Strategic Retail Demand & Forecasting Leader

SimpliSafe; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Culture & growth

Total rewards

Free system

Employee ERGs

Job summary

SimpliSafe is hiring a Retail Demand Planning Manager in Boston to join the Sales Operations team. You will partner with national retail account managers to build promotional plans, forecast units, and shape account strategy for SimpliSafe's retail accounts.

You will own weekly and quarterly forecasts, lead sell-in/sell-through planning, and collaborate with Finance and Direct-to-Consumer teams on scenario modeling. Strong Excel and BI skills, with Alloy familiarity preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) required.
• 5+ years of experience in planning, sales operations, finance, or a similar analytical role.
• Advanced Excel proficiency; experience with BI tools such as Hex, Tableau, or Power BI.
• Experience with retail and sales planning platforms; familiarity with Alloy preferred; SIOP knowledge a plus.
• Strong communicator with the ability to translate complex data for both sales partners and executive leadership.
• Detail-oriented and self-motivated, with comfort navigating ambiguity and evolving processes.

Responsibilities

• Own weekly annual operating plan and quarterly reforecast for national retail accounts.
• Co-own account forecasts, promo planning, collaborate with account managers for buyer meetings with emphasis on sku-level accuracy and then reporting.
• Partner on activation forecasting to support the go-to-market planning cycle and contribute to cross-functional scenario modeling with Finance and Direct-to-Consumer Forecasting teams.
• Manage weekly sales reporting for timely delivery to internal stakeholders; maintain recurring KPI reporting and surface trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Support migration of sales reporting into a self-serve business intelligence platform and contribute to activation and attrition reporting to monitor customer lifecycle performance.
• Collaborate with Sales and Supply Chain on inventory allocation, supply and demand balance, and operational metrics; maintain sell-through and sell-in processes while reducing manual touchpoints.
• Own data integrity, product cost and pricing accuracy, and platform adoption across sales planning tools; align supply and demand assumptions to improve forecast inputs.
• Build custom dashboards and reporting tools that deliver actionable insights, and apply AI tools to drive efficiencies across forecasting and planning workflows.
• Build strong relationships across Sales, Finance, Direct-to-Consumer, Supply Chain, and Marketing; translate planning outputs into concise, executive-ready communications.
• Partner with analytics teams on KPI definitions, reporting standards, and best practices.

Skills

Strong communicator

Detail-oriented

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS)

Tools

Excel

Hex

Tableau

Power BI

Alloy

Job description

SimpliSafe is hiring a Retail Demand Planning Manager in Boston to join the Sales Operations team. You will partner with national retail account managers to build promotional plans, forecast units, and shape account strategy for SimpliSafe's retail accounts.

You will own weekly and quarterly forecasts, lead sell-in/sell-through planning, and collaborate with Finance and Direct-to-Consumer teams on scenario modeling. Strong Excel and BI skills, with Alloy familiarity preferred.