Sr. Planning Analyst

What You’ll Do

Forecast Ownership & Planning

· Support SKU-level demand planning for our businesses across core, promotional, and newness assortments with direction from the Demand Planning and Merchandising teams

· Monitor sales trends, seasonal shifts, and launch performance to improve forecast accuracy and agility

· Work closely with the cross functional teams to analyze retailer and product performance trends and variances to forecast

Analytics, Reporting & Insights

· Analyze retail, supply chain, and marketing data to identify demand drivers, risks, and gaps.

· Build and maintain dashboards and custom reports to track key performance indicators (KPIs), forecast accuracy, and product performance.

· Conduct post-launch and promotional event analyses to inform future planning strategies.

Inventory Alignment & Risk Mitigation

· Collaborate with operations and supply chain teams to close inventory gaps, reduce overstock risk, and ensure readiness for launches.

· Partner with Allocations to review purchase orders (POs), weeks of supply (WOS), and communicate risk based on sell thru projections.

· Review and approve inventory for allocations and gratis transfers related to newness, campaigns, and retail events.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

· Lead forecast-related discussions and influence decision-making across internal teams.

· Align assumptions for product demand, marketing cadence, and market-level inventory strategy.

System Ownership & Continuous Improvement

· Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for the Vanguard Demand Planning Tool.

· Identify opportunities to enhance planning processes, improve data flow, and automate reporting tasks.

· Contribute to process documentation and best practice development to scale global digital planning capabilities.

What We’re Looking For

· Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Analytics, Economics, or a related field.

· 2-4 years of experience in demand planning, supply chain, or digital analytics within a high-growth consumer brand or eCommerce environment.

· Advanced proficiency in Excel; experience with demand planning tools (Vanguard a plus) and BI platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to synthesize insights from large datasets.

· Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments and levels.

· Highly organized, self-motivated, and comfortable managing competing priorities in a dynamic environment.

· Must have experience leveraging AI-powered tools (Claude, chatgpt, perplexity, replit, sora, etc) and innovation. Vibe coding experience is a plus.