Role Summary
The Regional Planning & Analytics Specialist will be responsible for owning regional planning for limited-time offerings (LTOs) across categories, deliver regional planning analytics and BI to improve forecast quality, inventory health, and supply performance across the portfolio.
The role will also consolidate demand signals, translate plans into supply and replenishment actions with HQ/suppliers, and provide decision support through standardized dashboards, insights, and post-launch reviews.
Responsibilities
LTO demand forecasting & planning
- Consolidate market inputs (new store pipeline, refresh/renovation plans, replacement cycles, campaign/LTO needs) into a regional demand signal.
- Build and maintain demand plans by market and category (weekly/monthly as required), including assumptions and scenario/sensitivity analysis.
- Improve demand quality with markets via standard templates, approval gates, cut-off timing, and exception handling.
Supply planning & replenishment coordination
- Translate demand plans into supply plans with HQ/suppliers, balancing lead times, MOQs, capacity, and shipment constraints.
- Monitor and optimize inventory levels (coverage/DOH), minimizing stockouts and excess.
- Drive replenishment cadence and exception management (shortages, production delays, shipment slips, allocation/rebalancing across markets).
LTO readiness, rollout & transition (lifecycle management)
- Own LTO rollout and transition planning for portfolio changes (new SKUs/specs/suppliers, packaging/design refresh, system/process changes).
- Define cutover approach, old-to-new mapping, depletion strategy, buffer sizing, timelines, and communications.
- Track readiness milestones and risks; coordinate mitigation plans with HQ, suppliers, and markets.
BI, analytics & performance monitoring
- Build and maintain centralized dashboards and reporting views across markets (service level/fill rate, forecast accuracy, inventory DOH/turns, OTIF, expedites/exceptions).
- Perform deep-dive analyses on forecast variance, supply constraints, allocation outcomes, lead time variability, supplier performance, and LTO post-launch performance.
- Standardize KPI definitions and automate recurring reporting where applicable.
S&OP decision support & stakeholder collaboration
- Prepare regular management updates with key risks, root causes, trade-offs, and recommended actions.
- Support S&OP / planning reviews by preparing data packs and narratives (demand changes, constraints, inventory outlook, key decisions required); track decisions and action follow-ups.
- Liaise with HQ and market stakeholders (Ops, Marketing, Procurement, Finance, Logistics/Warehousing, IT) to ensure alignment and smooth execution.
Requirements
- 36 years of relevant experience in demand planning, supply planning, replenishment, or supply chain analytics (regional/multi-market experience preferred).
- Strong BI and analytics capability (dashboarding, data modeling, KPI design; advanced Excel required; Power BI/Tableau preferred).
- Solid planning fundamentals: forecasting, inventory management (DOH/coverage), lead times, MOQs, capacity constraints, and exception management.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and managing timelines for launches/changes (product, packaging, merchandising, system/process changes).
- Strong communication and structured problem-solving; able to translate data into decisions and actions.
- Detail-oriented with strong ownership and follow-through in fast-paced environments.
