Senior Demand Planner

Jobtailor; West Hollywood (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in West Hollywood, CA seeks a senior Demand Planning lead to own regional forecasting for cosmetics products. You will manage top-down and bottom-up forecasts for wholesale and retail, align with international and domestic teams, and drive improvements in forecast accuracy.

You will influence cross-functional stakeholders, support S&OP processes, and develop scalable planning tools while ensuring accurate reporting and timely, actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in demand planning or merchandise planning.
• PowerBI and Oracle Planning Cloud experience preferred.
• Strong cross-functional influence and stakeholder alignment.
• Thrive on solving problems and implementing creative solutions.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
• Passion for cosmetics and skincare.
• Must be able to work from Corporate Office at least 60% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Own demand planning for an assigned region and support the wider team.
• Create and manage top‑down and bottom‑up finished goods forecasts.
• Lead regional forecast reviews with international and domestic teams.
• Lead forecasting for new product development, sampling, and gratis.
• Own forecast accuracy metrics and drive continuous improvement.
• Contribute to monthly S&OP process aligning demand with supply and finance.
• Support team training and development.
• Compile monthly SKU-level global forecasts by retailer and region, analyzing trends and variances.
• Partner with operations and supply chain to close inventory gaps and mitigate overstock risk.
• Develop and implement tools and processes to improve demand planning.
• Lead new product forecast creation and publishing performance reports.
• Coordinate allocations and gratis requests for inventory planning.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Passion for cosmetics skincare

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Oracle Planning Cloud

Excel

Job description

Responsibilities

• Own demand planning for an assigned region, supporting the wider team.
• Create and manage top‑down and bottom‑up finished goods wholesale and retail forecasts.
• Lead regional forecast reviews with international and domestic commercial teams.
• Lead forecasting process for HOURGLASS’ new product development, sampling, and gratis.
• Own forecast accuracy metrics, analyzing variances and driving continuous improvement to minimize forecast error.
• Contribute to the monthly S&OP process, aligning demand plans with supply and finance.
• Support team members in training and development.
• Compile monthly SKU‑level global forecasts by retailer and region, including:
  • Work alongside local market teams to analyze retailer and product performance trends and variances to forecast.
  • Proactively partner with operations and supply chain teams to identify and close inventory gaps and mitigate overstock risk.
  • Consolidate and analyze data from various sources across retail sales, wholesale, and operational data.
  • Identify and initiate action in response to trends/issues.
• Technology including:
  • Serve as subject matter expert for Oracle Planning Cloud Demand Planning Tool.
  • Partner with Unilever Prestige IT and external partners on Planning Tool upgrades and maintenance.
  • Develop and implement processes to drive continuous improvement in demand planning.
• Perform analysis and reporting including:
  • Lead new product forecast creation and analysis for assigned region.
  • Prepare, maintain and publish reporting to monitor and assess performance.
  • Analyze and interpret sales results to drive future demand forecasting.
  • Produce and analyze ad‑hoc and/or ongoing reporting as needed.
  • Coordinate, track, and communicate both allocations and gratis requests to support inventory for newness, events, and promotions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in demand planning or merchandise planning, retail or CPG experience preferred.
• Strong Excel and analytical skills required; PowerBI and Oracle Planning Cloud experience preferred.
• Strong track record of cross‑functional influence and stakeholder alignment.
• Thrive on solving problems and implementing creative solutions.
• Must be highly organized and have strong attention to detail.
• Passion for product, specifically cosmetics and skincare.
• Creative, positive and high‑energy individual with an ability to execute.
• Must be able to work from Corporate Office at least 60% of the time.