Category Demand Planner

Rituals; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rituals is seeking a Category Demand Planner to own the end-to-end demand plan for an assigned category, ensuring the best forecast and optimal product availability across markets and lines of business. You will link Supply Chain, Innovation and business teams, challenge assumptions, and embed new planning tools and ERP processes to improve forecast accuracy, inventory, and performance.

In this role you will drive the S&OP cadence, lead monthly validation meetings, and translate data into clear

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve the category demand plan for agreed markets and categories.
• Lead the commercial planning cadence within the S&OP cycle and align assumptions across functions.
• Advise and challenge business stakeholders using forecasts and commercial priorities.
• Drive the monthly demand validation meeting, data validation, reporting and follow-up.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and support new demand planning processes in ERP and planning tools.

Job description

As Category Demand Planner, you will join our Demand Planning team within Supply Chain and take ownership of the end-to-end demand plan for an assigned category. Your goal is to create the best possible forecast and support the timely, optimal availability of Rituals products across our markets and lines of business. You will manage the ongoing assortment and commercial demand plan, including volume, cannibalisation and substitution assumptions, while leading the commercial planning cadence as part of the S&OP cycle. Working at the intersection of Supply Chain, Innovation and our business teams, you will bring stakeholders together, challenge assumptions and translate data into clear decisions. Alongside running the planning process, you will help shape new ways of working and embed them into future ERP and planning tools. This is an opportunity to combine analytical depth, commercial understanding and process improvement in a role that directly influences our availability, inventory and business performance.

In this role, you will:

• Own and continuously improve the category demand plan for agreed markets and categories, including volume, cannibalisation and substitution assumptions.
• Lead the commercial planning cadence within the S&OP cycle and ensure that assumptions, opportunities and risks are aligned across functions.
• Advise and challenge business stakeholders using strategic analyses, forecast insights and a clear understanding of commercial priorities.
• Drive the monthly demand validation meeting, including preparation, data validation, S&OP reporting and the follow-up of agreed actions.
• Monitor forecast accuracy, turn learnings into improvements and support the design and implementation of new demand planning processes, data flows and decision points in ERP and planning tools.