Ecommerce Demand Planner: Forecasting, Growth & Equity

Skylight; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary + Equity Package

401K matching

Wellness, learning, and home-officeBud

Health, Dental & Vision Medical Plans

Unlimited PTO

Company holidays on the first Friday

Job summary

Skylight is seeking a Demand Planning Lead to build and own the end-to-end forecast for ecommerce (Amazon and DTC) in US and international markets. You will translate traffic, conversions, promotions, and pricing signals into SKU-level demand and revenue projections, partnering with Commercial, Finance, and Supply Planning.

You will shape launch forecasts, account for Buy Box dynamics, and drive planning improvements as Skylight scales globally.

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of experience in demand planning, revenue forecasting, analytics or similar for physical products.
• Hands-on forecasting Amazon and DTC, understanding stockouts, Buy Box loss and price impact.
• Strong forecasting fundamentals (seasonality, time-series, promotions) and advanced Excel/Sheets.
• Comfort with BI tools (Omni, Looker, Tableau) for performance analysis and reporting.
• Track record partnering with Commercial, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain.
• Bachelor's degree in Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Economics, Analytics, or similar.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: comfortable with ambiguity, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the bottom-up forecast model for DTC and Amazon globally, covering US and international markets.
• Own SKU- and channel-level demand forecasts for Calendar, Frame, and Buddy, translating indicators into demand and revenue projections.
• Account for Buy Box performance, deal events, advertising, and inventory availability in forecasts.
• DTC forecasting considering traffic, conversions, marketing plans, and promotional calendar.
• Collaborate with Commercial to reflect pricing and promotions in the demand plan.
• Forecast launches for new products and variants, coordinating with Commercial on timing.
• Align with Revenue plan to inform marketing spend and forecast accuracy analyses.
• Coordinate with Retail Demand Planner to consider retail forecasts in ecommerce.
• Work with Supply Planning on inventory constraints and opportunities.
• Support monthly S&OP cadence: present forecast accuracy, risks, and scenarios.
• Log demand assumptions and adjustments, separating baseline from promotional demand.
• Build scenario plans when inputs change (pricing, assortment).
• Support adoption of Pigment for demand planning and continuous model improvement.

Skills

Forecasting excellence

Analytical mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Ambiguity handling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Economics, Analytics

Tools

Omni

Looker

Tableau

Excel

Job description

Skylight is seeking a Demand Planning Lead to build and own the end-to-end forecast for ecommerce (Amazon and DTC) in US and international markets. You will translate traffic, conversions, promotions, and pricing signals into SKU-level demand and revenue projections, partnering with Commercial, Finance, and Supply Planning.

You will shape launch forecasts, account for Buy Box dynamics, and drive planning improvements as Skylight scales globally.