Director, Demand Planning - Maesa : Job Details

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Maesa is the world's largest independent beauty incubator, housing numerous, fast-growing it brands within all categories of beauty. We are a high growth global company in the middle of the transition from founder-led to private equity owned. With an incubation flywheel ideating on new global brand launches, Maesa pushes creative and technical boundaries to deliver exceptional performance and establish global staying power. Maesa has a keen focus on marketing and white space analysis, which guides its thinking on marketing existing brands as well as development of new brands through its extremely unique structure. We are vertically integrated globally with in-house marketing, branding, product development/formulation, packaging design/engineering, and regulatory. With a focus on modernity and sustainability, we design innovative solutions and make proactive choices to achieve environmental neutrality and consumer wellness. Maesa has mastered commercializing creativity, making itself a leader in the fundamental revolutionary change in the beauty industry. Headquartered in New York and Paris, with additional offices in Los Angeles, Vienna, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Dongguan, Maesa employs about 400 team members worldwide.

This role is based in NYC and you will be expected in the office a few days a week, at minimum.

The Director, Demand and S&OP Planning will oversee a team of demand planners and be responsible for managing forecasting activities for multiple brands comprising 1000+ finished good SKUs sold globally. This role reports to the VP, Operations.

To be successful in this role, you must be a strong leader able to make quick decisions under ambiguous conditions while building consensus with cross-functional partners, coach a team of demand planners with various experience levels, and articulately present ideas, data, and conclusions to multiple levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead demand consensus process with internal stakeholders via pre-S&OP meetings to ensure demand plan is aligned with business projections and financial targets while accounting for overall supply chain KPIs.
• Lead monthly S&OP process in partnership with Supply planning lead; represent Demand Planning team in internal Operations meetings as well as cross-functional calls.
• Ownership of all demand planning building blocks and the ability to build Excel-based models and analyze statistical models generated by Anaplan.
• Exhibit ease at macro and micro level analysis and root causing gaps between forecast and actuals; routine analysis of shipments vs consumption at key retail partners; ability to perform time-sensitive ad-hoc analysis.
• Partner with PMO, Finance & Sales on NPD forecasts to ensure successful launch to market.
• Provide insight on pipe fill, replenishment velocities, cannibalization rates, and promotional activity related lifts.
• Be an active partner to Sales & Marketing when developing recommendations on deletes.
• Motivate and coach the demand planning team to effectively contribute to the overall service metrics for the operations organization.
• Own the demand planning module of our planning tool Anaplan & champion improvement of demand plan models; own all reporting dashboards in Power BI relevant to forecasting analysis and metrics.
• Identify opportunities for operational improvements, streamline processes, and implement best practices.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Demand Planning in fast moving consumer goods for major national retailers across mass, drug, club, and grocery.
• 8+ years of experience managing teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Math, Engineering, Supply Chain, or Finance with a strong analytical background.
• Expert knowledge of forecasting, S&OP or IBP process, inventory management, and scenario planning processes.
• Experience with demand planning software such as Anaplan, Valogix, and experience in an ERP/MRP environment.
• NetSuite experience.
• Superb communication skills, verbal + written – ability to clearly and concisely communicate complex ideas to various cross-functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrated capability in making timely, difficult decisions to ensure critical business goals are met.
• Highly proficient in data analysis using Excel, Power BI, etc.
• Results-driven mindset, ability to dig deep into data and question everything; high degree of comfort with ambiguity & organizations in transformation.

What We Offer

$165,000/yr - $180,000/yr. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. This position is eligible for participation in a discretionary bonus plan based on individual and company performance.

Maesa offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees. Employees can choose to enroll in health insurance coverage, wellness programs, life and disability insurance, and retirement savings plans. Through generous paid time off, a hybrid office setup, and paid leave options, Maesa encourages wellness and balance among employees.

Our Commitment to You

At Maesa, we live by our values of collaboration, curiosity, game-changing, creativity, and discipline. We believe our people and partners are a creative force that catalyzes the possibilities in beauty to break through traditional limits and discover the “new” without restriction. We prioritize creating and fostering a welcoming environment for employees, partners, ideas, approaches, and endeavors — all through a spirit of warmth and inclusivity. As set forth in Maesa's Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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