Production Planner I
Cogent infotech
Saint Petersburg, FL
Full-time
Demand Planning Analyst
- The manager really needs someone who possess really good technical experience. Someone who can build reports is a need.
- Looking for someone with some heavy tech data analytics degree, ideally that has touched AI.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Responsible for internal and external communication of brand forecasts, working with a subset of brand partners and SalonCentric Category Management to ensure appropriate availability of products from brands to our customers
- Provide regular and ad-hoc analyses (e.g. in-month projections, anticipated account inventory buy-downs, margin enhancement buy in’s.
- etc.) to gain endorsement to the forecast at the Customer / Brand level, with a focus on Regular Flow Business, Promotions, and New Product Launches
- Ensure alignment of Logility, SAP and Passport forecasts for long term planning
- Interact with vendors regarding planning strategies
- Accurately forecast (within a tolerance) demand for partner brand items
- Analyze performance and productivity of launches / promotions
- Size promotions and new items presented from partner brands in Passport tool
- Provide analysis to drive alignment on decisions related to Service and Inventory
- Coordinate and Collaborate with different members of Planning
- Provide continuous improvement to reporting (channel / brand summaries automated to lower levels, streamlined in-month reporting and projections, etc.)
- Analyze the business to identify opportunities to gain / optimize margin
- Minimize unproductive inventory via assortment planning, accurate forecasts and sku rationalization
REQUIREMENTS :
- Critical Thinking Skills
- Strong Communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong Team Player, but also has an ability to work independently at times too
- Ability to challenge status quo and have professional disagreements with business partners
- Good with excel(ideally intermediate skill range)
- Forecasting background is preferred
- System work with any forecast (bonus points for Anaplan) is preferred
21 days ago