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Assistant Manager - Demand Planning Analyst at Newell Brands

eCommerce Placement is a 3rd party recruiting agency recruiting on behalf of Newell Brands.


Position: Assistant Manager - Demand Planning Analyst
Location: Hoboken, NJ
Reports to: Manager, DTC Pricing and Planning

Job Responsibilities
The Demand Planning Analyst is responsible for supporting all aspects of merchandising planning and implementing pricing strategies to maximize Direct to Consumer performance against sales and profit goals.

Pricing Analysis & Execution
• Assist in the definition of pricing strategies for Direct to Consumer business to drive incremental revenue growth and margin
• Apply various pricing techniques including everyday pricing, promotional pricing, and markdown pricing to achieve business goals
• Conduct price elasticity studies to find incremental growth opportunities
• Conduct competitive analysis and benchmark DTC prices with the market
• Manage in-house or external pricing tools to manage and optimize Pricing
• Collaborate with Analytics team on understanding overall web metrics and informing pricing decisions
• Work with customer/sales support to get items added to BO

Merchandising Planning & Forecasting
• Partner with Merchandising on planning and forecasting for promotions and other initiatives by analyzing baseline performance and promotional uplifts
• Assist in the creation of forecasts and build business cases for new business initiatives including new DTC selling channels
• Collaborate on monthly and quarterly re-forecasts quantifying risks and opportunities impacting each business
• Work with Demand Planning team to ensure that the monthly DTC SKU level forecasts and plans are integrated into larger demand and supply plans
• Support the development, implementation & execution of new business processes, planning tools and merchandise systems technology

Qualifications
• 1-2 years’ experience in pricing, planning, buying, finance or related field required
• Bachelors Degree in an analytics field required. Masters in an analytical field preferred
• Strong analytical and communication skills required
• Proficiency in Excel and ability to quickly learn internal systems, processes and additional software/web-based applications
• Experience with dynamic pricing systems and pricing tools and technologies preferred
• Retail, eCommerce, or CPG Direct to Consumer experience preferred