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About the Role
As the Demand Planning Lead, you will create and maintain SKU-level forecast models by incorporating business intelligence from sales, marketing, and finance. You will perform deep data analysis to recognize patterns and adjust forecasts, ensuring our supply chain is aligned to meet customer demand and business profit goals.
Responsibilities
- Develop initial forecast models based on historical data and promotional causal factors.
- Manage a demand plan at the SKU, customer, and Distribution Center (DC) level in both dollars and units.
- Identify and resolve out-of-stock issues by analyzing safety stock levels and shortage occurrences.
- Partner with account managers to review vendor scorecards and resolve chronic issues such as fill rates and forecast accuracy.
- Collaborate with supply planners to track purchase order execution and inventory distribution from manufacturing to DCs.
- Lead demand planning inputs for the S&OP process, making recommendations on consumption and financial plans.
- Analyze impact of promotional strategies, including placement and acquisition methods, to optimize margins.
- Conduct factory capacity and supplier make-plan analysis for promotional and seasonal inventory.
Requirements
- Proven experience in demand planning and operational business aspects (e.g., lead times, MOQ, safety stocks).
- Strong analytical background with experience in professional reporting and statistical modeling.
- Deep understanding of forecasting concepts such as MAPE, WMAPE, and BIAS.
- Working knowledge of planning systems like DSX, Oracle (Demantra), or JDE.
- Ability to translate complex data trends into actionable business insights for sales and finance partners.
Work Type
- Hybrid
Education Level
- A degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field.
Salary/Compensations
- $110,000 to $120,000 USD Per Annum
- $91,700 to $122,200 CAD Per Annum
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement savings programs
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Wellness resources
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee assistance programs
- Other company-sponsored benefits
About the Company
- Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.
Equal Opportunity
- Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.
- Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.