About Us

Day to day life has room for improvement.

That was our basic thinking when we founded simplehuman in 2000. Our mission is to bring high-performance and sustainable innovation to basic but essential tasks in our daily routine at home.  Through new technologies, meticulous engineering and an obsession for improvement, we find new and better ways to achieve basic but important daily tasks. 

About the role

We are seeking a Demand Planner to join our Supply Chain team.  This role will use historical and current data to develop, continuously update, and improve demand forecasting of our products.  The Demand Planner will interact with the Sales team and overseas manufacturing personnel to ensure the most accurate short-term and long-term planning. 

Responsibilities:

• Create demand forecasts on a SKU, category and account level
• Effectively communicate regularly with internal teams including Sales E-Commerce, Supply Planning
• Use historical order/ship data, POS trends and promotional activities to develop the best possible demand forecast for new and existing products
• Analyze historical inventory cycles and distribution channel forecasts
• Apply statistical methodology in analyzing data trends to improve forecast accuracy
• Oversee planning for all inventory by reviewing daily order report and maintain inventory levels by locations and demand
• Identify, communicate and escalate concerns to management to ensure incoming product is sufficient to meet demand plans.
• Review forecast accuracy and understand root cause when variability exceeds the norm to determine best methods to improve forecast or hold cross functional teams accountable to meet demand forecasts.
• Analyze and update forecasting data weekly, maintaining a rolling demand forecast
• Utilize BI and other tools to ensure data integrity and ease of view
• Ensure that the inventory allocation processes are running smoothly and effectively

About You

• Sharp and analytical, with a strong sense for numbers
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Possess a sense of urgency and initiative, with an eagerness to learn
• Bachelor’s degree from a top school in Supply Chain, Logistics & Operations, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, or Engineering
• 1-3 years’ experience in a Forecasting or Supply Chain environment a plus
• Advanced knowledge of Excel is required (including pivot tables & VLookups; advanced macros a plus)
• Experience in consumer goods demand and supply planning, buying, and forecasting a plus
• Experience using ERP and visualization/reporting software a plus
  

About Us

We have the stability of an established company, but the soul of a start-up.  We value ingenuity, precise communications, fast iteration and scrappiness.  Our teams are tight-knit with a work hard, play hard tradition – we take pride in individual and team success and push boundaries to make the best products.  And we only build products we love to use ourselves. 
Cool office with full-court gym + fitness activities/classes (basketball, yoga, volleyball, badminton, krav maga, more) + weight room

• Free weekly breakfasts + birthday celebrations + holiday parties/trips + juice club
• Great benefits + Competitive compensation
• Generous simplehuman product discounts