Demand Planner - Wholesale
PopSockets
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Boulder, Colorado
Salary:
$70,000
-
$80,000
per year
Contract type: Full time
Launched in 2014 by former philosophy professor David Barnett, PopSockets is a global digital-lifestyle company that sells empowering, fun, and expressive products that improve people’s digital lives. PopSockets has sold over 245 million of its iconic phone grips in 75 countries and now has an expanding ecosystem of related products, including phone cases, wallets, mounts, batteries, and chargers.
Our mission is to build an eternal positivity machine--an enduring global brand that makes a growing positive impact on the world. Impact initiatives to date include Climate Neutral certification in 2022, our Poptivism platform and ChangeUp partnership, which have resulted in over $4 million in donations to over 400 non-profits, low-friction recycling programs with TerraCycle, use of 99% recyclable and FSC certified packaging, Fair Labor Association accreditation, and adoption of an animal-free policy with respect to products and corporate sponsored meals.
In 2021, PopSockets was honored as one of Fast Company’s World's Most Innovative Companies.
The Role:
The Global Demand Team at Popsockets is a group of fun and talented professionals looking to add a Demand Planner to support our Wholesale channel! This teammate will be responsible for building and developing our wholesale forecasting strategy. A successful candidate will have a strong background in forecasting/planning and the drive to push the envelope. We are looking for an individual with an upbeat attitude and a strategic thinker who wants to grow in a dynamic company that values collaboration and hard work.
Responsibilities:
10% Bonus potential
PopSockets is dedicated to the practice of equal opportunity employment. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants and employees on the basis of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, color, creed, ancestry, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classes. Unlawful harassment includes verbal or physical conduct which has the purpose or effect of interfering with an individual’s work performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile, offensive, unsafe or otherwise non-welcoming work environment. This policy applies to all employees, including managers, supervisors, co-workers; and non-employees such as customers, clients, vendors, consultants, etc.
Our mission is to build an eternal positivity machine--an enduring global brand that makes a growing positive impact on the world. Impact initiatives to date include Climate Neutral certification in 2022, our Poptivism platform and ChangeUp partnership, which have resulted in over $4 million in donations to over 400 non-profits, low-friction recycling programs with TerraCycle, use of 99% recyclable and FSC certified packaging, Fair Labor Association accreditation, and adoption of an animal-free policy with respect to products and corporate sponsored meals.
In 2021, PopSockets was honored as one of Fast Company’s World's Most Innovative Companies.
The Role:
The Global Demand Team at Popsockets is a group of fun and talented professionals looking to add a Demand Planner to support our Wholesale channel! This teammate will be responsible for building and developing our wholesale forecasting strategy. A successful candidate will have a strong background in forecasting/planning and the drive to push the envelope. We are looking for an individual with an upbeat attitude and a strategic thinker who wants to grow in a dynamic company that values collaboration and hard work.
Responsibilities:
- The Demand Planner will be responsible for cultivating, maintaining, and communicating all aspects of product demand for their specified channel as well as supporting the advancement of our overall forecasting process and methodology.
- Build SKU, product category, and channel-level forecasts in alignment with overall company goals
- Synchronize Bottom-up forecasts with Top-down financial targets
- Utilize forecasting software to build and maintain forecasts that are used to drive inventory purchasing
- Collaborate with Sales and Product teams to understand and plan for new product introductions
- Develop estimates and projections for all upcoming products to inform material purchases
- Analyze and report on product-level and channel level trends to inform marketing and assortment decisions
- Develop an understanding of retail customer patterns and requirements
- Other supporting duties as needed
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, or business-related field or 5+ years of supply chain work experience
- 3 – 5 years of experience in planning and demand management, or materials management.
- 3 – 5 years of experience in retail planning/inventory control experience
- Understanding of retail corporate purchasing processes
- Experience working with enterprise forecasting software, preferably Forecast Pro
- Strong analytical skills with an aptitude for data-driven decision-making
- Experience collaborating between cross-functional teams
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets
- Proficient communication and presentation skills
10% Bonus potential
PopSockets is dedicated to the practice of equal opportunity employment. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants and employees on the basis of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, color, creed, ancestry, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classes. Unlawful harassment includes verbal or physical conduct which has the purpose or effect of interfering with an individual’s work performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile, offensive, unsafe or otherwise non-welcoming work environment. This policy applies to all employees, including managers, supervisors, co-workers; and non-employees such as customers, clients, vendors, consultants, etc.
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