<p>Job Description</p> <p>As this is a hybrid position working out of our Creative Studios in Westlake, Ohio, we will focus on candidates who currently reside in Northeast Ohio.</p> <p>This Supply Chain Planner position serves as a key Supply Chain contact for and between Product teams, Space & Floor Planning, Supply Chain partners, manufacturing and distribution.</p> <p>This is a dual role including both demand and supply planning responsibilities. The Planner will hold ownership to retail and/or eCommerce programs comprised of 2000-3000 SKUs. Primary goal is to manage product supply to DC to support corporate service level targets, program objectives and inventory plans</p> <p>ESSENTIAL TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:</p> <p>Forecasting and Demand Planning -</p> <ul> <li>Accountable to develop, update and finalize item level baseline and event shipment forecasts over an 18-month planning horizon </li><li>Analyzing, cleansing and refining product forecasts based on demand history, seasonality, forecast accuracy and DC/retail turn rates </li><li>Comprehension of item level forecast impacts on service and inventory levels </li><li>Analyze eCommerce POS trends at the item level and translate into a shipment forecast to ensure required inventory levels are met to support incoming POs </li><li>Ability to identify, investigate and resolve variances in forecast accuracy at the item and aggregate level and communicate potential issues to the Lead Supply Planner </li><li>Validate event level demand assumptions and objectives: analyze, develop and recommend a demand plan including new product introduction, distribution changes and execution intents </li><li>Communication of demand plan assumptions and recommendations to the Lead Supply Planner </li><li>Establish, understand & sustain alignment with POSR to retail replenishment policies </li><li>Roll-up of item level forecasts (both baseline and event) into an aggregated level demand plan </li><li>Proactively identify opportunity for continuous improvement of forecasting and demand planning processes and provide recommendations to the Supply Planning team </li></ul> <p>Supply Planning -</p> <ul> <li>Translation of item level forecasts into production orders to maintain distribution center inventory levels to support corporate retail inventory targets </li><li>Managing replenishment of cycle stock through established supply planning order policies </li><li>Prioritizing firmed production orders with both internal manufacturing and suppliers to balance replenishment and event driven inventory requirements </li><li>Conversion of event demand plans into an aggregate and item level manufacturing plan </li><li>Tracking firmed event production orders to ensure on time delivery of the right quantities </li><li>Ongoing communication with the Lead Supply Planner to convey upcoming event production volumes and order priorities to manufacturing, Global Sourcing, and Capacity Planning </li><li>Managing DC finished goods inventory to minimize obsolescence and scrap liability during product transitions </li><li>Ability to identify, investigate and resolve root cause to disruptions in supply service levels and communicate to the Lead Supply Planner </li><li>Proactively identify opportunity for continuous improvement across all Supply Planning processes and provide recommendations to the Supply Planning team </li></ul>