Demand Planning Manager

**Demand Planning Manager - Amazon Account**
**Maison Battat Inc. - Montréal QC**

At Battat, we’re in the business of making kids happy. Thanks to our dynamic, talented, and motivated team, we design and manufacture high quality, educational, and innovative toys that kids and parents around the world have loved for over 45 years

Joining Battat means working on a multidisciplinary team within a growing privately-owned international company. It also means joining a stimulating workplace, full of professional challenges and the opportunity to work on multiple Amazon Accounts internationally. Develop your professional sales/demand planning and inventory management skills with direct exposure to senior leaders in the Toys and Retail Industry.

**We are currently looking for a Demand Planning Manager to be responsible for sales planning and demand forecasting of Amazon accounts across multiple geographies. You will report to the VP of Demand Planning & Inventory Management.**

If you are proactive, have strong critical thinking & problem-solving skills, excel at identifying trends & deriving actionable insights from data, can take full ownership with limited supervision, can prioritize tasks on hand, and can comfortably work in a cross-functional role, in a fast-paced team environment then this could be a great fit for you

**Responsibilities**:
Drive primary and secondary sales by efficiently planning and forecasting demand to:

- Manage end-to-end Supply Chain, sales & inventory planning for your assigned Amazon regional accounts
- Create Annual Business plans & manage forecast negotiations with Amazon business partners
- Create short term to 18 month rolling forecast using historical sales data, promotional planning information, new product launch plans, and other decision variables identified
- Analyze weekly sales reports, use them to monitor recent sales performance, identify root-cause analysis for forecasting deltas and adjust short and long-term forecasts
- Identify slow moving inventory, recommend turnaround strategy and advise sales team regarding appropriate promotional and mark-down strategies
- Collaborate with marketing teams on digital media spend & promotional planning
- Maintain excellent relationship with the Amazon’s planning & supply chain teams
- Assist our Logistics and Merchandising team with Purchase Order issuance, Ship dates planning etc.
- Maintain a good knowledge of competitors products on multiple marketplaces, identify category gaps and recommend product development strategy based on trends

**Experience**:

- University or college degree in business, science/engineering (MBA is an asset)
- 3-5 years in Sales, demand planning, inventory management, or other relevant experience (demand planning/Forecasting for Amazon account is a plus)
- Excellent knowledge of English (oral & written) to deal with the foreign divisions and international customers
- Strong aptitude for numbers, patterns, and forecasting and must have expertise in handling, analyzing & deriving meaningful and actionable insights from data
- Strong Excel fundamentals are required (PowerBI experience will be an asset)
- Knowledge about digital analytics, conversion metrics and SEO optimization is a plus
- Ability to build and maintain excellent internal, cross-functional working relationships

We offer a competitive salary based on experience, a generous group benefits package, and continuing education.

**Gestionnaire, Planification de la Demande - Compte Amazon**
**Maison Battat Inc. - Montréal QC**

Chez Battat, nous avons pour mission de rendre les enfants heureux. Grâce à notre équipe de personnes dynamiques, talentueuses et motivées, nous concevons et fabriquons des jouets de haute qualité, éducatifs et innovants que les enfants et les parents du monde entier aiment depuis plus de 45 ans

Rejoindre Battat, c'est travailler dans une équipe multidisciplinaire au sein d'une entreprise internationale privée en pleine croissance. Cela signifie également rejoindre un lieu de travail stimulant, plein de défis professionnels et la possibilité de se développer et de grandir.

**Nous recherchons actuellement un responsable de la planification de la demande pour être responsable de la planification des ventes et de la prévision de la demande des comptes Amazon dans plusieurs zones géographiques. Vous relèverez du vice-président de la planification de la demande et de la gestion des stocks.**

Si vous êtes proactif, avez de solides compétences en matière de réflexion critique et de résolution de problèmes, ainsi que dans l'identification des tendances et l'extraction d'informations exploitables à partir des données, et que vous pouvez vous approprier l'entière responsabilité avec une supervision limitée, hiérarchiser les tâches à accomplir et travailler confortablement dans un rôle interfonctionnel en'équipe au rythme rapide, ce rôle pourrait vous convenir parfaitement

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