Demand Planning Senior Associate

About Harry’s 

Harry’s Inc. is building a modern CPG company by putting people first and delivering against real unmet consumer needs.

The company’s flagship brand - Harry’s -  was founded by Jeff Raider and Andy Katz-Mayfield in 2013. After successfully launching and scaling Harry’s, Jeff and Andy saw an opportunity to bring their experience building Harry’s to other CPG categories where the consumer has also been historically underserved.

Harry’s Inc. has grown significantly over the last ten years, and is now made up of four brands -  Harry’s, Flamingo, Lume, Mando -  and Harry’s Labs, the company’s incubation and M&A engine. The company employs more than 900 people across the U.S., U.K. and Germany, and is the largest CPG company built in the last 20 years.

At Harry’s Inc, our mission is to Create Things People Like More — whether it's a product, an experience, or an internal tool, we believe in making the things around us better for our customers, and our team.

Our mission extends beyond customers and team, to the community broadly. We believe that the best business models make a positive impact. That's why our brands donate year-round to nonprofit organizations that align with their social missions.

At the end of the day, the key to our success is our amazing people. From chemists, mechanical engineers, CX associates, to creative directors, sourcing managers, and logistics specialists, the Harry’s team is composed of some of the most brilliant, diverse, and humble people you’ll ever meet. Our company is a place of inclusion, innovation, and deeply ingrained values.

 

The Harry's Inc working model is in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Our beautiful 70,000 square foot SoHo office is decked out with bagels on Wednesdays and lunch on Thursdays, and fully stocked kitchens with snacks, coffee, and drinks everyday.  Can’t forget the free products and the opportunity to have some meetings without Zoom!

 

About the Team:

The global demand planning team at Harry’s is responsible for demand forecasting and is part of the Global Supply Chain organization. This team plays a critical role in ensuring efficient operational performance and in enabling senior management to make business-optimizing decisions through the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process. 

About the Role:

We are looking for a high-performing analytical and collaborative person to join our Global demand planning team. This person will be responsible for forecasting Harry’s  direct-to-consumer channels with the opportunity to take ownership of retail channels. They will work in close collaboration with the broader Commercial, Analytics, Operations, and Finance teams and have frequent interaction with multiple company departments. This is also an opportunity that affords significant exposure to and impact on senior-level operations, finance and strategy for a high-growth consumer brand. The role is based in our New York office.

Key Responsibilities:

Own the monthly global demand planning process for Harry’s Global DTC Channels

• Be the expert on drivers behind Harry’s DTC business by running monthly cross-functional meetings to gather input from stakeholders across the company
• Produce accurate demand forecasts by analyzing key DTC forecast drivers 
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, FP&A and Commercial teams to determine the downstream implications of published demand forecasts
• Develop root cause analysis and forward actions for demand forecasting issues by SKU, category, channel and customer

Manage projects that improve the accuracy and efficiency of our forecasting efforts:

• Champion the evolution to forecasting with Blue Yonder and utilizing key IBP pillars into the IBP processes 
• Develop content for the demand reviews and executive business review meetings to summarize the building blocks and key assumptions behind the forecast along with insights and recommendations
• Continuously improve forecasting in collaboration with Analytics. Provide insight to DTC forecasting best practices
• Develop content for the demand reviews and executive business review meetings to summarize the building blocks and key assumptions behind the forecast along with insights and recommendations
• Measure and report key accuracy metrics to continuously improve the forecasting process with the goal of maintaining an efficient and optimized supply chain process

• Become an expert in Demand Planning both internally and externally and active participate in knowledge sharing and training session