ABOUT MAESA

Maesa is the world's largest independent beauty incubator, housing numerous, fast growing "it" brands within all categories of beauty. We are a high growth global company in the middle of the transition from founder lead to private equity owned. With an incubation flywheel ideating on new global brand launches, Maesa pushes creative and technical boundaries to deliver exceptional performance and establish global staying power. Maesa has a keen focus on marketing and white space analysis, which guides its thinking on marketing existing brands as well as development of new brands through its extremely unique structure. We are vertically integrated globally with in-house marketing, branding, product development/formulation, packaging design/engineering and regulatory. With a focus on modernity and sustainability, we design innovative solutions and make proactive choices to achieve environmental neutrality and consumer wellness. Maesa has mastered "commercializing creativity," making itself a leader in the fundamental revolutionary change in the beauty industry. Headquartered in New York and Paris, with additional offices in Los Angeles, Vienna, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Dongguan, Maesa employs about 400 team members worldwide.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Director, Demand and S&OP Planning will oversee a team of demand planners and be responsible for managing forecasting activities for multiple brands comprising 1000 finished good skus sold globally. This hybrid role is based out of our NYC office (50% of the time) and reports to the VP, Operations.

To be successful in this role, 1) you must be a strong leader able to make quick decisions under ambiguous conditions while building consensus with cross-functional partners, 2) coach a team of demand planners with various experience levels, 3) articulately present ideas, data and conclusions to multiple levels of the organization.

MAESA’S CORE VALUES: 

• COLLABORATION: Creating and fostering a welcoming environment for employees, partners, ideas, approaches, and endeavors — all through a spirit of warmth and inclusivity.
• CURIOSITY: Inquisitive by nature and willingness to see different perspectives, being solutions-oriented while embracing new challenges, and learning along the way.
• GAME-CHANGING: Being proactive in identifying new opportunities for growth and improvement and having the courage to pursue new ideas and solutions, within a culture of agility and adaptability.
• CREATIVITY: Contributing to a culture that is dynamic, innovative, and forward-thinking, and that encourages leaning into creative potential and experimentation in order 
  to drive growth and successful outcomes.
• DISCIPLINE: Embracing focused, systematic, and goal-oriented behaviors with a disciplined and structured approach to create powerful outcomes.

PAY RANGE:

$165,000/yr - $180,000/yr. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead demand consensus process with internal stakeholders via pre-S&OP meetings to ensure demand plan is aligned with business projections and financial targets while accounting for overall supply chain KPIs- target service rates on core brands and core customers, maintaining the right sku mix to reduce excess and obsolete inventory and reducing forecast error and bias.
• Lead monthly S&OP process in partnership with Supply planning lead; represent Demand Planning team in internal Operations meetings as well as cross-functional calls.
• Ownership of all demand planning building blocks and the ability to build excel based models and analyze statistical models generated by Anaplan.
• Exhibit ease at macro and micro level analysis and root causing gaps between forecast and actuals; routine analysis of shipments vs consumption at key retail partners; ability to perform time-sensitive ad-hoc analysis.
• Partner with PMO, Finance & Sales on NPD forecasts to ensure successful launch to market; understanding innovation timeline and performance monitoring and measurement is key.
• Be able to provide insight on pipe fill, replenishment velocities, cannibalization rates and promotional activity related lifts.
• Be an active partner to Sales & Marketing when developing recommendations on deletes.
• Motivate and coach the demand planning team to be curious and to dig deeper in order to effectively contribute to the overall service metrics for the operations organization.
• Own the demand planning module of our planning tool Anaplan & champion improvement of demand plan models; own all reporting dashboards in Power BI relevant to forecasting analysis and metrics.
• Identify opportunities for operational improvements, streamline processes and implement best practices.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• 12 years of experience in Demand Planning in fast moving consumer goods for major national retailers across mass, drug, club and grocery
• 8 years of experience managing teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Math, Engineering, Supply Chain or Finance with a strong analytical background
• Expert knowledge of forecasting, S&OP or IBP process, inventory management, and scenario planning processes
• Experience with demand planning software such as Anaplan, Valogix and experience in an ERP/MRP environment, preferably Netsuite
• Superb communication skills, verbal written – ability to clearly and concisely communicate complex ideas to various cross-functional stakeholders
• Demonstrated capability in making timely, difficult decisions to ensure critical business goals are met
• Highly proficient in data analysis using Excel, Power BI etc
• Results-driven mindset, ability to dig deep into data and question everything; high degree of comfort with ambiguity & organizations in transformation

PERKS AND BENEFITS

Maesa offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees. Employees can choose to enroll in health insurance coverage, wellness programs, life and disability insurance, and retirement savings plans. Through generous paid time off and a hybrid office setup, Maesa encourages wellness and balance among employees.

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