Recruitment Room Team
Demand Planner – (Baby)
Job Description
Job description
- To ensure the accurate and effective creation and management of statistical, promotional, event and total forecasts using provided systems and tools for all new and existing product ranges
- To recognize and reconcile forecast exceptions to track and manage sales against forecast and validate forecast for OTB management
- To determine causal factors impacting forecasts and respond appropriately, (weather, moving events, promotions etc.)
- To ensure effective stakeholder management and engagement in order to determine trends, identify new products, evaluate risks and determine inventory and replenishment requirements
- To generate and deliver accurate and timely management reports and maintain key metrics against goals in order to analyze forecast performance and ensure forecast accuracy and inventory optimization
- To effectively analyze post promotional and event data to determine opportunities, improve future forecasts, and act as necessary for inventory disposition
- To effectively lead and prepare for the consensus forecast meetings with key stakeholders in order to enhance key insights and decisions taken
- To ensure that the history data cleansing process is followed in order to improve sales history
- To ensure the effective execution of the range review process and decision making in order to assist the Category Team to determine optimal range
- To look for opportunities to maximize sales potential and support the Category team to develop Category Operating Plans and other initiatives to achieve sales, margin and stock targets
