Demand Planner EMEA
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Supply Chain Operations – Supply Chain /
On-site
Who We Are
At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.
Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.
Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:
· Runner First - We act in the best interest of the runner
· Word is Bond - We do what we say we’ll do
· Champion Heart - We give our all in everything we do
· There is no “I” in Run - We stay generous with our humanity
· Keep Moving - We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!
We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement — because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.
Your Job:
As a Demand Planner, you play a crucial role in ensuring that we have the right product at the right time to meet our customers’ needs and our business goals. You blend historical sales trends and patterns with insights from our Merchandising, Salesand Supply Planning teams to develop SKU level plans that reflect larger company objectives. You have a deep understanding of the end-to-end planning process and are a key partner in ensuring a smooth flow of information from consumer and retailer feedback to product planning and finally to demand planning implementation.
Organized and detail oriented, you are responsible for cleaning and connecting our sales and product data into manageable datasets that support our sales and demand modeling. You constantly strive to improve and streamline the flow of information and automate repetitive and unnecessary tasks.
You have a thorough understanding of the retailer mindset and are charged with collaborating with Sales and Product partners to identify patterns in the market and bring channel and product level insights to light. Visual and communicative, you are adept and comfortable in analysis and dashboard building in both Excel and Power BI or similar tools. You have a knack for identifying trends and patterns in the data and are comfortable challenging assumptions. You thrive on collaboration and are a natural problem solver.
Your Responsibilities:
- Demand Planning, Forecasting & Data Management
- Support monthly demand planning process through forecast input aggregation and data validation
- Contribute to the monthly S&OP cycle by supporting the facilitation of monthly demand reviews and delivering consensus on the monthly demand plan update
- Own forecast and demand planning communication for your category
- Act as a subject matter expert for Brooks data reporting (EDW and Power BI based reports) with proficiency in reporting against forecast, invoice, orders, and sell-out data.
- Collaborate with x-functional teams to manage and maintain product line list attributes that support planning development
- Collaborate with Sales, Product and Marketing as needed to gather cross-functional data and aggregate into usable data sets
- Problem solve issues and maintain demand planning tools
- Continuous improvement, x-functional collaboration, and special projects
- Act as a key contributor in the development of demand planning best practices to identify, standardize and automate key planning inputs.
- Provide regular reporting and insights to senior management on forecast performance and key KPIs
- Maintain and improve forecasting models and methodology by reviewing historical sales trends, researching demand drivers, and developing forecast models.
- Work closely with the Supply Planning team to ensure that all submitted data is aligned and structured in a way that enables seamless consumption by MSP systems
- Work with Merchandising to bring data driven insights around line plan productivity, width, gender, and SKU strategy to influence line plan efficiency & optimization
- Collaborate with Country (Business Planners/Sales) & EMEA business planning to understand current retail sales performance and marketplace developments and its impacts on demand plans
- Be part of the integrated planning community to share demand insights, identify planning best practices and develop world-class standards for efficient execution
- Contribute to the global S&OP transformation project to implement global Demand Planning system
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related discipline
- 3+ years of experience in a retail sales analysis/planning related field
- Strong computer skills, including proven mastery of Microsoft office suite
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a resourceful professional style
- Well-developed quantitative skills with an aptitude for report-building, data mining, and interpretation
- Displays strong initiative with a curiosity for learning
- Innovative mindset and a tendency to challenge the norm
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work cross-functionally, demonstrating strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
- Demonstrates a passion for the running enthusiast and for leading an active lifestyle
- Embraces and lives the Brooks values!
