Manager, Demand & Supply Planning
Helio Outdoors is a branded consumer products company serving the needs of millions of consumers for swim sports and pool related products through many different sales channels including mass merchants, e-commerce, and distributors world-wide. As the Operations team continues to grow and take shape as a best-in-class organization, we are seeking a forward-thinking demand and supply planning professional to take charge of a business-critical, complex and yet exciting responsibility using our proprietary AI planning software. This is an on-site position and will be based out of our Stoughton, MA or Denver, CO location.
The role is a part of the Operations unit and partners internally with the Finance, Sales, New Product Development (NPD), IT, and Asia Sourcing organizations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of demand and supply planners to deliver demand and procurement plans for their assigned set of customers / brands.
- Develop and execute advance demand and supply planning standard methodologies, set tactical goals for the organization, and drives follow through major landmarks.
- Acts as the voice of the team in all cross-functional discussions within and outside of US responsibility.
- Supports a culture of exception management by proactively identifying major issues and opportunities around demand and supply.
- Drives a culture of excellence in analysis and execution while taking ownership of identified issues in inventory planning to drive quantifiable solutions and positive business results.
- Supports monthly demand-supply reconciliation and reporting. Participates in the S&OP process in collaboration with cross functional partners.
- Creates systemic processes with in-depth retail analysis skills to deliver an agnostic view of shipment potential.
- Participates in goal setting and is the active leader in forecast accuracy, coverage reporting and SKU rationalization.
- Optimize inventory operations by utilizing advanced AI forecasting software to maximize turns and prevent stock outs.