Strategic Demand Planner - Hybrid (Apparel)

SETactive; Beverly Hills (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SETactive is seeking a highly analytical Merchandise/Demand Planner in Beverly Hills, hybrid role (in-office Mon-Thu, Fri WFH). You will translate market insights into a thoughtful demand plan to support healthy inventory and sustainable growth, partnering with Merchandising, Buying, Product Development, Sales, and Operations to ensure the right products and quantities at the right time.

You’ll own forecasts, analyze KPIs, and refine forecasting methodologies; you thrive in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• 4-7+ years of experience in demand planning, merchandise planning, inventory planning, or related function within apparel, fashion, activewear, or consumer.
• Strong understanding of demand forecasting, inventory management, and merchandise planning principles.
• Highly analytical with strong Excel skills and comfort working with large datasets.
• Commercially minded with understanding of product, customer behavior, seasonality, and sales trends on demand.
• Able to balance data-driven analysis with business judgment and intuition.
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate complex analysis into clear recommendations.
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable cross-functional collaboration and influencing partners without direct authority.
• Experience with planning/forecasting systems, ERP, BI, or inventory management tools preferred.
• Experience with growing, founder-led, drop-based apparel or digitally native brands is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own demand forecasting across key categories, styles, and channels incorporating historical sales, trends, seasonality, lifecycle, promos and business inputs.
• Develop and maintain rolling demand forecasts and identify opportunities, risks, and changes in demand.
• Partner with Merchandising, Buying, Product Development, Sales and Operations to translate plans into actionable demand.
• Analyze sales, inventory, sell-through, weeks of supply and other KPIs to inform forecasting and inventory decisions.
• Identify demand trends and provide clear recommendations to cross-functional partners.
• Support seasonal and monthly forecasting processes including new launches and replenishment.
• Collaborate with Planning and Allocation to position inventory across channels/locations.
• Flag potential inventory risks with Production and Operations.
• Develop and maintain reporting/forecasting tools to improve visibility and decision-making.
• Continuously evaluate forecast accuracy and refine methodologies.
• Build relationships and become a trusted thought partner across the organization.
• Help establish and evolve demand planning processes, systems, dashboards, and best practices as the business scales.

Skills

Demand forecasting

Inventory planning

Data analysis

Excel

Cross-functional collaboration

Forecast accuracy

Business judgment

Communication

Tools

ERP

BI

Job description

SETactive is seeking a highly analytical Merchandise/Demand Planner in Beverly Hills, hybrid role (in-office Mon-Thu, Fri WFH). You will translate market insights into a thoughtful demand plan to support healthy inventory and sustainable growth, partnering with Merchandising, Buying, Product Development, Sales, and Operations to ensure the right products and quantities at the right time.

You’ll own forecasts, analyze KPIs, and refine forecasting methodologies; you thrive in a fast-paced,