Demand Planner
PELAGIC GEAR was founded as a company devoted to those that live, dream, and stand by the ocean lifestyle. Born in Newport Beach, California (circa 2002), PELAGIC is deeply rooted in surf, fish, and dive culture; it is driven by an undying thirst to provide the worldwide public with a name brand that identifies themselves with a single love for the ocean. Combining casual lifestyle wear and high performance apparel, with headwear, footwear, gloves, and high end polarized optics, PELAGIC has it all.
As a leader in the sport fishing industry for well over a decade and counting, PELAGIC continues to stay on the forefront of innovation and cutting-edge design in clothing and technical products. In producing a large line of board and technical fishing shorts, UV sun-protection shirts, and performance polarized optics, PELAGIC products give the modern waterman the best advantage possible when it counts the most.
PELAGIC is a brand that provides an avenue to share a passion for the ocean lifestyle; whether you’ve fished once in your life or make your career on the water; whether on the beach or thousands of miles from the nearest sea, PELAGIC products connect to a worldwide community of individuals that share the same passion for the ocean. Pelagic Inc is looking for a Demand Planner to join the team at the corporate office in Costa Mesa, CA.
As a member of the Planning team, you will be responsible for analyzing historical data and identifying current trends to build and present the unconstrained demand forecast to cross functional teams: Finance, Sales, Production and Design. Your role will play an imperative piece in the Supply Chain business as your analysis and findings will have a direct impact on SKU Plan forecasting, style and color forecasts, and the future growth of Pelagic.
What we do: Prepare and facilitate monthly cross-functional demand forecast models and present them to Sales, Finance, Design and Production with focus on reaching consensus on final forecast. Recommend style and color forecasts to Design and Sales teams as well as Production to secure capacity. Provide analysis and follow through for business improvements related, but not limited to, shipping, inventory, sku efficiency, systems and process.
Provide team with special reporting as required. How we do it: Utilize various qualitative and quantitative inputs to establish forecast for assigned product category. Analyze historical demand and current trends to inform future forecast and establish monthly seasonality. Based on product line forecast and additional statistical forecasting methods, prepare detailed forecast at style/color level.
Execute product line and style level forecast by creating structured models to analyze suggested forecast. Create key KPIs to better understand the levels of inventory on hand and ensure that Pelagic has the right product mix at all times. How we succeed: A successful Demand Planner is able to drive consensus on required forecast deliverables, identifying significant changes and outlining root cause for any variance.
Has a strong understanding of all inventory levels and ensures that Pelagic has the right product mix to meet the goals set.