Sr. Demand Planner, Digital
Westwood, MA, US, 02090
Overview
Here at HEYDUDE, we are a team of Go-To's who work together to embrace and embody our brand values in everything we do. We dare boldly, putting progress over perfection to bring our consumers and fans the most comfortable shoes on the planet. We aim to be steadfast and engage genuinely with our consumers and each other. We keep it simple, welcome all, and strive to have a “Hey Day!”
In February of 2022, Crocs, Inc. acquired HEYDUDE. This acquisition not only adds an outstanding brand to the Crocs portfolio, but provides a wealth of opportunities for teamwork, career growth, and best practice sharing across the two brands. We’ve experienced incredible growth in the past few years, and we need to build our teams with the most creative, passionate footwear enthusiasts in the world. That’s where you come in! Interested in being our next Go-To? Check this out!
HEYDUDE is seeking a Senior Demand Planner. The Senior Demand Planner coordinates activity across the functional and time spectrums, focused on E-commerce business across all product categories. This includes but is not limited to: ownership of weekly and monthly product demand plans inclusive of in line products, coordination of HEYDUDE e-commerce Open to Buy SKU level planning, maintenance of product driven Inventory Policies, and analysis to support decision making. This role is responsible for driving cross-functional collaboration with key commercial partners to align upon demand review/consolidation plan, in season coordination, and all processes to drive seasonal hand offs and monthly execution.
What You'll Do
- Own the SKU-level Demand Plan for digital business including similar inventory sourced marketplaces (e.g., eBay, TikTok) and adjust in alignment with commercial needs in advance of monthly/seasonal buy execution. Interpret needed changes in buying process into product investment.
- Align and coordinate on New Product, Key Product initiatives, and Core-Carryover seasonal items with Merchandising and Leadership input.
- Participate in weekly business review meetings- pulling together relevant analysis and leverage reporting to drive discussion and recommendations for the business.
- Provide analytical support as needed to the cross functional team including seasonal Investment.
- Reviews and sizing analysis on macro and category scales.
- Work closely with Global MFP team to understand and shepherd seasonal plans into region-channel enriched plans.
- Coordinate activity with merchandisers to ensure the priorities and focus of the region-channel is clearly assembled in all MFP related tools and updates.
- Participate as needed in Seasonal Plan Alignment and other meetings to represent priorities of the Americas sales channel.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration with key commercial partners and leadership to align with OTB plan.
- Propose scenarios to commercial leadership based upon inventory utilization & promotional activity.
- Contribute in monthly OTB presentation to cross functional partners and leadership.
- Collaborate with Wholesale, Retail and International demand planning to partner on inventory strategies and needs to maintain in stock inventory.
- Communicate with DC and Logistics to prioritize domestic and factory shipments.
- Partner with Supply to place, escalate, or push out PO’s.
What You'll Bring to the Table
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or related field or equivalent experience in relevant fields.
- 5+ years of OTB and demand planning experience within a digital environment.
- Experience in merchant financial planning process and/or integrated business planning.
- Experience in an omnichannel setting, with a strong emphasis on direct-to-consumer experience, in the apparel/footwear business is preferred.
- Familiar with inventory and service level planning.
- Must have extensive experience and proficiency in Excel tools and functionality.
- Experience with MFP, Demand Planning systemic solutions.
- Strong organizational skills and proven experience in developing and managing processes in a fast-growing business.
- Proven ability to successfully work in a highly cross-functional matrixed environment.
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The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We accept applications on an ongoing basis.
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 classification protected by law.
Title: Sr. Demand Planner, Digital 
Salary or Pay Range: $88,500 - $98,500
Pay offered will vary based on job-related factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities.
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.
This position is eligible to participate in a company incentive program.
This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.
The application window is 45 days, but applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible after the posting date in order to ensure optimal consideration. The posting will be removed if the job is filled before the application window deadline.
Job Category: Corporate
Nearest Major Market: Boston