Commercial Merchandising Buyer Associate (Hybrid)

Beauty Industry Group is seeking a Demand Planner Associate to support multiple brands by developing and maintaining demand forecasts that align with business objectives, promotional plans, and historical performance. This role partners cross‑functionally with teams such as Finance, Marketing, Commercial and S & O P to monitor demand trends, optimize inventory levels, and proactively identify risks and opportunities with inventory management across the portfolio. Key Details This role can be hybrid in our Los Angeles or Salt Lake City office with a hybrid schedule of Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday onsite. Base: $75,000-85,000 (based on experience) Bonus Eligibility: 5% Annually Responsibilities Develop, maintain, and continuously improve demand forecasts across multiple brands, incorporating historical data, seasonality, promotional activity, and market trends. Partner with Commercial, eCommerce, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Demand Planning teams to align forecasts with business objectives and growth initiatives. Champion and advocate for Commercial teams with demand forecasting to support core/evergreen, healthy product mix, new product innovation, and activations within marketing calendars. Review and analyze promotional and product launch performance, adjusting forecasts and recommendations based on insights and evolving demand patterns. Identify risks and opportunities related to inventory levels, proactively recommending actions to optimize stock, reduce excess, and minimize stockouts. Support product lifecycle management through forecast updates tied to new launches, phase‑outs, and replenishment strategies. Ensure our demand forecasts with Supply Chain intersect with our demand net sales forecasts across sales channels and in sync with go‑to‑market calendars. Advise and track areas to ensure optimal sell‑thru rates, buy‑ins, run‑down, and SKU productivity across all sales channels. Reporting, Insights Monitor the competitive landscape, market trends, and consumer behavior to inform forward‑looking demand assumptions. Build and provide clear reporting and actionable insights to leadership to support strategic planning and decision‑making. Leverage data to inform optimization, prioritization and turn insights into actionable deliverables. Track scorecards for forecast accuracy, SKU productivity, sell‑thru, and improvements against excess and obsolete inventory. Requirements 3–5 years of hands‑on Commercial Planning & Forecasting experience. Excellent knowledge and experience with Netstock, NetSuite, Excel, and Tableau. Proactive self‑starter who excels at uncovering data‑driven insights and turning them into meaningful business impact. Ability to assess business impact of new innovations, core and evergreen, campaigns, and activations. Confident in working across multiple departments and managing multiple projects. Flexible and adaptable with the ability to work across time zones as needed. Strong interpersonal skills, active listening, and the ability to influence cross‑functional teams. What does success look like for this role? Accurate and actionable forecasts – incorporate trends, promotions, and business inputs, enabling teams to make confident inventory and supply decisions. Proactive risk and opportunity management – identifying potential stockouts, oversells or excess inventory early and in partnership with Supply Chain teams. Strong cross‑functional collaboration – partnering with teams such as Supply Chain, Commercial, Marketing, Finance, and eCommerce to align on demand drivers, communicate insights and support successful marketing activations and promotions. Benefits And Perks Base pay of $75,000–85,000 with a 5% annual bonus eligibility. 401(k) with company match – $ up to 4% – immediately vested. Vacation/Holiday Leave. Great Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance. Life and AD&D Insurance. Opportunities for growth and advancement. And so much more! Equal Employment Opportunity at Beauty Industry Group At Beauty Industry Group, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. #J-18808-Ljbffr Beauty Industry Group