Senior Demand Planner

Hourglass Cosmetics

Senior Demand Planner at Hourglass Cosmetics managing demand forecasting for assigned region. Collaborating across commercial, operations, and supply chain teams to ensure alignment and accuracy.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeWest Hollywood • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $90,000 - $100,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudOracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own demand planning for an assigned region, supporting the wider team including:
Create and manage top-down and bottom-up finished goods wholesale and retail forecasts
Lead regional forecast reviews with international and domestic commercial teams
Lead forecasting process for HOURGLASS’ new product development, sampling, and gratis
Own forecast accuracy metrics, analyzing variances and driving continuous improvement to minimize forecast error
Contribute to the monthly S&OP process, aligning demand plans with supply and finance
Support team members in training and development
Compile monthly SKU-level global forecasts by retailer and region including:
Work alongside local market teams to analyze retailer and product performance trends and variances to forecast
Proactively partner with operations and supply chain teams to identify and close inventory gaps and mitigate overstock risk
Consolidate and analyze data from various sources across retail sales, wholesale, and operational data
Identify and initiate action in response to trends/issues
Technology including:
Serve as subject matter expert for Oracle Planning Cloud Demand Planning Tool
Partner with Unilever Prestige IT and external partners on Planning Tool upgrades and maintenance
Develop and implement processes to drive continuous improvement in demand planning
Perform analysis and reporting including:
Lead new product forecast creation and analysis for assigned region
Prepare, maintain and publish reporting to monitor and assess performance
Analyze and interpret sales results to drive future demand forecasting
Produce and analyze ad-hoc and/or ongoing reporting as needed
Coordinate, track, and communicate both allocations and gratis requests to support inventory for newness, events, and promotions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, or related field
Minimum 5 years of experience in demand planning or merchandise planning, retail or CPG experience preferred
Strong Excel and analytical skills required; PowerBI and Oracle Planning Cloud experience preferred
Strong track record of cross-functional influence and stakeholder alignment
Thrive on solving problems and implementing creative solutions
Must be highly organized and have strong attention to detail
Passion for product, specifically cosmetics and skincare
Creative, positive and high-energy individual with an ability to execute
Must be able to work from Corporate Office at least 60% of the time

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical insurance
dental insurance
vision insurance
life insurance
accident insurance
critical illness insurance
disability insurance
retirement savings plans and company match
paid family leave
education-related programs
paid holidays
discretionary vacation time

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

Demand PlanningForecastingData AnalysisPerformance MetricsS&OP ProcessSKU-Level ForecastingVariance AnalysisReportingInventory ManagementProblem Solving

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailOrganizational SkillsCreative SolutionsPositive AttitudeHigh Energy