About the role

  • Demand Planner managing inventory and financial analysis for pet gear company. Collaborating across teams to ensure demand planning and supply chain efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Lead demand planning across all channels, ensuring appropriate inventory draw-down while minimizing stockouts and excess inventory
  • Collaborate with Sales, DTC, Finance, and Supply Chain to ensure current business insights are captured in the demand forecast
  • Liaise with cross-functions to validate feasibility of mid-to-long-term supply plans and recommend contingency plans
  • Provide analytical support for cross-functions, such as Sales and DTC teams, when required for Supply Chain services
  • Develop, track, and analyze Inventory Management/Supply Chain KPIs
  • Analyze monthly warehouse invoices
  • Analyze receiving, storage, fulfilment, and postage costs; propose ways to reduce costs when possible
  • Analyze returns and refurbishing reports to ensure products are returning to sellable inventory, and refurbishment costs are in line with the budget
  • Partner with Finance to prepare Supply Chain accrual entries
  • Recommend process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce costs
  • Support with the preparation of the annual Supply Chain budget and updated forecasts throughout the year as necessary
  • Provide ad hoc financial and operational analysis to support strategic decision-making

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in a Demand Planning role
  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Analytics, or related field
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to build and maintain a demand planning model and effectively analyze large datasets
  • Deep analytical mindset and problem-solving acumen
  • Ability to work cross-functionally, ensuring data consistency across teams (Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, and DTC)
  • Confident presenting data-driven insights and recommendations to senior leadership
  • Experience analyzing Supply Chain cost and operational data is considered an asset
  • A passion for dogs!

Benefits

  • Salary based on experience and full benefits
  • 3 weeks’ vacation to start
  • Annual wellness stipend to support your mental and physical well-being
  • Company-wide Paid Time Off (PTO) and personal days
  • Employee discounts
  • Smart, dedicated team in a small office environment
  • Dynamic office culture with many dogs in the heart of Toronto
  • Hybrid work environment, with one day in office weekly (note this may evolve over time)
  • A fast-paced, mission-driven environment where you’ll learn, grow, and make your mark

Job title

Demand Planner

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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