Demand Planner

3 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Elevate Brands Full time

Here at Elevate Brands, we are building the consumer products platform of the future, today. Our vision is to have an Elevate brand in every human's as we expand across the globe, selling on every major e-commerce marketplace within the next 5 years and our 10 year goal is to have an Elevate Brand in every human's hand, globally Currently, we're looking for a **Demand Planner** to join our **Supply Chain** team. If you're a driven, self-starter who thrives in a fast paced, highly collaborative environment, come join our team

The Demand Planner is responsible for the development of the sales demand, forecast and inventory supply plan. This position is a key driver in creating and maintaining the demand models and managing optimum inventory levels to support it from multiple areas. This is a critical role in the "SIOP" (Sales, Inventory, Operations Process) processes.

**What you'll do as a Demand Planner**:

- Develop & manage a demand forecast for a set of brands from which the organization aligns inventory to support it
- Assesses the impact of promotions, events, and growth models with Brand leaders to drive revenue growth
- Creates/Participates demand planning for new product development projects
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams to get demand consensus and uses historical, industry, and market data insights to improve forecast accuracy
- Develops and manages inventory stock levels in conjunction with demand forecast
- Collaborates with cross-functional partners to ensure the inventory is managed according to constraints and targets are aligned with the business strategy
- Monitor's inventory levels and reconciles aged and excess inventory to identify root causes and corrective actions
- Provides reporting on inventory shortages, excess and aged inventory to cross functional team members
- Measures, analyzes, and reports key process metrics (KPI's) including DOI metrics
- Makes recommendations to enhance business processes and improve operational efficiencies
- Strong analytical, data-processing and problem-solving skills
- Ability to clearly communicate results of analysis verbally and in written form, including presentations
- Proficiency in working in a fast-paced working environment and meeting deadlines with limited supervision
- Well-organized and high level of attention to detail
- Ability to work within high-performing teams

**Work Experience**:

- Typically, 3+ years with bachelor's or equivalent
- Intermediate-Advanced Excel or Google Docs skills
- NetSuite, (or similar ERP) sostocked, airtable experience a plus

**Education and Certification(s)**:

- B.S. in operations/supply chain management/mathematics/business, or equivalent years in experience

**These help, but aren't dealbreakers**:

- MBA is a plus
- APICS certified a plus


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