Demand Planner

Position Summary:

This role is focused on the global business at Fox Racing. The Demand Planner is responsible for forecasting the future demand of the business for a given product category (Motocross, Mountain Bike, or Lifestyle). The Demand Planner creates and maintains forecast models for their product category incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from Sales, Product Marketing, and other sources. This position leads the dialogue with Sales and Product Marketing in analyzing the business to understand our customer, manage inventory levels, and strategize ways to create new demand. The Demand Planner also works closely with Production Planning and the rest of the Supply Chain functions, as well as Product Development and FP&A. This position is the talent pool for the Senior Demand Planner and Demand Planning Manager positions within the organization.

Essential Functions of this Role: 

The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

 Seasonal Forecast Collection

• Work with regions to compile future global demand using historical trends and regional input. 
• The forecast will continue to evolve as a season moves closer to market and more inputs are available in the demand process. 
• The Demand Planner owns all stages of this forecast for a given season, and works with Sales, Product Marketing, and regional representatives to keep the most accurate forecast. 

 Salesman Sample Buys

• Own all aspects of SMS buys
• Build buy templates
• Collect needs from all regions
• Submit results to production planning team

Production Buys

• Split seasonal demand into production buys based on timing needs from sales, and production schedule previously determined with the Production Planning team. 
• Prepare buy approval templates at each production buy for sign off from Executive team prior to purchase. 

 Rolling Forecast Maintenance

• Update the rolling forecast for assigned product category monthly
• Validate information and help call out any trends to Demand Planning Manager. 

 Other Items as Needed to Support Department

• Update detailed forecasting tools weekly 
• Build and update discontinued inventory reports and distribute to regions 
• Look for opportunities to share inventory across global warehouses to support needs, recommend inventory transfers amongst regions as necessary. 
• Identify sales and inventory level trends that are concerning, work with relevant parties to resolve. 
• Build slow moving inventory reports and work with sales to address. 
• Conduct SKU analysis to create line architecture targets for the Product Marketing team each season. 

Competencies:

• Competent at managing inputs from cross functional teams. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Strong communication skills 
• Ability to work in a fast pace environment
• Detail oriented with attention to accuracy 

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

• None

Work Environment:

• This job operates within the corporate offices

Physical Demands:

• May be required to work more than 8 hours during a workday 
• Sitting for long periods of time 
• Significant manual dexterity for keying in data for long periods of time 

Expected Hours of Work: 

• Must be available during standard business hours

Travel:

• None

Required Education, Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required 
• 2-4 years Demand Planning experience required, apparel industry experience a plus 
• Thorough knowledge of Excel, database and SAP experience a plus 
• Proven ability to build cross-functional relationships and collaborations 

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:

• None

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

• None

Work Authorization/ Security Clearance:

• None

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.