Demand Planner - Interim

About the Company

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face and paw. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, pioneering clean beauty brand Well People, Keys Soulcare, a groundbreaking lifestyle beauty brand created with Alicia Keys and Naturium, high-performance, biocompatible, clinically-effective and accessible skincare.

In our Fiscal year 24, we had net sales of $1 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 24 consecutive quarters of net sales growth. We are the #2 mass cosmetics brand in the US and are the fastest growing mass cosmetics brand among the top 5. Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last four fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry.

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Position Summary:

The Demand Planner will be responsible for developing and managing demand forecasts for the Amazon business segment at e.l.f. This role is a six-month contract position.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts.

- Analyze historical sales data, market trends, and seasonality to predict future demand.

- Collaborate with Customer Supply Chain and Sales teams to understand market drivers, promotional impacts, and customer purchasing patterns.

- Lead Pre-S&OP meetings to align on weekly consumption and shipment forecasts with cross-functional teams.

- Maintain and analyze supply chain planning metrics (e.g., forecast accuracy, bias, item/customer demand trends, etc.).

- Establish best practices in collaboration with sales, customer supply chain, and supply planning counterparts.

Requirements:

- 2 to 5 years of experience in Demand Planning or Supply Chain Analytics.

- Operations experience in a cosmetics or CPG manufacturing company of significant size and complexity (>$50 million revenue, high-SKU count, national distribution, big-box retail customer base, and a rapidly changing product line).

- Experience in cross-functional S&OP modeling and process leadership, including demand planning, supply planning, and product lifecycle management.

- Proven ability to create, implement, and lead cross-functional business processes in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

- Experience developing driver-based forecasts for a large SKU mix with complex product lifecycles, including incrementality, cannibalization, and volume recapture.

Education: 

- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.

- Strong knowledge of planning processes within CPG, fashion, or seasonal product industries.

- High drive for results, with the ability to work in a demanding and fast-paced environment.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Strong analytical, follow-up, and attention-to-detail skills.

- Ability to work independently across functions, meet deadlines, and drive tasks to completion.

- Advanced proficiency in Excel.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint).

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors’ discretion.

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