Associate Demand & Inventory Planner

IndiMade Brands, LLC; Cleveland, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

IndiMade Brands, LLC is seeking an analytical Associate Planner to support demand and supply planning. You will forecast demand, manage inventory health, and work with Planning, Merchandising, Marketing, Operations, and Finance to translate data into actionable decisions.

The role focuses on forecasting accuracy, in-stock optimization, and replenishment recommendations to maximize product availability while minimizing excess inventory.

Qualifications

• : 3+ years of experience in merchandise planning, demand planning, inventory management, or a related analytical role.
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• Ecommerce or retail experience preferred.
• Strong Excel skills including pivot tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, and formulas.
• Understanding of planning metrics like sell-through, days of supply, and forecast accuracy.
• Experience with ERP or planning systems; NetSuite experience is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain category and item-level demand forecasts using historical sales, trends, seasonality, promotions, new product launches and other cross-functional business inputs.
• Analyze weekly sales and inventory performance versus forecast, identifying trends, risks and opportunities and recommending actions to improve in-stock, inventory productivity and sales.
• Analyze inventory health and SKU productivity and manage replenishment recommendations to support demand forecasts and in-stock targets while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Support the monthly and weekly OTB process by updating sales, inventory and purchase forecasts, analyzing variances and identifying risks and opportunities.
• Execute and track purchase orders from placement through receipt, partnering with suppliers and internal teams to resolve timing, quantity and inventory exceptions.
• Maintain planning reports, dashboards and KPIs, including forecast accuracy, in-stock/fill rate, inventory turns and days of supply.
• Partner with Merchandising, Marketing, Operations and Finance to incorporate promotions, new product launches, seasonality and other business inputs into forecasts and inventory plans.
• Maintain accurate item and planning parameters within ERP/planning systems, including lead times, order quantities and other key inputs.
• Support ad hoc analysis and continuous improvement of planning tools, reporting and processes.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Demand planning

Inventory management

Analytical role

Ecommerce experience

Tools

ERP systems

NetSuite

Job description

IndiMade Brands, LLC is seeking an analytical Associate Planner to support demand and supply planning. You will forecast demand, manage inventory health, and work with Planning, Merchandising, Marketing, Operations, and Finance to translate data into actionable decisions.

The role focuses on forecasting accuracy, in-stock optimization, and replenishment recommendations to maximize product availability while minimizing excess inventory.