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About Sugarfina:

Sugarfina is on a mission to disrupt the $200B confections industry with an innovative approach to candy, gifting, and the customer experience. Recently named to Fast Company’s “World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies” and “World’s 10 Most Innovative Retailers” list, Sugarfina is on an exciting path to becoming a dominant player in the global confections space.

Sugarfina has approximately 27 retail locations in major cities across North America and Hong Kong, a rapidly growing ecommerce and mobile gifting platform, a fast-growing corporate and custom gifting business, and high-profile wholesale partners such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Macys, and Paper Source.

We’re growing quickly, with a laser-focused, collaborative, small-company culture. We believe that people make a company great and we’re working to build a team of smart, passionate, high-integrity individuals who love working together and can take our brand into the future. Our leaders inspire and empower their teams to build our brand, innovating constantly.

What We’re Looking For:

The Planner will work closely with Demand & Supply Planning, Procurement, and Operations to develop forecasts from the Planning team into a global production and distribution plan. You will be responsible for developing and executing the methodology for our item-level global demand forecast and supply plan. You will also be responsible setting and maintaining weeks on-hand order triggers and preferred stock levels for each SKU to optimize our inventory plan to minimize both holding costs and out-of-stocks, while ensuring 98% plus fill rates.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain an item-level global production and supply plan for all business channels using Demand Planning’s forecasts, corporate financial goals, and forecasted fulfillment rates.
  • Reconcile significant variances between expected and actual demand and refine the supply models to reflect updated assumptions.
  • Develop and manage a rolling 12-month demand plan by SKU, calculating the component and financial risks.
  • Track item-levels at the distribution center to ensure fulfillment goals are achieved and meet best-by dating requirements.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to monitor actual production versus plan on a weekly basis, highlighting supply gaps, and addressing production constraints.
  • Perform numerous analyses surrounding demand of core and new product introductions and seasonal collections, ensuring launch dates are met and highlighting associated risks.
  • Track and report on supply chain KPIs to drive towards company goals. Conduct deeper analyses where necessary and develop creative recommendations for how to improve performance.

Education & Skills:

  • 2+ years of experience in demand planning, production planning, supply chain planning, or a related field. Consumer Packaged Goods background preferred.
  • BA in Business, Supply Planning, Accounting or related field preferred.
  • Advanced Excel skills.
  • The ability to work with large data sets, synthesize findings, and communicate recommendations in a clear, concise, and professional manner.
  • Experience with ERP systems; experience with NetSuite and Valogix a plus, but not required.

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