Demand Planner

Job Title: Demand Planner Contract Duration: 1 year, possible extension Location: Menlo Park, CA Work Arrangement: Remote, out of PST time zone Pay Range: $55-65/hour • • • Note: No C2C arrangements possible for this positions Summary The client is seeking an experienced, highly quantitative, and driven Demand Planner to focus on hardware demand forecasting and strategic planning. This position will require cross-functional coordination across several groups, with an emphasis on partnering with Sales Account Managers, Retailers, Channel Inventory Operations, Marketing, Data Science, and Business Development. You will combine strategic planning and decision making with data analytics and insights and are excited about AR/VR and consumer hardware. You also have an interest in data and technology, be highly analytical and demonstrate the experience to clearly communicate highly complex topics to a broad audience. This role will challenge you to understand and impact many facets of hardware business strategy, including sales planning, financial forecasting, strategic pricing, trade marketing, sales and supply chain analytics. Responsibilities • Partner with sales account managers, category managers, data analysts and business unit marketing teams to drive accurate demand planning and identify growth initiatives based on robust forecast models. • Build bottoms up Sell-Through and Sell-In forecasts utilizing multiple quantitative and qualitative datasets and present cycle over cycle results to business leaders. • Forecast and track weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly sales performance of hero and accessories hardware products in AR/VR. • Own the actuals vs forecast and goal performance analysis, drive identification of root causes and plan mitigation measures for gaps in performance. • Share forecast assumptions and impact of strategic activities to forecast outcomes to broader organization and various stakeholders. • Drive implementation of tools and techniques for continuous forecast accuracy improvement by analyzing large datasets, identifying trends, dependencies, correlations, and creating future outlooks based on that. • Partner with Channel Operation teams to impact production and launch decisions. • Present outcomes at reviews with business leaders. Required Qualifications • B.S. or M.S. in business-related or quantitative field (Economics, Finance, Math, Engineering, or similar discipline) • 2+ years of experience of hardware products (including accessories) demand forecasting • 6+ years of experience in business strategy, finance, analytics or sales planning experience with Excel, Powerpoint, and Google Suite of product • Experience with forecasting tools (e.g. Anaplan, Algo, e2open, Logility etc.) • Experience in problem solving individually and in a group setting and knowledge of financial drivers of the business • Experience with statistical forecasting methods and forecast accuracy metrics Preferred Qualifications • Experience with advanced Excel • Experience in shifting priorities, while maintaining organization and control • Experience in strategic planning in tech company, investment banking or strategy consulting with a focus on technology • Experience with S&OP and CPFR processes • Experience of communicating insights gained from data with clarity and impact • Experience in SQL/Tableau/Power BI/visualization tools • Experience in consumer electronics businesses Must Have Skills • Demand Planning • Presentation skills - slides and speaking with senior leadership • Excel/google sheets Nice to Have Skills • Demand Planning Systems - SAP, ERP, 09 • Any background in tech • Any additional years of experience in demand planning in sales operations • Masters in business or supply ops