Strategic Demand Planner | Inventory & Forecasting

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.; Phoenix, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

401(k) match

Life insurance

Career growth opportunities

Employee discount

Job summary

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. is seeking a Demand Planning Analyst to forecast SKU-level inventory and promotions, partnering with Merchandising, Distributors, and Supply Chain to optimize stock across stores and DCs.

The role includes weekly reporting on inventory, OSA, and promotions, with end-to-end management of demand planning and allocation to meet sales, margin, and in-stock targets. Hybrid work in Phoenix, with in-office days Tue–Thu.

Qualifications

• Must have a bachelor’s degree from a 4 year college or university, coursework in business or supply chain; or 3-5 years replenishment experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel; intermediate to advanced knowledge of spreadsheets, Tableau reporting, PowerBI, & Replenishment systems (Relex, Manhattan, Blue Yonder)
• High level of initiative and organization, with the ability to manage some ambiguity and changing direction. Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
• Requires strong collaboration and building relationships across the organization
• Strong analytical aptitude with a demonstrated ability to analyze/interpret data and build quantitative models to solve business problems
• Excellent oral and written skills, organizational and time-management abilities, effective inter-personal skills, and the ability to work with personnel at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent creative thinking skills with emphasis on developing solutions to complex problems that may not have one clear answer.

Responsibilities

• Develop sku-level forecast at weekly/store/DC level to inform recommended inventory. Communicate missed sales opportunity through OSA and root cause analysis of inventory gaps. Track forecast accuracy by week and month and adjust accordingly.
• Collaborate with Merchants, Distributors, Supply Chain team and Manufacturers to optimize inventory and minimize supply constraints.
• Responsible for weekly reporting on Inventory, OSA, promotions, supply chain metrics and monthly forecast accuracy.
• Owns the end-to-end management of demand planning and allocation optimization, including in-stock and service levels; set targets and achieves plans for inventory productivity required to support the sales, gross margin and in-stock plans.
• Analyze trends, seasonality, external factors, and other influences that impact demand and leverage statistical models to build a demand plan that quantifies the business environment for current and future needs
• Manage frequent review of order patterns to inform near-term forecast expectations and communicate tactical deviations to all stakeholders.
• Coordinate, facilitate, and support cross functional meetings to drive alignment on end-to-end plans.
• Develop and lead continuous improvement projects to drive improved competencies and outcomes in the Demand Planning process.
• Manage communication with stakeholders by crafting and maintaining reporting to all levels of the organization that summarize relevant and actionable metrics and key performance indicators.
• Participates in the seasonal, annual, and long-range strategic and financial planning for specified departments
• Integrate processes and systems to optimize accuracy, efficiency and inventory productivity

Skills

Forecasting

Excel & Tableau

Inventory management

Analytical reasoning

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or supply chain

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Relex

Manhattan

Blue Yonder

Job description

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. is seeking a Demand Planning Analyst to forecast SKU-level inventory and promotions, partnering with Merchandising, Distributors, and Supply Chain to optimize stock across stores and DCs.

The role includes weekly reporting on inventory, OSA, and promotions, with end-to-end management of demand planning and allocation to meet sales, margin, and in-stock targets. Hybrid work in Phoenix, with in-office days Tue–Thu.