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**Senior Director, Demand & Inventory Planning**
at Wonder New York, NY Wonder is a fast-growing food-tech startup thats raising the bar on the role food plays in peoples lives. Were creating an on-demand dining experience where customers can receive high-quality meals perfectly prepared and served to their doorsteps within minutes. We partner with the best restaurants and chefs across a diverse range of cuisines to offer access to the worlds most delicious foodanytime, anywhere. Meals are prepared in Wonder kitchens and finished by onboard chefs deployed in our customized mobile kitchens. Wonder is led by a team of experienced entrepreneurs including some of the most accomplished leaders and operators in the technology, culinary, and logistics industries. Backed by top-tier venture capitalists, were moving quickly to pioneer the future of food.
If you join our team, youll work in a supportive and collaborative environment where our culture and our valuesMastery, Compassion, and Courageare taken as seriously as delivering an incredible experience for our customers.
About the role
We are looking for a highly experienced planning leader to bring leadership, innovation and depth of expertise to our planning processes. The senior director inventory planning will be responsible for ensuring that we are accurately forecasting customer demand, determining optimal inventory needs, and ensuring that our inventory is allocated efficiently and optimally through the supply chain, from production to the customer. They are responsible for making sure our customers get the product they want, when they want it, while managing to company financial and strategic objectives.
The Sr. Director Planning will be responsible for building a demand and supply planning team, processes, and tools that can adapt to changing and/or competing priorities as we build and scale our business. This leader will own all forward looking daily sales and inventory forecasts at the sku level, which optimize customer satisfaction along with profitability. This leader will also own analytics and strategy to optimize inventory and balance between stockouts and waste.
This person is an analytical problem solver who can break-down complex concepts into executive level insights and tactical execution plans. They will lean on their deep foundational knowledge of forecasting inventory management and have demonstrated success in driving innovation within a dynamic, growth business. This person thrives under pressure and can work quickly and effectively in a fast-paced highly entrepreneurial environment. S/he knows how to fail fast and can quickly pivot direction when needed. This person is also humble, hardworking, and can collaborate laterally and vertically across the organization.
* Responsible for creation and management of demand forecasting logic and process for a complex sku-intensive business with varying lead times and shelf life, across a multi-nodal network
* Work with internal and external engineering and product teams to build a demand and inventory planning application which integrates with in-house and ERP systems and supports a flexible process
* Hire, develop, and lead a team which includes product managers, data scientists, and business leaders
* Collaborate with cross functional leadership including Fleet Operations, Culinary, Commercial, and execute leaders to align on and communicate forecasts and progress against forecast
* Create and evolve demand and inventory analytics that provide deep insights to drive business opportunities, improve forecast accuracy, and inform optimal processes
* Develop and monitor ongoing KPIs through dashboards and exception reporting
* Advance the forecasting function and processes by leveraging continuous learning to grow team and organizational capabilities and evaluating department structure to deliver against those capabilities.
* Provide coaching and guidance to team to ensure ongoing professional development of team members.
The experience you have
* 10+ years of professional experience in demand/supply planning, analytics, or inventory management, ideally in a consumer goods environment
* 7+ years proven success leading a team of managers and individuals in a fast-paced, demanding environment
* Degree in Industrial engineering, operations, supply chain, statistics, or other similar discipline; Masters preferred
* Excel macros and SQL mastery; excellent communication and writing skills
* High levels of critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and comfort with ambiguity
* Ability to communicate complex system and topics in a clear and concise manner
Benefits
We offer a competitive salary package including equity and 401K with matching. Additionally, we provide multiple medical, dental, and vision plans to meet all of our employees' needs as well as many benefits and perks that are not listed.
A final note
At Wonder, we believe that in order to build the best team, we must hire using an objective lens. We are committed to fair hiring practices where we hire people for their potential and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As such, we do not discriminate or make decisions based on your race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. If you have a disability, please let your recruiter know how we can make your interview process work best for you.
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