Wholesale Demand Planner
Shanghai, SH, CN
At Crocs, Inc., every career offers a chance to make a real impact. No two journeys look the same. And that's exactly how we like it. Whether you’re welcoming customers into our stores, collaborating with global teams at our headquarters, or keeping operations moving at our distribution centers, your impact is real and valued. At Crocs, Inc. you’re not expected to fit a mold. You’re encouraged to break it and create something better.
Overview
The Wholesale Planner is responsible to deliver accurate demand forecast and healthy channel inventory management for the China Wholesale channel. Through effective planning and analysis of sell out, inventory and supply delays and excesses, this role helps to achieve the financial targets in close collaboration with Sales, Merchant, Finance, Customer Service.
What You'll Do
- Demand Planning
- Use sell-out forecast and partner inventory data to update sell-in revenue plan, split in Customer Orders, At Once and Left to Book
- Support pre-season forecast process by styles by using sell out & partner inventory data
- Support with any related planning reporting, i.e., weekly shipment outlook, inventory report, actual sales tracking
- Key account planning
- Support pre-season forecast process for must buy styles by using sell out & partner inventory data
- Build monthly sell out forecast on style/color level using various forecast models & inputs from Merch and Commercial
- Propose in season partners replenishments, edits & cancels based on projected inventory
- Ensure partner inventory level is healthy with optimized in-stock rates and minimized excess
What You'll Bring to the Table
- Bachelor's degree or above
- More than 2 years in Demand Planning
- FMCG industry, preferably in apparel / fashion with wholesale business model
- Close working relationship with Sales, Merchandising and Finance
- Understanding of various demand planning, inventory and OTB modeling
- Strong quantitative analysis skill set
- Proficiency with Planning Software and Microsoft Office applications
- Highly collaborative with the ability to work with multiple stakeholders
- Comfortable with large data sets with clear eye for the detail
- Ability to format data in clear and understandable presentations
- Can cope with multiple tasks under limited time resource
- Communicate ideas with clear and structured logic
The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability, or any other protected classification.
At Crocs, Inc. we believe in the power of a blend of in-person and virtual collaboration to drive creativity and strengthen relationships. Your participation in this flexible schedule plays a key role in building a connected and successful team. In-office requirements vary by our work personas: Resident (5 days), Collaborator (4 days), Connector (2-3 days), Explorer (fully remote). This role has been aligned to the Collaborator persona.
Job Category: Corporate