Supply Chain Analyst supporting operational and strategic initiatives across the supply chain at Zinpro. Analyzing data and generating insights while collaborating with various teams.
About the role
- Demand Planner managing seasonal demand forecasts for footwear across wholesale, retail, and e-commerce channels. Ensuring optimal inventory levels and accurate channel allocations to meet sales goals.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end demand planning process for footwear across wholesale, owned retail stores, and .com, including preseason forecasts and in-season re-projections.
- Translate sales targets into channel-specific forecasts in collaboration with Sales, Retail, and E-Commerce teams to ensure demand plans align with business goals and GTM strategy.
- Analyze historical sales, size selling, and consumer behavior to inform demand curves, size scales, and future buy recommendations for each channel.
- Monitor in-season performance and adjust forecasts in real time to mitigate inventory risks, capture upside, and align with marketing activations and promotional calendars.
- Partner with Merchandising and Product teams to align demand forecasts with product lifecycle stages, regional needs, and line segmentation (e.g., core vs. seasonal vs. exclusive).
- Provide demand inputs to the Supply Chain team to support buy readiness, allocation decisions, and production planning, ensuring on-time and in-full delivery.
- Lead monthly Demand Review meetings as part of the S&OP process, communicating changes in demand drivers, risks, and opportunities to cross-functional stakeholders.
- Develop demand plans for new product introductions and new doors, incorporating launch assumptions, marketplace trends, and cross-channel dynamics.
- Build and maintain tools, dashboards, and KPIs that track forecast accuracy, inventory turns, service levels, and demand health across all footwear styles and channels.
- Collaborate with inventory and allocation teams to ensure the right product is in the right place, at the right time, in the right size—maximizing consumer availability and financial performance.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in demand planning, merchandise planning, or inventory management within a consumer brand—preferably in footwear or related categories.
- Experience managing forecasts across multiple sales channels (wholesale, retail, and e-commerce) with understanding of unique channel demand drivers and behaviors.
- Footwear product knowledge strongly preferred, including seasonality, size curve management, launch planning, and inventory depth strategies.
- Proficiency in Excel and analytical platforms (Power BI, Tableau, or similar); strong skills in creating data models and actionable reporting.
- Track record of strong forecast accuracy and ability to improve inventory health (turns, sell-through, stock availability).
- Experience working within a formal S&OP process and presenting data and insights to cross-functional leadership.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with Merchandising, Sales, Retail Operations, Supply Chain, and Product Development.
- Experience with enterprise systems (e.g., Anaplan, SAP, NetSuite, or similar planning tools).
- Ability to think strategically and execute tactically in a fast-paced, seasonal business with frequent new product launches.
- Ability to travel up to 10% for cross-functional meetings, store visits, and seasonal planning sessions.
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