What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Demand Planner position at Rowan?
Rowan has completely reimagined the ear piercing experience and revolutionized the traditional mall-based model. All our piercings are performed exclusively by licensed Nurses. All of Rowan's products are hypoallergenic. Our priority is to offer a fun, celebratory, and safe piercing experience for everyone. When we say piercing for all, we mean it. Everybody is invited to this ear party!
Rowan's Senior Demand Planner builds, monitors, analyzes and reports essential changes to sales forecasts, business strategies, and budgets. They support company management with risk assessment and activities to help mitigate the sales and inventory risk and propose and implement solutions that accurately improve demand forecasts. The Senior Demand Planner creates and maintains forecasting models utilizing business intelligence and forecast data gathered from business functions/teams at various levels, horizons and time horizons.
\n- Develop demand / statistical forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons.
- Maintain demand planning data and systems; prepare and maintain relevant material and reports.
- Develop product mix forecasts as input for supply planning and work with management to fine-tune the product mix plan.
- Business Analysis:
- Analyze selling performance across ecom and stores
- In-Season/Post-season business opportunity
- WTD/MTD selling analysis and share with teams
- QTD/STD selling hindsights
- Top line sales and sales trends
- Best and worst sellers styles and class if applicable
- Assortment updates and learnings
- Gather, prepare, analyze and validate forecast data; review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, summarize, aggregate and evaluate forecast results; develop statistical forecast models.
- Work with Supply Chain team to monitor accurate inventory levels and replenish or mitigate over-coverage situations.
- Work with I.T. for system enhancements as subject matter expert (SME) for all applications as relates to demand planning function
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve demand planning process
- 3-4 years’ experience in demand planning
- Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics or Supply Chain
- Strong applied math skills
- Understanding of statistical modeling
- Excellent database and Excel skills
- Knowledge of Supply Chain Theory
- Knowledge of inventory metrics
- Ability to translate numbers and data into reliable insights
- Strong Presentation skills
- Extremely detail-oriented
- Strong computer skills with proficiency in tools such as Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Netsuite)
- Excellent organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Analysis and problem-solving skills such as the ability to question, accurately identify a need, and present an effective solution
- Time management skills
- The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $110,000 - 115,000.
- Medical/Dental/Vision Health Plans
- Long-term Disability
- Life Insurance
- 401k and Roth IRA Plans
- Paid Parental Leave
- Open PTO policy
- Employee discounts on our amazing products!
About Us: Rowan is an innovative ear-piercing and hypoallergenic jewelry brand that brings safety to the forefront with our team of licensed nurses—and celebration to every guest with our joyful approach to piercings and jewelry. Our brick-and-mortar locations across the US also provide a long-overdue alternative to the standard mall piercing. At Rowan, we believe that every ear piercing is a milestone and it should be celebrated. We believe in “Piercing for All”.
Check us out on the TODAY Show on NBC — How 1 woman is reinventing the ear piercing experience (today.com)
Important note: Rowan believes in teamwork, collaboration, and diversity. We know our team is stronger together and we commit to staying true to these values as we grow. In a remote setting, interviewing at Rowan may include phone interviews, virtual “on-site” interviews, and on-the-job mock cases. We are committed to run a thorough process for candidates with whom we identify a potential match, and we will do our best to follow-up with each and every applicant! If you’re on the fence, just give it a try! We are an equal opportunity employer and we encourage everyone to apply!
