Demand Planner

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  Job Title: Demand Planner

  Location: Beaverton, OR 97005

  Duration: 8+ months, with possible extension
  Work Model: Onsite (traditional hybrid model with Fridays remote)
  Team: (Supply Chain organization)

  Overview

  We are seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Business Planner to support North America Basketball planning. This role is critical to shaping and delivering consumer demand through multi-season financial, inventory, and revenue planning. You will work cross-functionally within a highly matrixed environment to drive data-backed decisions that optimize inventory health, margin, and marketplace performance.

  The ideal candidate is comfortable working with numbers, deeply understands retail metrics, communicates effectively with diverse stakeholders, and brings curiosity and enthusiasm to a fast-paced planning environment.

  Key Responsibilities

  
  
  
  
  • Lead multi-season operating plans across Sport, Gender, Channel, and Product Engine dimensions
  • Create and manage top-down financial targets including Consumer Demand, Revenue, Margin, and Inventory
  • Align assortment plans with operating plans to support long-range strategic priorities
  • Translate consumer demand signals, marketplace trends, and in-season performance into actionable insights
  • Define location-level (Geography, Channel, Sport) demand, receipt, revenue, and inventory plans
  • Identify and recommend cross-sport tradeoff actions to optimize demand, margin, and inventory health
  • Partner closely with Finance, Planning, Marketplace, and other cross-functional teams to align forecasts and communicate results to leadership
  • Support end-to-end inventory forecasting, including liquidation and demand shaping strategies
  
  
  
  
  

  Required Qualifications

  
  
  
  
  • 5+ years of experience in retail planning, merchandising, business planning, or related fields
  • Strong proficiency in Excel and comfort working with large data sets
  • Deep understanding of key retail metrics including:
  • Retail Sales
  • Sell-Through (ST%)
  • Weeks of Supply (WOS)
  • Inventory
  • Revenue
  • Margin
  • Ability to efficiently manipulate, analyze, and interpret data to inform decisions
  • Strong soft skills with the ability to influence and collaborate in a highly matrixed environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving, and attention to detail
  • Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field preferred
  • Equivalent experience (5+ years) will be considered in lieu of a degree
  
  
  
  
  

  Preferred Qualifications

  
  
  
  
  • Prior experience working with large, complex organizations
  • Previous experience in a global or North America-focused planning role
  • Strong understanding of consumer demand planning and marketplace dynamics
  • Experience supporting or partnering with supply chain and finance teams
  
  
  
  
  

  Success Profile

  The successful candidate will be:

  
  
  
  
  • Data-driven, commercially minded, and consumer-focused
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and balancing multiple priorities
  • Curious, proactive, and eager to contribute to a collaborative team culture
  • Able to translate insights into clear actions that drive results
  
  
  
  
  

Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support.

Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.