Senior Associate Planner

ABOUT BARK

Here at BARK, we love dogs and their people. We’re looking to make all dogs happy throughout the entire world (we’re not kidding). Think Disney for dogs -- we make magic for dogs and their people through our products, events, and experiences.

Our ambition level is high, the opportunity is huge, and our love for dogs is through the roof! We launched in 2011 with BarkBox, a monthly-themed subscription of all-natural treats and clever toys. Since then, we've shipped more than 70 million toys and treats to the dogs across the world and use all of that direct customer feedback to inform new initiatives and ways to make magic between dogs and their people. We’ve since expanded into other offerings as well, as we aim to become THE Dog Company for every family with a four-legged, belly-scratch-loving, interspecies family member.
Our ambition level is high, the opportunity is huge, and our love for dogs is through the roof! We launched in 2011 with BarkBox, a monthly-themed subscription of all-natural treats and clever toys. Since then, we've shipped more than 70 million toys and treats to dogs across the world and use all of that direct customer feedback to inform new initiatives and ways to make magic between dogs and their people. We’ve since expanded into other offerings as well, as we aim to become THE Dog Company for every family with a four-legged, belly-scratch-loving, interspecies family member.

THE TEAM

The Planning Team is responsible for forecasting demand and managing the Inventory across all BARK business lines. We're obsessed with results, data, process and finding solutions. We work very broadly across virtually all functional groups, including product development, sourcing, finance, product & engineering, growth and logistics. We need curious, data-focused people who are spreadsheet nerds and love dogs above all else. #carrots4lyfe (this will make more sense to you if you meet Jeffrey).

WHO WE’RE SNIFFING FOR

We are currently looking for a data-driven, detail oriented, dog-obsessed Sr. Associate Planner to support our rapidly growing and changing Food & Health businesses. The ideal candidate for this role will be a creative problem solver, comfortable with both inventory management and forecasting, and of course, dog-obsessed. This role will help us with short and long-term inventory ordering, configuration, and placement. The right candidate will come prepared to pour through the numbers, find the anomalies, construct a story, and execute on a collaborative plan to address the company and customer needs.

KEY DUTIES 

• Maintain a master inventory report, detailing SKU-level attributes (on-hand / on-order quantities, cost, etc.) for all relevant products.
• Manage Inventory to discrete sales channel forecasts. 
• (Manage inventory at component and assembly level)
• Modeling / Issuance of work orders & transfer orders
• Construct and maintain inventory & churn/retention models
• Facilitate communication and collaboration, with internal partners, for all matters related to “How much of what we need, where, when?”
• Support order management in handling daily order exceptions
• Suggest improvements within reporting and processes
• Ad hoc reporting

EXPERIENCE

• 2-3 years experience with planning OR analytics experience required
• Familiar with financial OR inventory OR demand modeling strongly preferred
• Familiar with Subscription operations a plus
• Experience working remote, across time-zones, with internal and external partners
• Experience wearing “multiple hats” and proactive problem solving

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS 

• Extremely detail oriented
• Intermediate-to-advanced Excel/Google Sheets experience
• Lookup / IF(s)/ Filter formulas
• Multi-step formulas
• Pivot Tables
• Data cleaning & formatting
• Excellent communicator across internal teams and external teams, not afraid to push back and follow up
• Ability to pull, combine, and present data
• Manages multiple tracking systems and processes 
• Process improvement-minded

This position is a full-time, salaried position. We offer health insurance for both you and your pup, 401k, wonderful team lunches, cold brew on tap, and a dog to pet anytime you wish. 

Please Note: BARK requires all employees or guests entering our space to provide proof of up to date covid-19 vaccinations. Exemption and/or accommodation requests will be reviewed on a case by case basis.

PAY TRANSPARENCY 

• The base salary range for this position is $65,000-