Responsibilities

• Demand Planning & Forecasting: Analyze historical sales, customer demand, seasonality, trends, promotions, new product launches, and other relevant demand signals to support accurate forecasting; Develop, maintain, and update demand forecasts for assigned products and categories; Analyze changes in customer demand and identify trends that may impact inventory requirements; Compare forecasted demand to actual sales and identify significant variances, trends, and potential risks; Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Product teams to incorporate business intelligence and upcoming activities into demand planning; Identify products with increasing or decreasing demand and assess the potential impact on inventory requirements; Support monthly and periodic demand planning processes and provide analysis to Supply Chain leadership; Monitor forecast accuracy and identify opportunities to improve planning assumptions and forecasting methodologies; Incorporate new product introductions, product transitions, promotions, seasonality, and other business factors into demand planning; Communicate significant changes in demand and potential supply implications to Purchasing and Supply Chain leadership.
• Inventory Allocation: Manage and optimize inventory allocations within NetSuite to support timely and accurate customer order fulfillment; Analyze available inventory, open sales orders, backorders, incoming purchase orders, and expected receipts to determine appropriate inventory allocations; Allocate and reallocate inventory based on customer demand, requested ship dates, customer priorities, supply availability, and business needs; Monitor inventory commitments and ensure allocations accurately reflect current inventory and supply expectations; Identify allocation conflicts, inventory shortages, and fulfillment risks and recommend appropriate solutions; Monitor incoming purchase orders and expected receipts to determine when inventory should be allocated to open customer demand; Partner with Warehouse and Operations teams to ensure inventory allocations support efficient fulfillment; Help establish and maintain inventory prioritization rules and allocation best practices.
• Inventory & Supply Analysis: Analyze supply versus demand to identify potential stockouts, excess inventory, and inventory imbalances; Monitor inventory levels and projected inventory positions against forecasted demand; Identify products at risk of stockouts and proactively communicate potential customer or revenue impacts; Identify excess or slow-moving inventory and provide analysis to support inventory reduction strategies; Analyze backorders and fill rates to identify recurring supply or allocation issues; Evaluate incoming supply and purchase order timing to understand potential impacts on customer fulfillment; Provide recommendations to Purchasing regarding inventory needs based on demand trends and projected requirements; Support inventory planning and replenishment decisions through data-driven analysis.
• Reporting & Analytics: Develop and maintain reporting related to demand forecasts, inventory availability, allocations, backorders, fill rates, inventory projections, and forecast accuracy; Build and maintain analysis and reporting tools to support supply chain decision-making; Analyze large data sets and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations; Identify trends, exceptions, and potential issues requiring management attention; Provide regular reporting and analysis to Supply Chain leadership and cross-functional stakeholders; Continuously improve reporting processes and identify opportunities to automate or streamline recurring analysis.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as a key point of contact for demand, inventory, and allocation questions; Partner closely with Sales, Purchasing, Customer Service, Operations, Warehouse, and Finance teams; Communicate inventory shortages, demand changes, forecast variances, allocation decisions, and fulfillment risks; Work with Sales and Customer Service to understand customer priorities and anticipated demand; Partner with Purchasing to align incoming supply with projected demand and inventory requirements; Collaborate with Operations and Warehouse teams to ensure inventory plans and allocations translate effectively into fulfillment; Provide data and analysis to support cross-functional supply chain decisions.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve demand planning, inventory allocation, forecasting, and reporting processes; Develop and recommend improvements to planning methodologies and allocation procedures; Identify system or process issues that may affect inventory accuracy, forecasting, allocations, or customer fulfillment; Support improvements to NetSuite planning, reporting, and allocation functionality; Establish and maintain standard processes and documentation for demand planning and inventory allocation; Participate in supply chain projects and initiatives designed to improve inventory availability, forecast accuracy, and customer service.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Analytics, Finance, or a related field
• 2–5 years of experience in demand planning, inventory planning, inventory allocation, supply planning, purchasing, supply chain analytics, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with demand planning, forecasting, or analyzing customer demand and sales trends strongly preferred.
• Experience with inventory allocation and/or order management
• Hands-on experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP system; NetSuite experience strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of demand planning, forecasting, inventory management, sales orders, purchase orders, backorders, fulfillment, and supply/demand balancing.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data analysis, and working with large data sets.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify trends, evaluate data, and make sound business recommendations.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain data accuracy.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Preferred

• Experience with forecasting tools, demand planning software, or statistical forecasting methods is a plus.
• Experience with consumer products, toys, gifts, wholesale, retail, or distribution preferred.

Benefits

• Schylling offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical and dental with an 80% company contribution, vision insurance, company-paid life and disability insurance, PTO and 10 paid holidays, product discount, and a 401(k) with company match.