Analyst, Supply Demand Planning

Toast is driven by building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love.

We are a rapidly growing company that's revolutionizing the way the restaurant industry does business by pairing technology with an unrivaled commitment to customer success. We help restaurants streamline operations, increase revenue, and deliver amazing guest experiences through our platform that combines restaurant point of sale, guest-facing technology, and award-winning customer support. As a Toaster, you will be challenged to take on meaningful projects that will help shape the future of the company. Join us as we empower the restaurant community to delight guests, do what they love, and thrive.

The Supply Chain Analytics team is seeking an Analyst to support the Supply Planning team with all aspects of Toast's hardware product supply plans and corresponding purchase orders. Specifically - the Analyst will play a significant role in creating and managing these purchase orders, as well as helping to integrate these purchase orders into other functions throughout the company.

About this roll* (Responsibilities) 

• Responsible for forecasting hardware demand, to include generating weekly, monthly and quarterly plans that meet Toast’s customer needs and financial plans, and working closely with stakeholders to integrate plans across the organization as needed.
• Lead monthly Demand Forum and present demand updates to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders. Succinctly summarize and communicate risks, opportunities, and the baseline assumptions of the plans.
• Participates in weekly supply planning reviews by region by supplier by SKU with Supply Planning Managers to develop and implement contingency plans as needed to mitigate impacts to Toast customers
• Helps manage Supply Demand Planning master assortment file and ensures updates are completed monthly
• Prepares data and reports for monthly S&OP meeting, as well as any additional ad hoc requests from cross-functional departments

Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)

• Bachelor's degree and 1-3 years of experience in forecasting and purchasing in a high growth environment
• Spreadsheet skills; extensive experience building planning and or operational models, analyzing large data sets, and collating data from multiple sources. 
• Excellent communication skills; experience presenting complex data to executive stakeholders; ability to distill complex analyses into structured outputs and present to all levels of management
• Ability to think creatively and critically, and thrive in a dynamic and often ambiguous work environment

Special Sauce* (Nice to Haves)

• Prior planning experience in consumer electronics or other high-value consumer goods
• Netsuite experience 
• Strong interest in propagating analytics and data-driven decision making at a fast growing company
• Some experience with querying relational databases and/or working with BI tools
• Experience with Javascript

Our Spread* of Total Rewards
We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry. Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters’ changing needs. Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits.

*Bread puns encouraged but not required