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Unilever Sr. Demand Planner in West Hollywood, California
Sr. Demand Planner
West Hollywood,CA
HOURGLASS COSMETICS – Sr. Demand Planner
Connected by creativity and driven by purpose. Hourglass Cosmetics is a vegan and cruelty-free beauty brand, redefining luxury cosmetics with high-performance products, innovative formulas, and award-winning franchises. Recognized by Forbes, Fast Company and Time Magazine as one of the most inventive beauty companies, Hourglass leads the industry with its breakthrough products and its commitment to animal welfare. Founded in 2004, Hourglass is globally available in 32 countries and 2,600 doors including Sephora, Ulta, Bergdorf Goodman, Nordstrom, Space NK and more. Hourglass became part of the Unilever Prestige division in 2017. Discover more about the Hourglass brand story and mission on our website hourglasscosmetics.com
The Sr. Demand Planner is responsible for demand forecasting and business analysis activities. This person serves as a link between the sales, finance, and supply chain functions to ensure alignment between plans and will work to create and achieve consensus for forecasts through collaborative cross-functional planning processes.
WHAT YOU DO
Supporting Demand Planning & Data Analytics team including:
Creating and managing 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
Support team members in training and development
Compiling 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 work with operations and supply chain teams to identify and close inventory gaps when forecasts are overachieved; mitigate overstock risk
Synthesizing and analyzing data from various sources across retail sales, wholesale, and operational data
Identifying and initiating action in response to trends/issues
Technology including:
Subject matter expert for Oracle Planning Cloud Demand Planning Tool at Hourglass
Partnering with Unilever Prestige IT and external partners for upgrades and maintenance to Planning Tool as needed
Evaluating and creating processes and tools in support of continuous improvement efforts to support demand planning at Hourglass
Performing analysis and reporting including:
Leading in the creation of new product forecasts and their contribution to the product categories
Preparing, maintaining and publishing reporting to monitor and assess performance and trend
Updating, recapping, analyze, and report to relevant stakeholders sales results, such as weekly retail sales, retail sales by SKU, mix of business, best sellers, and new product performance
Producing and analyzing ad-hoc and/or ongoing reporting as needed
Coordinating, tracking, and communicating both allocations and gratis requests to support inventory merchandise strategy for newness, events, and promotions
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, or related field
Minimum 3 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
Must be highly organized and have strong attention to detail
Passion for product, specifically cosmetics and skincare
Proven success creating and leading processes and teams
Thrive on solving problems and looking at implementing creative solutions
Creative, positive and high-energy individual with an ability to execute
The expected base salary range for this position is $90,000-100,000. The exact base salary is determined by various factors including experience, skills, education, geographic location, and budget. This position is also eligible for participation in the company discretionary bonus plan, based on personal performance and company results.
In addition to base salary, Hourglass Cosmetics offers a competitive benefits package to eligible employees, including 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, and more.
Hourglass is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive its business results and to create a better future every day for its diverse employees, global consumers, partners and communities. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation in order to apply for a job listing, please contact us at 310-392-7799 or careers@hourglasscosmetics.com.
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