About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">JOB SUMMARY</H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify">The Demand Planning Manager is responsible for optimizing inventory efficiency and operational flow within the distribution center by leading replenishment, waving, and inventory slotting strategies. This role partners cross-functionally with Operations, Planning, and Systems teams to develop and execute demand planning processes and capacity plans that support service-level commitments and operational performance.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">JOB RESPONSIBILITIES</H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Lead the design, execution, and continuous improvement of inventory slotting strategies to optimize pick paths, reduce travel time, and enhance order fulfillment productivity</li> <li>Monitor slotting effectiveness and proactively adjust strategies based on seasonality, promotions, and demand variability</li> <li>Develop, standardize, and maintain demand planning processes, ensuring consistency and scalability across systems and workflows</li> <li>Ensure work release aligns with order cutoffs, carrier schedules, and service-level agreements (SLAs)</li> <li>Optimize wave planning, including sizing and sequencing, to minimize congestion, improve throughput, and support operational stability</li> <li>Leverage statistical models and system tools to generate accurate demand forecasts and space utilization plans</li> <li>Conduct forecasting analyses to ensure methodologies are robust, data-driven, and continuously improved</li> <li>Design and produce weekly and monthly forecast and performance reports to inform decision-making</li> <li>Adjust forecast and capacity models in response to demand shifts, business changes, and market trends</li> <li>Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to drive alignment on planning assumptions and continuous process improvements</li> <li>Own the site-level replenishment strategy to ensure forward pick locations are consistently stocked and operationally ready</li> <li>Track, analyze, and report key performance indicators (KPIs), including replenishment accuracy, pick productivity, slotting efficiency, inventory availability, and wave execution adherence</li> <li>Utilize data analysis and root cause investigation to identify inefficiencies and implement process and system enhancements</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">QUALIFICATIONS</H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="text-align:justify">Degree in Mathematics, Business, Engineering or related field.</li> <li style="text-align:justify">≥ 5 years of relevant experience.</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Profound knowledge of the Logistic demand planning process.</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Strong knowledge of demand management/forecasting tools, forecasting processes in sales, marketing operations, finance, manufacturing and supply chain issues.</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Possess strong analytical and mathematical skills</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Communication and team building skills</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Detail orientated with extreme accuracy</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Ability to perform spreadsheet analysis</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Collaborative skills in resolving long and short positions in warehouse space and inventory.</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS</H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Work is primarily sedentary. Sits comfortably to do the work; however, there may be some walking, standing, bending, or lifting item weighing up to 15 pounds. </li></ul></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">ADDITIONAL INFO</H2> </div><div></div></div></div>