Manager, Demand & Supply Planning

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

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.

• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in supply chain, specifically in demand, supply, and allocation planning for recreation industry, retail, wholesale, or comparable seasonal high SKU-count CPG industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Mathematics or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with AI-integrated planning tools that build, validate and deploy machine learning models for demand forecasting.
• Ability to thrive in a global, multi-cultural and multi-country environment while building cross functional, trusted partnerships and facilitating consensus within and across work teams.
• A strong work knowledge of effective supply chain performance, including customer service, supplier and asset management.
• Passion for crafting processes and systems improvements.
• Skills in analysis, influencing, negotiation, communication and navigating a sophisticated global organization.
• Energy for working in a sophisticated, collaborative, fast-paced environment, and handling several projects at one time.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including early mornings and late evenings, to accommodate meetings across global time zones (including Asia).
• Direct experience with Amazon, ecommerce and online marketplaces is highly preferred.