Demand Planner (Bozeman)

Relocation to Bozeman, MT is required | This role is with one of our clients in the outdoor industry!

The Footwear Demand Planner is responsible for developing and managing seasonal and in-season demand forecasts across our wholesale, retail, and e-commerce channels. This role ensures optimal inventory levels, accurate channel allocations, and size availability to meet sales goals and service level targets. The ideal candidate brings a strong analytical foundation, a collaborative mindset, and a deep understanding of how consumer demand varies across channels and product lifecyclesespecially in the footwear category.

Key Responsibilities :

• Own the end-to-end demand planning process for footwear across wholesale, owned retail stores, and .com, including preseason forecasts and in-season re-projections.
• Translate sales targets into channel-specific forecasts in collaboration with Sales, Retail, and E-Commerce teams to ensure demand plans align with business goals and GTM strategy.
• Analyze historical sales, size selling, and consumer behavior to inform demand curves, size scales, and future buy recommendations for each channel.
• Monitor in-season performance and adjust forecasts in real time to mitigate inventory risks, capture upside, and align with marketing activations and promotional calendars.
• Partner with Merchandising and Product teams to align demand forecasts with product lifecycle stages, regional needs, and line segmentation (e.g., core vs. seasonal vs. exclusive).
• Provide demand inputs to the Supply Chain team to support buy readiness, allocation decisions, and production planning, ensuring on-time and in-full delivery.
• Lead monthly Demand Review meetings as part of the S&OP process, communicating changes in demand drivers, risks, and opportunities to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Develop demand plans for new product introductions and new doors, incorporating launch assumptions, marketplace trends, and cross-channel dynamics.
• Build and maintain tools, dashboards, and KPIs that track forecast accuracy, inventory turns, service levels, and demand health across all footwear styles and channels.
• Collaborate with inventory and allocation teams to ensure the right product is in the right place, at the right time, in the right sizemaximizing consumer availability and financial performance.

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