Demand Planner

Zagg - Midvale, UT

Full-time - Mid Level

Midvale, UT

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

As a Demand Planner at ZAGG Brands, you will play a crucial role in managing and forecasting demand for our innovative mobile accessory products. Your primary responsibility will be to create and maintain accurate forecast models by SKU for key accounts, utilizing business intelligence and forecast information gathered from various departments including sales, marketing, and finance. You will analyze various factors that impact demand, such as category trends, promotions, competitive products, and seasonality, to build statistical models that quantify the business environment. This role requires a deep understanding of the market dynamics and the ability to manage demand forecasts effectively, taking into account trends, seasonality, and promotional activities while also considering channel inventory and product life cycles. In addition to forecasting, you will lead collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment meetings with key accounts, ensuring that all stakeholders are aligned and informed. You will partner closely with Supply Planning, Sales, Marketing, and customers to make informed decisions that minimize financial impacts and achieve targets for forecast accuracy, inventory levels, service levels, and customer in-stock percentages. Effective communication is essential, as you will need to relay information about material shortages and delays to the appropriate customer contacts. You will also lead Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) meetings for key accounts, driving the agenda and ensuring that all relevant data is considered in decision-making processes.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain forecast models by SKU for key accounts.
• Analyze factors impacting demand for mobile accessory products.
• Build statistical models that quantify the business environment.
• Manage demand forecasts based on trends, seasonality, and promotions.
• Lead collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment meetings with key accounts.
• Partner with Supply Planning, Sales, Marketing, and customers to make informed decisions.
• Achieve forecast accuracy, inventory, service level, and customer in-stock % targets.
• Communicate material shortages and delays to appropriate customer contacts.
• Lead S&OP meetings for key accounts.

Requirements

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, with advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, sum-ifs, conditional formatting, lookups).
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze situations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Organized and detail-oriented, with effective prioritization skills.
• Adaptable to changing job requirements.
• Ability to execute responsibilities with minimal supervision.
• Ability to complete projects under tight deadlines.
• BA/BS degree plus 2+ years of supply chain experience or 5+ years of supply chain-related experience.
• Understanding of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Demand Planning systems (Anaplan) is a plus.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• 401(k) matching
• Catered lunches every Wednesday
• Generous PTO + 2 floating holidays
• Free phone case and screen protectors
• 50% discount on all ZAGG products
• Free access to Top Golf and discounted rate on food