Sr. Manager Demand Planning

About Khloud

Khloud is redefining the protein snack space with bold flavors, high-quality nutrition, and culture-driven branding. With our founder Khloé Kardashian, we’re building a disruptive CPG brand positioned to win across retail and digital. We thrive in our fast-paced startup environment that values a bias for action, quick decision making, and an ownership mentality.

Role Overview
This role demands someone with great communication and problem-solving skills. We’re looking for someone who’s responsible, personable, detail-oriented and committed to excellence. This is an outstanding opportunity for someone with a background in forecasting or statistics to make a big, immediate impact and become an integral part of an amazing, fast-growing company.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the ongoing optimization of demand planning software and tools to streamline processes and improve efficiency.

• Partner with the Business Operations teams to ensure planning software is updated with the latest customer, product, and channel segment information; ensure timely and accurate data uploads and table management.

• Analyze historical shipment, depletion, and offtake data to generate demand forecasts for various product categories and channels.

• Assist in developing the Demand Plan, which serves as the foundation for creating the Supply Plan in the S&OP process.

• Build dashboards to monitor and report on key performance indicators, such as forecast accuracy and bias.

• Continuously evaluate and improve forecasting models, tools, and processes to enhance forecast accuracy and minimize bias.

• Identify and communicate risks and opportunities related to the demand plan and propose mitigation actions.

• Collaborate with sales, marketing, finance, and operations teams to align demand plans with business objectives and customer expectations.

• Provide demand content for monthly S&OP meetings and participate in demand review sessions and other cross-functional forums to present and validate demand plans and assumptions.

• Develop and nurture trusted relationships with cross-functional partners in sales, marketing, finance, and operations.

Qualifications

• 4-7 years’ experience in supply chain operations or demand planning

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in Business discipline or in Supply Chain or Statistics

• Strong analytical skills including experience using a statistical demand planning software

• Advanced knowledge of Excel including Power BI, Sigma, Power Query & Power Pivot

• Experience within Fast-Moving Consumer Goods industry (FMCG), specifically within food, salty snacks, category

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to effectively convey complex information to diverse audiences

• Fundamental knowledge of Supply Chain networks and various customer routes to markets

• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and data integrity