Senior Demand Planning Analyst

About Weee!

Weee! is the largest and fastest-growing ethnic e-grocer in the United States, operating in one of the largest underserved categories in retail with affordable access to exciting ethnic food. By partnering with local suppliers, redesigning the value chain and leveraging social buying, Weee! is reshaping the grocery business entirely. You can read more about us on Business Insider, Reuters and TechCrunch.

Weee! is headquartered in Fremont, CA, and is currently available coast to coast with exceptional growth (5x YoY) across geographies, categories and ethnicities. We have raised $800M+ in funding to date from leading investors including Softbank Vision Funds, DST, Blackstone, Tiger Global, Lightspeed Ventures, Goodwater Capital, XVC and iFly. The opportunity now is to join a rocketship as we prepare for the next stage of growth, and an eventual public listing.

About the role

As a Senior Demand Planner that supports our Special Events, you’ll be working closely with a variety of teams to ensure that our inventory is always stocked with the latest and greatest products. With your expertise in demand planning and inventory management, you’ll be responsible for forecasting future demand for our special events, new product launches, seasonal products and new arrivals. By analyzing customer demand and vendor performance, you’ll provide critical insights to help us optimize our inventory, reduce waste, and increase sales. Plus, as a part of a collaborative and dynamic team, you’ll work with other departments to review and refine our day to day tactics and strategies related to demand planning and inventory management. This is a critical role supporting high visibility projects so we are looking for an experienced Senior Demand Planner. 

Responsibilities:

• Improve forecast accuracy for special events SKUs
• Partner with our engineering and data science teams to provide build and feedback on how to improve the forecast models for special events, one time buys, seasonal and trending SKUs
• Build for the future mindset 
• Provide daily guidance and oversight to the special events and categories while working closely with cross-functional teams.
• This position will require cross-functional coordination across several groups, with an emphasis on partnering with Regional and Central Buyers, Replenishment, FP&A, and Business Managers.
• Partner with buyers, marketing & category managers, data scientists and financial analysts teams to drive accurate demand planning and identify growth initiatives based on robust forecast models.
• Identify and analyze demand forecast risks, and develop effective mitigation plans to ensure optimal inventory levels and customer satisfaction.
• Stay ahead of the curve by regularly planning and updating forecasts for new events, products, seasonal items, discounts, promotions & new regions. 
• Analyze and troubleshoot demand-related issues in a timely and accurate manner, and maintain demand planning processes to continuously improve forecast accuracy. 
• Assist in developing annual budgets and cost-effectiveness initiatives, and provide routine and ad-hoc demand related reports to management. 
• Oversee and maintain optimal inventory levels in the warehouse through effective inventory planning, working with vendors to ensure optimal delivery performance.
• Build constructive and effective cross-functional relationships with a broad group of business partners
• Influence others by presenting ideas and directions that lead other team members to action.  
• Forecast and track weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly sales performance.
• Own the actuals vs forecast and goal performance analysis, drive identification of root causes and plan mitigation measures for gaps in performance.
• Share forecast assumptions and impact of strategic activities to forecast outcomes to broader organization and various stakeholders.
• Drive implementation of tools and techniques for continuous forecast accuracy improvement by analyzing large datasets, identifying trends, dependencies, correlations, and