| Wholesale Planning Manager |  |
Dec 5, 2022🔗 👁️ 216 216 Views
🏢 Pharmacann 📍 Hamptonburgh, NY
💰 DOE 🗓️ Full-time 🏷️ Supply Chain 📛 No license required
About our company
Pharmacann Inc., one of the nation’s leading cannabis companies, is changing the way people view cannabis. Be a part of the team shaping the future of this booming industry, where our people, our reputation and our standards matter. With a strong foundation and dynamic growth plan, opportunities to join our team abound in this fast-paced environment. Are you ready to join the movement?
We’re grounded and growing. Based in Chicago, PharmaCann Inc. operates across multiple states including New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania with licensing secured in the Midwest and on the east coast.
Job description
The Wholesale Demand Planner is responsible for developing effective wholesale sales and inventory demand forecasts by market, to be used by the cultivation and wholesale sales teams to deliver budgeted / forecasted product supply, sales, and margin $. The wholesale demand planner will take a proactive approach to demand plans for their markets, planning by category, forms, and strain, and providing cultivation with a 3+ month outlook on wholesale product needs. This resource will also analyze performance and provide insights that will help shape assortment, pricing, and wholesale promotional strategies. The wholesale demand planner will have strong cross functional partnerships with the wholesale team, cultivation, retail planning, and finance teams, and provide a “bottoms up” view of the business on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis to inform corporate financial planning. Success in this role is maximizing profitable wholesale sales, increasing market share, and providing key inputs to optimize production planning and COGS.
Essential Functions/ Responsibilities
- Creates, publishes, and maintains wholesale sales, inventory, and demand forecasting tools
- Develops effective wholesale forecast models by market based on sales goals, buyer input, industry trends, and demand patterns
- Collaborates with the wholesale sales team to develop effective pricing & promotional strategies, considering customer tiers, bulk pricing, and relative proximity to retail stores
- Works closely with wholesale leadership and sales reps to quickly identify and capitalize on business trends by location and/or product category, reacting quickly to address any changes in customer demand
- Analyzes sales and inventory performance weekly, and provides performance insights to wholesale sales team, cultivation, production planning, and analytics teams
- Supports the monthly, quarterly, and annual sales and inventory budget / forecast processes, and roll ups to corporate forecasts
- Analyzes and tracks sales, promotional activity, and customer profitability to incorporate into future forecasts and recommendations, partnering with the analytics team on standardized reporting
- Reviews and effectively communicates changes in sales and inventory budgets to leadership and cross functional partners including cultivation, retail planning, production planning, and analytics
- Supports ad-hoc analyses as needed
- Other tasks as assigned by your manager
Competencies and Qualifications
Competencies
- Customer first mind set
- Strong working knowledge of planning and forecasting best practices
- Highly analytical and strong attention to detail
- Comfortable in providing recommendations to help drive internal efficiencies in existing buying & allocation processes
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build strong cross functional relationships
- Exceptional planning and organizational skills with strong attention to detail and follow up
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Merchandising, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field. Relevant work experience considered in lieu of education
- Minimum 3 years of experience in Demand Planning
- Additional experience in Wholesale Sales, Planning and Buying a plus
- Strong financial acumen & analytical skills with the ability to clearly communicate findings
- Previous exposure to data warehouse systems and planning software
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, & PowerPoint), advanced Excel skills
- Experience in Microsoft NAV / D365, LeafTrade, LeafLink, the cannabis industry, and state seed to sale tracking systems (metrc, biotrack, MJ Freeway) is preferred
Working Conditions/Physical Requirements
This role will require periodic travel to our cultivation, dispensaries, and facilities with some travel to our corporate offices for meetings.
New York location is preferred-Remote work