Senior Demand Planning Analyst

Hourglasscosmetics; West Hollywood (CA); Hybride; USD 90 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement savings plans

Paid holidays

Discretionary vacation

Résumé du poste

Hourglass Cosmetics is seeking a Senior Demand Planning Analyst for a hybrid role in West Hollywood, CA. You will own end-to-end demand forecasting for an assigned region and serve as the primary forecast lead across commercial, operations, and supply chain teams.

You will lead regional forecast reviews, manage top-down/bottom-up forecasts, and drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy. The role includes collaboration with IT for Planning Cloud upgrades and contributing to S&OP processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, economics, finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in demand planning or merchandise planning; retail/CPG preferred.
• Strong Excel and analytical skills; PowerBI and Oracle Planning Cloud experience preferred.

Responsabilités

• Own demand planning for an assigned region and manage forecasts for wholesale and retail.
• Lead regional forecast reviews with international and domestic commercial teams.
• Lead forecasting for new product development, sampling, and gratis.
• Own forecast accuracy metrics and drive continuous improvement to minimize forecast error.
• Contribute to monthly S&OP processes aligning demand with supply and finance.
• Coordinate, track, and communicate allocations and gratis requests for inventory planning.
• Develop processes to drive continuous improvement in demand planning.
• Prepare and publish reporting to monitor performance and forecast results.

Connaissances

Excel

PowerBI

Oracle Planning Cloud

Cross-functional influence

Attention to detail

Formation

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

Outils

Oracle Planning Cloud

Description du poste

HOURGLASS COSMETICS - Senior Demand Planning Analyst (Hybrid Role)

Connected by creativity and driven by purpose. Hourglass Cosmetics is a vegan and cruelty-free beauty brand, redefining luxury cosmetics with high-performance products, innovative formulas, and award-winning franchises. Recognized by Forbes, Fast Company and Time Magazine as one of the most inventive beauty companies, Hourglass leads the industry with its breakthrough products and its commitment to animal welfare. Founded in 2004, Hourglass is globally available in 32 markets and over 4,600 doors including Sephora, Ulta, Neiman Marcus, Selfridges, Space NK and more. Hourglass became part of the Unilever Prestige division in 2017. Discover more about the Hourglass brand story and mission on our website hourglasscosmetics.com.

The Senior Demand Planning Analyst is responsible for owning end-to-end demand forecasting for an assigned region, acting as the primary forecast lead and cross-functional partner across commercial, operations, and supply chain teams. This person serves as a link between the sales, finance, and supply chain functions to ensure alignment between plans and will work to create and achieve consensus for forecasts through collaborative cross-functional planning processes.

What You'll Do

• Own demand planning for an assigned region, supporting the wider team including:
• 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

Qualifications

• 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

The expected base salary range for this position is 90,000 to $100,000 per year. The exact base salary is determined by various factors including experience, skills, education, geographic location, and budget.

In addition to base salary, Hourglass Cosmetics offers a competitive benefits package to eligible employees, including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company match, paid family leave, education-related programs, paid holidays, discretionary vacation time, and more.

Hourglass is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive its business results and to create a better future every day for its diverse employees, global consumers, partners and communities. If you are an individual with a disability and need accommodation in order to apply for a job listing, please contact us at 310-392-7799 or [e-mail].

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