Global Category Planner

Global Category PlannerAt Sonos we want to create the ultimate listening experience for our customers and know that it starts by listening to each other. As part of the Sonos team, you'll collaborate with people of all styles, skill sets, and backgrounds to realize our vision while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do the best work of their lives. The Global Operations team is responsible for all global Supply Chain, Customer Service, and Business Operations activities required to serve to its global sales channels and end user customers within best in class product delivery and after sales service levels and against lowest possible levels of cost and inventory. Within Global Operations, the Global Planning team has responsibility for the End to End balancing of Consumer and Channel Partner Demand with Supply. This includes the responsibility to secure product availability against agreed Service Levels, through the careful management of Product Supply plans, as well as through the maintenance of overall Sonos and Sales Channel Inventory levels against agreed business targets. This position also includes responsibility for coordinating new product launch activities, end of life production plans and channel transitions. Working closely with Sales, Product Marketing, Product Management, Customer Services and the Supply Chain Operations team, the Global Category Planner is the central point of coordination for the end to end planning of Demand, Supply and Inventory for a specific product category of the Sonos product portfolio. This role is a hybrid position Some roles require an office while others may be done remotely. This position is considered hybrid, allowing for a combination of remote work and in-office collaboration. Qualified applicants must live within commuting distance of our Boston, Goleta or Seattle office locations.Main responsibilities will include managing and business planning for 1st Party Accessory and 3rd Party Accessory portfolios, supporting the other members of the Global Planning team, as well as, data analysis for projects and initiatives required by the greater Ops Planning Team. Working closely with Product Marketing, Sales and the Supply Chain teams, the Global Category Planner is responsible to develop and maintain end-to-end product plans across the product lifecycles of their product category, containing long term sourcing and production capacity requirements, inventory and sales projections. Working closely together with the Regional Demand Planners, as well as, the Supply Planning team, this Planner actively supports the weekly & monthly Supply & Demand Balancing cycle and translation of Sales Forecasts into clear supply plans, material sourcing plans, inventory projections, product availability service levels and allocations, for their product category. The Category Planner has responsibility for managing the alignment of Demand and Supply, including projected finished goods inventory, and all analytics and reporting relevant to their product category in the Anaplan system. As member of the Integrated Business Planning organization and Global Planning team, the Global Category Planner Conducts various analysis both on own initiative and on request from the wider Global Operations organization to support decision making around product category related topics. Takes a leadership role in the development and implementation of a best in class planning infrastructure of business processes, operating practices and tools. Generates relevant business scenarios and risk mitigation plans for their assigned product category, and presents recommended supply/demand action plans to drive the monthly Sales & Operations Planning Decision cycle. Working in concert with the product development program teams, the Global Category Planner is responsible for managing the transition of