Senior Demand Planner, Wholesale
Crocs, Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Broomfield • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $98,000 - $108,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own the Demand Plan for Americas wholesale by applying Key Account data and adjustments in alignment with commercial needs as we approach seasonal buy execution.
- Influence the buying process into product investment – working closely with Supply Planning to both increases and decreases to optimize balance of inventory to support corporate revenue and turn goals.
- Place improved focus on New Product / Key Product initiatives; align and coordinate core / meaningful carryover seasonal items with merchants, core planning and supply teams.
- Leader of DP 09 plan creation to sub channel and any needed change implementation.
- Participate in consolidation needs for the regional demand plan.
- Lead regional monthly demand review and coordinate with KA team for account insights.
- Leverage regional IBP/S&OP to coordinate and inform key demand insights into cross-functional team.
- Lead the efforts of inventory and supply planning to proactively manage in-stock levels.
- Complete monthly OTB forecasts and influence inventory policy decisions at channel level.
- Propose seasonal and in-season stocking strategies to commercial leads to balance margin / revenue generation with efficient working capital levels.
- Coordinate actions upstream into supply chain to supervise, adjust and troubleshoot supply lines as well as optimize inventory across the Americas Region for a given sales channel.
- Manage the Value and EOL Sales and Margin order target for all Tier 4 accounts.
- Collaborate with inventory and sales teams to execute monthly excess process for both inline and out-of-line for channel.
- Review sell-thru by size and material for core and key genders to improve sku efficiency.
- Work closely with Global MFP team to understand and shepherd seasonal plans into region-channel enriched plans.
- Coordinate activity with regional merchandisers to ensure the priorities and focus of the region-channel are clearly captured in all MFP related tools and updates.
- Participation as needed in IBP / Seasonal Plan Alignment and other meetings to represent priorities of the wholesale Americas channel.
- Align with KA team and SLS directors to build seasonal bottom’s up revenue and unit plans.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree focused on business, supply chain, planning or related field is required; exception possible for highly extensive and relevant work experience
- At least 5+ years planning OTB / Demand; highly desirable to be within a multichannel setting particularly in the apparel / footwear business
- Demand Planning experience is required.
- OTB experience is required.
- Familiarization with Inventory and Service level planning.
- Experience in Merchandising Financial Planning process and/or Integrated Business Planning.
- Must have extensive experience and fluency in Excel tools and functionality.
- Power BI build experience desired.
- Experience with MFP, Demand Planning systemic solutions; ideally with o9 Solution.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- life and AD&D
- short and long-term disability coverage
- paid time off
- employee assistance
- participation in a 401k program that includes company match
- many other additional voluntary benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
demand planningOTB forecastinginventory managementmerchandising financial planningintegrated business planningExcelPower BIsupply chain managementseasonal planningsku efficiency
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationinfluencingcoordinationcommunicationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingorganizational skillsstrategic planningcross-functional teamwork