Demand & Inventory Planner - Equipment - Remote

**Work options**: Flexible
- This is an amazing opportunity to work with one of Australia’s most respected, strong, and stable retail brands
- Flexible Hybrid working team
- Great benefits, including discounts across all brands

Macpac is Aotearoa New Zealand’s original outdoor brand. Founded in Ōtautahi Christchurch in 1973, we have made it our business to show people that life is better when you are outside. Today, we are happy when we are helping people push their boundaries. We are adventurers - and our goal is to facilitate adventure for as many people as we possibly can.

This is a relatively new role to our team and would be ideal for someone who is interested in making their mark in an established well-known brand.

**What is in it for you?**
- Macpac is a socially conscious business, and we operate in a way that is both ethical and sustainable.
- As a leader in the outdoor retail space, we have a responsibility to protect and preserve our wild places, and we take that responsibility very seriously.
- You will get to join an organisation with a culture that is driven by innovation and creating awesome experiences for our customers and teams, and will have the opportunity to work alongside a diverse team that is representative of the communities we work in.
- Macpac is part of Super Retail Group who is a Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) _Employer of Choice for Gender Equality_ citation holder.
- You will have access to generous team member perks and discounts across Super Retail Group’s brands - In Aotearoa New Zealand this includes Macpac and Supercheap Auto.

**About this Opportunity**

This role sits in a team that is responsible for making sure our product is in the right place at the right time and to ensure optimised stock levels across all channels to support sales.

The purpose of this role is to build and execute product forecast plans in order to meet our business units total inventory objectives and targets in line with Macpac’s total requirements.

The Demand and Inventory Planner will use available data and insights to effectively estimate future product intake demands for new and existing products. Demand planning duties include but are not limited to:

- Planning inventory flow at micro and macro level, analyzing sales data, and assisting in the evolution of forecasting solutions to meet the needs of the organization.
- The analysis of geographical, seasonal, and promotional trends and the execution of this analysis will ensure all assigned stores are maintained with the optimal inventory to achieve sales
- Modify and communicate the core product range forecast to all relevant stakeholders in a timely manner
- Ratify forecasts with Merchandise for new SKUs; identify & activate supersession requirements; manage SKU forecast discontinuation.
- Manage budgets allowances for seasonal and product with short product lifecycles.
- Work with Allocation and Purchasing planners to ensure new store builds execute the demand plan and meet business requirements
- Provide reporting to supply chain and planning & merchandise stakeholders on forecasted stock movements and inventory plans to aid with supply chain planning and cost control

**To be successful in this role**
- Previous planning experience in the retail sector will be highly regarded
- Forecasting experience, ability to understand stock flow and predict trends
- You will be a motivated self-starter who can prioritise work loads
- Excellent excel skills and a strong analytical mind
- You will be a strong communicator and understand how to work cross-collaboratively with other teams and functions within the workplace

**Next steps**

If this sounds like a great opportunity and is aligned with your experience and passion for all things outdoor, we would love to hear from you and see if joining the Macpac Whanau could be your next career move.

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