Senior Demand Planner: Forecasting & S&OP

RYSE; Prosper (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Bonus based on performance

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Employee discounts

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

RYSE is seeking a Senior Demand Planner to own the end-to-end forecasting for a portfolio of consumer products in a fast-moving retail/CPG environment. You will translate sales, marketing and market signals into an accurate demand plan and partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain to balance service levels and inventory.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in demand planning, strong analytical skills, and hands-on Netsuite and Spherecast experience, plus Excel and BI tools (Power BI

Qualifications

• 5+ years of demand planning, forecasting, or supply chain planning experience, ideally within consumer goods, retail, or a related industry.
• Hands-on experience with Netsuite and demand planning / forecasting software
• Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel proficiency; experience with SQL, Power BI, or Tableau is a plus.
• APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP) preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly demand planning cycle within the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP/IBP) process, producing a statistically driven baseline forecast at SKU/customer/channel level.
• Work with the sales team to incorporate promotional lifts, new product launches, seasonality, and distribution changes into the forecast, working closely with Sales and Trade Marketing.
• Facilitate consensus forecast reviews with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Planning to reconcile top-down targets with bottom-up statistical forecasts.
• Monitor and report forecast accuracy (MAPE, bias, WMAPE) and lead root-cause analysis on significant forecast variances.
• Manage demand plans for new item launches, discontinuations, and phase-in/phase-out transitions in partnership with Category and Supply Chain teams.
• Maintain and improve forecasting models and parameters within the demand planning system (Netsuite and Spherecast).
• Partner with Supply Planning to align demand signals with inventory targets, production plans, and service-level goals.
• Support annual operating plan (AOP) and long-range planning cycles with historical trend analysis and forward-looking assumptions.
• Identify and lead process improvement initiatives to enhance forecast accuracy, planning efficiency, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Mentor junior planners and serve as a subject-matter expert on demand planning best practices.

Skills

Demand planning

Forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Tools

Netsuite

Spherecast

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

RYSE is seeking a Senior Demand Planner to own the end-to-end forecasting for a portfolio of consumer products in a fast-moving retail/CPG environment. You will translate sales, marketing and market signals into an accurate demand plan and partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain to balance service levels and inventory.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in demand planning, strong analytical skills, and hands-on Netsuite and Spherecast experience, plus Excel and BI tools (Power BI