Sr. Analyst Product Planning

Who is Allbirds?

At Allbirds, we believe in using business as a force for good. We’re a global footwear and apparel brand with roots in New Zealand and headquarters in San Francisco. Since 2016, we’ve been on a mission to prove that comfort, design, and sustainability aren’t mutually exclusive. Our commitment to creating better things in a better way is fueled by a belief that the fashion industry needs to focus less on flash and more on thoughtfulness. We're a certified B Corporation, meaning we meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. We’re dedicated to making the most sustainable products we can using premium natural materials - designed for life’s everyday adventures. In fact, TIME 100 named us for being one of the most innovative companies. Already calling our first shoe, the Wool Runners, the most comfortable in the world, and there is much more to come.

We take our craft seriously, but not ourselves. As part of the Allbirds family, you can look forward to team lunches, product tests, fun company events, inspiring guest speakers, comfortable shoes, sheep puns, and lots of creative ideas.

General:

The Supply Chain Planning team plays a critical role in managing several aspects of the supply chain process – for example, forecasting supply and demand across all our assortments and geographies, managing finished good vendor communication, keeping a close eye on inventory levels, identifying key commercial products, managing pricing, and playing a key role in the go-to-market process for new products.

We are looking for a highly analytical individual with previous planning experience, comfortable dealing with large data sets in order to quickly inform supply and demand decisions that impact our bottom line. This individual should have experience owning end-to-end sales and inventory plans, and should possess excellent communication and cross-functional collaborations skills. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to be close to the strategy and execution of manufacturing, merchandising, and the analytical side of a high growth consumer products business. You will work cross functionally with logistics, finance, product strategy, product development, analytics and marketing to match supply with demand and bring new products to market; while tracking to operational efficiency KPIs. 

What does the job entail?

• Own and fully manage various product categories including demand forecasting, pricing, production forecasting, supply and capacity planning, factory and internal communication.
• Own product launches end-to-end from inception to execution across products, color refreshes and country launches.
• Develop long-term demand forecasts in collaboration with Finance, Analytics, Ecommerce, Retail, and Marketing teams
• Publish production plans and purchase orders to factories after reviewing production capacity, operational constraints, material availability, customer demand, and inputs from regional and retail teams.
• Help manage the monthly cross-functional open to buy planning cycle, driving alignment with all key stakeholders.
• Partner with our Asia Operations team (in Vietnam) to develop and align on material forecasts in a timely manner to ensure we can achieve critical production and product launch dates. 
• Continually monitor product supply vs. customer sales, and perform supply and demand analysis to maximize sales, and support replenishment/chase and new launch buys
• Maintain optimal channel inventory through the various stages of the product lifecycle; act as the central point of contact for all supply chain matters for new product launches.
• Work closely with our Logistics team to ensure products are arriving by their intended launch dates while balancing freight expenses and overall margin.
• Partner with cross-functional product teams to develop and communicate key deadlines for launches based on product lead times and critical milestones in go-to-market process that impact supply chain planning
• Analyze data to share product performance and key insights with cross-functional teams that can be used to evolve product assortments and influence future merchandising decisions
• Serve as a key point of contact for global manufacturing partners and regional planning teams
• Build and evolve our planning capabilities, tools and processes to ensure efficiency and accuracy as we scale. This includes being an integral part of using and enhancing our internal planning system, Anaplan; with the goal of becoming a subject matter expert to overall improve efficiency on the planning team.

What are we looking for?

• BA/BS or equivalent, preferably with quantitative focus
• 5+ years in an analytical r