Inventory Demand & Allocation Strategist

Schylling Inc.; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental with 80% company贡献

Vision insurance

PTO and paid holidays

401(k) with company match

Employee discount

Job summary

Schylling Inc. is seeking a Demand Planning & Allocations Analyst to ensure inventory is right-sized and available to meet customer demand. You will perform demand forecasting, analyze sales and inventory data, and manage allocations in NetSuite to optimize fulfillment.

The role partners with Sales, Purchasing, Customer Service, Operations, and Warehouse to translate data into actionable plans. The ideal candidate will be highly analytical, detail-oriented, and able to translate large data sets

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Analytics, Finance, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in demand planning, inventory planning, inventory allocation, supply planning, purchasing, supply chain analytics, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with demand planning, forecasting, or analyzing customer demand and sales trends strongly preferred.
• Experience with inventory allocation and/or order management
• Hands-on experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP system; NetSuite experience strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of demand planning, forecasting, inventory management, sales orders, purchase orders, backorders, fulfillment, and supply/demand balancing.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data analysis, and working with large data sets.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify trends, evaluate data, and make sound business recommendations.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain data accuracy.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to make informed decisions and recommendations when supply is constrained or demand changes quickly.
• Experience with consumer products, toys, gifts, wholesale, retail, or distribution preferred.
• Experience with forecasting tools, demand planning software, or statistical forecasting methods is a plus.
• Ability to work on site three days per week

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize inventory allocations within NetSuite to support timely and accurate customer order fulfillment.
• Analyze available inventory, open sales orders, backorders, incoming purchase orders, and expected receipts to determine appropriate inventory allocations.
• Allocate and reallocate inventory based on customer demand, requested ship dates, customer priorities, supply availability, and business needs.
• Monitor inventory commitments and ensure allocations accurately reflect current inventory and supply expectations.
• Identify allocation conflicts, inventory shortages, and fulfillment risks and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Monitor incoming purchase orders and expected receipts to determine when inventory should be allocated to open customer demand.
• Partner with Warehouse and Operations teams to ensure inventory allocations support efficient fulfillment.
• Help establish and maintain inventory prioritization rules and allocation best practices.
• Analyze supply versus demand to identify potential stockouts, excess inventory, and inventory imbalances.
• Monitor inventory levels and projected inventory positions against forecasted demand.
• Identify products at risk of stockouts and proactively communicate potential customer or revenue impacts.
• Identify excess or slow-moving inventory and provide analysis to support inventory reduction strategies.
• Analyze backorders and fill rates to identify recurring supply or allocation issues.
• Evaluate incoming supply and purchase order timing to understand potential impacts on customer fulfillment.
• Provide recommendations to Purchasing regarding inventory needs based on demand trends and projected requirements.
• Support inventory planning and replenishment decisions through data-driven analysis.
• Develop and maintain reporting related to demand forecasts, inventory availability, allocations, backorders, fill rates, inventory projections, and forecast accuracy.
• Build and maintain analysis and reporting tools to support supply chain decision-making.
• Analyze large data sets and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Identify trends, exceptions, and potential issues requiring management attention.
• Provide regular reporting and analysis to Supply Chain leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Continuously improve reporting processes and identify opportunities to automate or streamline recurring analysis.
• Serve as a key point of contact for demand, inventory, and allocation questions.
• Partner closely with Sales, Purchasing, Customer Service, Operations, Warehouse, and Finance teams.
• Communicate inventory shortages, demand changes, forecast variances, allocation decisions, and fulfillment risks.
• Work with Sales and Customer Service to understand customer priorities and anticipated demand.
• Partner with Purchasing to align incoming supply with projected demand and inventory requirements.
• Collaborate with Operations and Warehouse teams to ensure inventory plans and allocations translate effectively into fulfillment.
• Provide data and analysis to support cross-functional supply chain decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve demand planning, inventory allocation, forecasting, and reporting processes.
• Develop and recommend improvements to planning methodologies and allocation procedures.
• Identify system or process issues that may affect inventory accuracy, forecasting, allocations, or customer fulfillment.
• Support improvements to NetSuite planning, reporting, and allocation functionality.
• Establish and maintain standard processes and documentation for demand planning and inventory allocation.
• Participate in supply chain projects and initiatives designed to improve inventory availability, forecast accuracy, and customer service.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Schylling Inc. is seeking a Demand Planning & Allocations Analyst to ensure inventory is right-sized and available to meet customer demand. You will perform demand forecasting, analyze sales and inventory data, and manage allocations in NetSuite to optimize fulfillment.

The role partners with Sales, Purchasing, Customer Service, Operations, and Warehouse to translate data into actionable plans. The ideal candidate will be highly analytical, detail-oriented, and able to translate large data sets