Supply & Demand Planner

Be part of a progressive team, who have a strong work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit
- Fantastic opportunity to work in an exciting high growth business
- Generous products allowances and competitive salary

**About Us**

For more than 20 years, we’ve been thinking in pink. Our heritage brand ModelCo is beloved for our innovative, on-trend colour cosmetics and award winning self-tanning solutions. MCoBeauty is Australia’s leading luxe-for-less, cruelty-free and vegan beauty brand, the global viral sellout success story behind Woolworths’ #1 top-selling mascara, XtendLash. We’re proud to deliver innovative beauty solutions that are on-trend, affordable and deliver premium results. We’re a dynamic team of hard workers, passionate about making beauty fun, relatable and accessible for everyone.

**About You**

Due to significant growth, we’re seeking a talented, highly motivated and passionate Demand Planner to join our growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in an exciting high growth business as we roll out our national and international expansion plans.

**Key points about this new role**

A passion and experience in the beauty industry will see you be a front runner for this role.

You will be confident in developing and maintaining accurate forecasts of standard and promotional lines for all categories. You will be a central focal point to facilitating an accurate forecast, Purchase Order Plan and allocations management for all customers.

**Responsibilities**
- Lead monthly forecast development process
- Challenge commercial assumptions professionally to improve the accuracy of forecasts.
- Develop purchase order plan recommendation based on aligned forecast.
- Liaise with Inbound supply coordinator on aligned forecast and approved PO’s.
- Maintain inventory levels in line with approved weeks of cover per SKU.
- Manage baseline and promotional SKU allocations by customer including inventory transfers within the NetSuite ERP.
- Event planning for promotions and other key retailer sync events.
- Responsible for maintaining the allocation calendar and NetSuite ERP management
- Use NetSuite and RFSmart, along with established processes to generate daily/weekly stock transfers to move finished goods within the ERP to meet defined days of cover (DOC) targets, whilst managing capacity constraints
- In times of product shortage, agree with business stakeholders on customer allocation priorities and allocate available quantities to these customers for both launch and ongoing ranging.
- Approve all customer orders for release based on SKU availability.
- Conduct a weekly warehouse review by SKU to ensure appropriate stock levels available
- Conduit to sales team for inventory requests / enquiries.
- Highlight supply planning process gaps and propose process improvements
- Track customer orders versus aligned forecasts on standard and promotional lines through exception reporting and bias in line with KPI targets
- Ensuring customer orders are in line with the promotional plan by customer and DC
- Liaising with our Woolworths Vendor Replenishment Planner to ensure planned orders are in line with approved internal forecast.
- Ensuring aligned forecast promotional uplift in line with customer’s internal forecast.
- Liaise with the marketing team on product pushes and inventory availability.

**Requirements**:

- A minimum of 5 years’ supply chain management experience within FMCG / retail / other B2C organizations, part of which would ideally have been gained within a “best in class” supply chain organization
- Experienced, results-driven and hands-on supply professional who is comfortable operating in complex and diverse environments and has a proven track record of improving efficiency and upgrading the demand planning function in an organization
- Understanding of international and national freight logistics
- Analytical and numerically strong. Makes fact-based decisions and prioritises accordingly
- A thorough understanding of product development and product lifecycle is advantageous
- Ability to develop insights that continuously improve forecasting and execution
- Strong exposure and understanding of Distribution and Logistics, Commercial and Finance areas
- High computer literacy with strong understanding of stock management systems
- GS1 / Global Standards understanding.
- Proactive attitude, initiatives taking and ability to work in a project mode
- Be able to influence and challenge as well as adapting quickly and manage priorities
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with individuals and in cross-functional teams

This is a full time role, with head office being based in Rosebery, Sydney NSW.