Demand Planner - Furniture

Partner with the Planning leadership and Divisional Managers to develop seasonal merchandise plans that meet sales, margin, and turnover targets. Present seasonal buying strategies to leadership, align assortments, pricing, and buy quantities with company objectives. Collaborate with Marketing and Pricing teams to align promotional strategies before seasonal launches. Manage monthly financial plans, adjusting sales, margin, and inventory projections based on performance needs. Partner with Finance to contribute insights for long-range planning and growth strategies. Analyze and quantify the impact of strategic, promotional, and assortment changes. Work with Allocation teams to execute store receipts, buy targets, and program setups. Develop and manage item/location sales forecasts, incorporating promotional activity, pricing adjustments, assortment changes, and seasonal factors. Set and manage store and DC parameters, approving orders to maintain service levels and inventory productivity. Provide vendors with monthly receipt projections on core items up to 24 weeks in advance. Create and execute inventory optimization strategies to minimize stock-outs and overstock situations while maximizing cash flow. Partner with buying teams and vendors for quarterly and annual assortment reviews, providing analytics to support decision-making. Communicate assortment details, display requirements, and setup timing to store operations. Manage the "Scan Book," ensuring timely updates to store teams. Utilize exception reporting to identify and address business risks and opportunities. Escalate vendor performance issues to buyers and management for resolution. Collaborate with logistics partners to improve communication, delivery accuracy, and freight efficiency. Respond to inquiries from District and Regional Managers regarding forecasts, assortments, deliveries, product damages, and inventory discrepancies. Group assortments based on sales volume, floor size, and storage capacity. Develop DC-to-store forecasts to support operational planning. Evaluate and execute closeout opportunities, including DSD closeouts, optimizing loads, assortments, and delivery schedules. Plan and coordinate grand opening assortments for new stores, managing setup orders and vendor follow-ups to ensure timely delivery.