The Demand Planner will play a key role in aligning supply with customer demand across Peak Design’s product lines by analyzing sales data, building forecasting models, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. This position ensures optimal inventory levels to prevent both stockouts and overstock situations, contributing to efficient and sustainable operations.
What You'll Do
- Stare deeply into sales data and define the future of demand with eerie accuracy.
- Play nice with the sales, marketing, and operations teams to make sure we have just enough (but not too much) of everything.
- Identify risks to prevent catastrophic stockouts and overstock situations (because warehouses should store products, not regrets).
- Analyze trends, market data, and customer behavior—basically, be a data wizard.
- Work closely with the finance and operations team so our logistics game stays tight.
- Develop forecasting models to support all the new products that we’re making.
- Use fancy software like Netsuite and Excel magic to make data-driven decisions.
- Report on key metrics like forecast accuracy and inventory turnover.
- Run the monthly Open-to-Buy (OTB) process for assigned product categories reconciling planned sales with inventory to determine smart, data-driven buy quantities.
- Review the previous day’s sales performance report to check if data matches expectations and identify discrepancies.
- Check inventory levels at the warehouses to assess potential shortages or surpluses.
- Engage with key stakeholders in sales, marketing, and product teams to understand upcoming promotions, product launches, or market shifts.
- Meet with ops, sales, marketing, logistics teams to ensure stock availability and address shipping delays, supplier issues, or warehouse capacity constraints.
- Update demand planning dashboards with the latest insights to ensure visibility into demand trends and potential risks.
What We're Looking For
- Excellent (English) communication skills
- At least 2 years of experience in demand planning and forecasting. Ideally, in consumer goods, retail, or outdoor gear.
- Familiar with SQL, working with complex datasets.
- Great analytical skills and a true appreciation for spreadsheets
- The ability to explain complex data insights to normal humans without making their eyes glaze over.
- A keen eye for trends and an unrelenting drive to get better at predicting them.
- Available standard Pacific working hours
Nice to Have
- Experience with demand planning or forecasting tools preferred
- ERP experience (NetSuite a plus)
Technical Stack
- Netsuite
- Excel
- SQL
Team & Environment
- Work as part of a close-knit team
- Engage in cross-functional collaboration with sales, marketing, product, operations, finance, and logistics teams
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation details not specified
- Equity details not specified
- Other benefits not specified
Work Mode
Onsite with availability during standard Pacific working hours.
