E-Business Demand Planning Manager

Position

At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.

About this role:

We are seeking for a skilled and experienced Demand Planning Manager. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills and logical mindset. This role requires managing complex SKU portfolios and ensuring efficient demand planning processes.

Duties and Responsibilities:   

• Oversee and manage the demand planning process for a diverse and complex range of SKUs, ensure the core stock readiness and sell through.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align online sales demands with business objectives.
• Analyze historical data and other relevant factors to create accurate demand forecasts.
• Calculate the inventory demands by product type, category, key brands and top items, to ensure business needs.
• Provide visibility and foresee the risk by key milestone, drive the solution with Merchant and Supply team.
• Allocate inventory to different online channels based on stock status and sales trends. 
• Monitor online inventory health and deliver multi-dimensional inventory analysis reports, including but not limited to stock structure, OSA, ST, DOI..etc.
• Identify potential risks and opportunities, such as OOS/low DOI/slow moving, based on data insights, and propose actionable solutions. 
• Continuously improve demand planning tools, processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and accuracy.

Qualification

• Above 5 years related experience in Demand Planning field.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey ideas clearly and effectively across teams.
• Working experience in retailer, apparel or cosmetic brand is a plus.
• Logic thinking, good analysis skills and demand planning skills.
• Be good at Office software, and planning tools.
• Good team spirit, with a good sense of responsibility, active communication and ownership
• Good problem-solving ability can work under pressure.
• Good at English and Mandarin in both written and oral.

Here, you will find:

- Community, in which authenticity is embraced, and the strength of our differences fuels our collective spirit.

- Culture of empowerment, learning & growth, that offers you the tools, space and opportunity to learn, innovate and lead.

- Work that brings fulfillment. From delighting clients every day, to inspiring our industry at large, every action makes a difference.