Position: Demand Planning Manager

Location: Bangalore

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Experience Required: 3-5 years

Manager - Planning

Location: Bangalore

Our client's integrated sportswear ecosystem spans:

• Manufacturing: Through Mochiko, India's largest sports footwear manufacturer, producing for global brands.
• Consumer Brands: Reimagining and building Lotto across India, Australia, and South Africa, while creating ONE8, India's first high-performance sports brand built to be admired worldwide.
• Multi-brand Retail: Creating premium multi-brand sports retail concepts, including Sports Yard, offering consumers a thoughtfully curated selection and world-class retail experience.

The Role

As Demand Planning Manager, you will own end-to-end demand planning for one of our brands, driving seasonal planning, forecasting, inventory strategy, and Open-to-Buy (OTB) management. You'll leverage data, analytics, and AI to ensure the right inventory is available across channels while maximizing sales, profitability, and inventory productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Own seasonal merchandise financial planning, including sales, inventory, margin, and OTB.
• Build and continuously improve demand forecasts across categories, channels, and SKUs using statistical methods and AI-driven forecasting.
• Drive weekly business reviews, reforecast demand, monitor inventory health, and recommend actions on allocations, replenishment, markdowns, and promotions.
• Track and improve key planning KPIs including forecast accuracy, stock turn, weeks of cover, ageing, and stock efficiency.
• Build dashboards, automate planning workflows, and use AI tools to enhance forecasting, scenario planning, and reporting.
• Partner with Merchandising, Supply Chain, Finance, and Commercial teams to align inventory with business objectives.

What We're Looking For

• 3-5 years of demand or merchandise planning experience in footwear, apparel, sports, or retail.
• Strong expertise in demand forecasting, OTB, inventory planning, and weekly trading processes.
• Experience across retail, wholesale, and e-commerce channels.
• Advanced Excel and strong analytical skills; exposure to SQL, Python, or BI tools is a plus.
• Practical experience using AI tools to improve planning, forecasting, or analytics.
• A builder's mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.