Develop reporting and KPIs that clarify what changed, the reasons behind those changes, and suggested actions.

• Recognize demand trends, potential opportunities, and inventory risks.

• Contribute to Coterie's S&OP process, which includes monthly demand reviews and executive decision support.

• Create forecasts for new products, SKUs, retail customers, and channel launches.

• Develop depletion and cutover plans for packaging changes, assortment updates, and product transitions.

• Plan inventory needs for kits, bundles, samples, partnerships, promotions, and channel-specific initiatives.

• Enhance demand and inventory planning models, reporting, workflows, data quality, and automation.

• Assist in defining KPIs, reporting standards, SOPs, and planning rhythms.

• Utilize NetSuite, Parabola, Google Workspace, and future planning technologies.

• Aid in the implementation and optimization of future demand and supply planning systems.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in demand planning, inventory planning, merchandise planning, supply chain, or a similarly analytical role.

• Proven track record of managing SKU-level demand forecasts in a consumer products, retail, CPG, or omnichannel environment.

• Strong understanding of forecasting principles, including seasonality, promotions, new product launches, trend analysis, forecast accuracy, and bias.

• Experience planning across diverse channels such as DTC, retail, wholesale, Amazon, or marketplaces.

• Exceptional proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets.

• Strong analytical judgment with the ability to distill large amounts of imperfect data into actionable business recommendations.

• Experience with ERP, planning, BI, or automation tools.

• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to constructively challenge assumptions and influence individuals who are not direct reports.

• Demonstrated history of enhancing processes, models, or systems.

• Familiarity with NetSuite, Parabola, Looker, or similar tools is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• 401k match.

• Equity in Mammoth Brands.

• Flexible time off and working hours.

• Learning and Development stipend.

• 4 weeks sabbatical after 5 years, 6 weeks after 10 years, and 8 weeks after 15 years.

• 20 fully paid weeks off for parents who give birth, or 16 fully paid weeks off for all other paths to parenthood.

• Enjoy fun in-person and virtual events, including happy hours, team building activities, and rooftop parties.

• Free products from our family of brands.