Demand Planner

About GALLS

GALLS, LLC is the largest and fastest growing supplier of uniforms and equipment to public safety professionals, with a national presence in more than 80 locations. With over 50 years in the industry, it is easy to see why. We are PROUD to serve America’s public safety professionals by providing the broadest selection of uniforms, equipment, and solutions combined with great customer service.

The Demand Planner is responsible for forecasting and planning products within specified product categories. Serves as the accountable owner of forecast accuracy and optimized inventory levels across the network within their categories, working with the Merchant to deliver performance through all GALLS sales channels. The planner is responsible for providing guidance, analysis, and oversight for their assigned demand portfolio to ensure alignment with business direction and objectives, as well as consistency with market trends and customer needs.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Key Owner of inventory service levels and inventory turns. Needs a deep understanding of sales channel, vendor, and product parameters, and trends of their respective product categories to analyze and create forecasts to optimize inventory levels across the network.
• Accountable for establishing and managing item-level statistical forecasts for their specific categories. The planner should act as the functional expert for GALLS’ demand planning, including eComm and sales channels, and is responsible for continuous forecast improvement using process KPIs and diagnostics to drive improvement efforts.
• With insight and direction from Merchandizer, create forecasts and initial plans for new product rollouts, including setting up all item parameters, product supersessions, and demand overrides, with expected demand curves. Determine where the new products should be planned and the inventory plan for each sales channel. Responsible for providing insights to merchants on the performance of new products.
• Manages exceptional demand by reviewing system-generated exceptional demand alerts weekly/monthly and smoothing demand spikes after validating demand with key owners, history, and system data integrity
• The demand planner will facilitate a collaborative, consensus-based approach by working closely with the merchandising team, the agency demand-planning team, and the supply-planning team, including seasonal planning, to ensure optimal inventory levels.
• Support the monthly business reviews by sharing performance, trends, and opportunities with the merchant.
• Owner of the initial master setup within planning tools and monitors for data accuracy

WHAT YOU BRING

• Strategic thinking – Ability to envision, create, and drive data-supported strategies to generate disruptive growth within a business, with a connection to economic impact
• Results-oriented – Ability to drive results, fully executed with excellence to and above plan with urgency, full accountability, autonomy, and adaptability to shifting markets.
• Decision making – Ability to assess situations from all perspectives and make financially sound decisions based on the best course of action
• Presentation skills – Strong business storytelling ability backed by diligent data support to present with clarity and professionalism across the organization and vendors
• Proficient in understanding fundamental business management and supply chain principles and concepts
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources to develop, implement, and execute timely and accurate demand forecasts
• Experienced in utilizing demand planning/inventory/purchase order/supply chain optimization tools. Experience with ToolsGroup products is a plus
• Highly Proficient/Advanced in Excel, experience utilizing data tools such as Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, or other data mining tools
• Proficient in MS Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to adapt readily to change and work within a high-paced environment with autonomy
• Experience with a multichannel business to include store, catalog, and web
• Successful experience in customer-centric organizations
• Strong analytical skills, ability to convert data into information, and present insights

WHAT YOU SEND OUR WAY

• Your resume, highlighting your education, experience, and skills

WHAT WE OFFER

• Excellent medical/dental and vision coverage—Eligible 1st day of the month after start date
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution (because you will retire someday)
• Flexible benefits—choose what you like, ignore the rest
• Generous employee discount
• Vacation and Personal Time
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Daily Pay: up to 50% of your pay

EOE/Disability/Vets