Demand Planner
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At Oura, our mission is to empower every person to own their inner potential. With our award-winning Oura Ring and app, we help over 2.5 million people turn insights about sleep, activity, and readiness into healthier, more balanced lives. We believe that starts from within — by creating a culture where our team feels supported, included, and inspired to do their best work. Our values guide how we show up for each other and our community every day.
For us, empowering the world starts with livingand empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we work to promote work-life balance and ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.
What You will do:
Collaboration and Strategic Development
- Lead cross-functional content creation for S&OP meetings with executive stakeholders, driving consensus on demand forecasts and inventory strategies across multiple product lines and geographic markets
- Facilitate monthly S&OP discussions, presenting demand scenarios and business risks to C-level executives, resulting in improved forecast accuracy and strategic decision-making
- Spearhead benchmarking initiatives for new country and retailer launches to establish baseline forecasts and go-to-market strategies
- Partner with marketing teams on promotional planning and new product launch forecasting
- Prepare and submit weekly and monthly demand forecasts based on channel partner, local sales insights & Oura driven activities with a focus on Sell In and Sell Thru.
- Run the CPFR Process with our key partners as input into the forecasting process.
- Work with GTM teams to develop and enhance demand planning inputs
- Work with product management and GTM teams on lifecycle planning and phase-in/phase-out strategies
Inventory Optimization
- Monitor and adjust Sell Thru/Sell In forecasts to optimize channel inventories.
- Interface with the overall supply chain and GTM teams to resolve or highlight supply/demand related business risks & opportunities.
- Monitor, adjust and allocate supplies to improve Delivery and Channel Inventory Metrics.
- Develop and enhance allocation process, in collaboration with GTM teams.
Channel Level Reporting
- Develop and improve forecast reports
- Build, manage and refine reporting tools, such as Tableau and Google Sheets.
- Report on and manage demand trends + channel level inventory guidance for demand channels.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance forecast accuracy and process efficiency
- Develop and maintain KPIs/metrics for demand planning performance
Requirements:
We would love to have you on our team, if you have:
- 8+ years of specific demand/merchandise planning experience in the Hardware and/or Retail industries
- Strong communication skills, coupled with the ability to articulate complex situations into a simple conversation.
- Strong preference for experience working with top tier retailers to create a comprehensive sales plan.
- Experience managing and working with demand planning tools (eg. Anaplan, etc.)
- Knowledge of Integrated Business Planning and S&OP process and governance.
- Fluency with Microsoft Excel and or Google Sheets
- Strong business acumen and proven ability to act as trusted advisor to business partners including cross functional Senior Leadership.
- Ability to articulate and navigate relationships with people at all levels of an organization across multiple functions.
- Curious lateral thinker able to see and understand the big picture while willing and able to deep dive to understand trends to formulate insights.
- Ability to travel (domestic and international) up to 20% of the time.
Benefits
At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health and add to our benefits!
What we offer:
- Competitive salary
- An Oura Ring of your own + employee discounts for friends & family
- Flexible working hours and remote working arrangements
- Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers
- UK based benefits to be added during autumn of 2025
Note:Due to legal restrictions related to sponsor license in the UK we are currently unable to provide visa support for employees. As such we can only employ those with e.g. indefinite leave to remain in the UK, UK citizens etc.
If this sounds like the next step for you, please send us your application and CV as soon as possible.
Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regards to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, socioeconomic status, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
- Location:
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £100,000 - £125,000
- Category:
- Management & Operations
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