Global Demand Planning Leader — Remote

Paula's Choice LLC; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Learning & development

Wellness benefits

Dog-friendly office

Seattle HQ (remote-friendly)

Job summary

Paula's Choice is seeking a Senior Demand Planning Manager to lead a global team of category demand planners, elevating forecasting from fragmented to a single disciplined process across NAM, APAC, EU, and ANZ. You will own aggregated demand planning, drive a consistent methodology, maintain an 18-month horizon, and partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply to build consensus.

This fully remote US role offers a robust benefits package and the chance to shape supply and demand in a

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in demand planning, merchandise planning, or S&OP/IBP, in a multi-channel, multi-market consumer goods or beauty environment
• 4+ years of direct people management or formal team leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience building or leading a formal S&OP/IBP process, across multiple regions or markets
• Advanced Excel skills using large data sets; comfortable building and overseeing ad hoc analysis and reporting at both category and SKU level
• Experience leading planning system implementations (Oracle Planning Central or comparable) or major process redesigns, with the ability to drive change as a subject‑matter expert
• Familiarity with Power BI and NetSuite; pursuing system-native solutions over manual workarounds
• Prior experience in personal care, beauty, or a comparable multinational CPG environment a plus

Responsibilities

• Own aggregated, category-level global demand planning for revenue-generating units, with SKU-level forecasts owned by category and region/market planners
• Scale a single, consistent forecasting methodology across NAM, APAC, EU and ANZ, replacing today's inconsistent, market-by-market approaches
• Maintain a rolling 18-month demand horizon, keeping assumptions consistent across base trends, launches, samples, promotions and peak volumes
• Bring global category insights and item-level trends into S&OP meetings and drive demand plan alignment to category growth plans
• Run monthly demand reviews with regional partners and lead the demand step of a newly formalized, integrated S&OP process spanning demand, supply, commercial and finance
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply to build the consensus demand plan, and represent demand planning at the consensus and executive tiers of S&OP
• Run an in-month global pacing view to surface revenue risks and opportunities early enough for supply to act
• Provide timely in-season analysis on promotions, events and launches, ensuring stakeholders understand results and downstream implications
• Define and own forecast KPIs at a consistent lag cadence, and use them to drive continuous improvement across the team
• Drive Quarterly Category Hindsight reviews, Product Lifecycle Management, and assortment optimization, including discontinuation triggers to reduce SLOB exposure
• Lead product ranking and core-SKU definition across the business to drive inventory strategy and protect never-out-of-stock items
• Drive the new-product-launch market forecast consolidation and approval process in partnership with Product Marketing, integrating demand planning earlier in the Stage Gate process
• Serve as the demand planning lead on the Oracle Planning Central (OPC) implementation, moving the team off manual workarounds and tuning the statistical forecast baseline to the business
• Ensure planning tools efficiently utilize the demand plan as the primary driver, along with key data inputs from costing and operations, to drive supply planning activities
• Hire, manage, and develop the Global Category Demand Planning team, building capability and coverage as the function scales globally

Skills

Strong analytical capability

Cross-functional communication

People leadership

S&OP/IBP process design

Forecast standards

Change management

Accountability

Ambiguity management

Commercial awareness

Tools

Oracle Planning Central

Power BI

NetSuite

Excel

Job description

Paula's Choice is seeking a Senior Demand Planning Manager to lead a global team of category demand planners, elevating forecasting from fragmented to a single disciplined process across NAM, APAC, EU, and ANZ. You will own aggregated demand planning, drive a consistent methodology, maintain an 18-month horizon, and partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply to build consensus.

This fully remote US role offers a robust benefits package and the chance to shape supply and demand in a