Planner
Position title : Planner
Location : Rohnert Park, CA or Chicago, IL (Hybrid 3 days in office, 2 days remote)
Newell Brands is a global marketer of consumer and commercial products that touch the lives of people where they live, learn, work, and play.
We are committed to building consumer and commercial brands that matter while leveraging the benefits of being one company;
shared expertise, operating efficiencies, and a culture of innovation. This position relates to the Technical Apparel division, Marmot® and ExOfficio® brands.
Summary :
The Planner shares in driving strategy, demand forecasting and inventory management for a multi-channel category in the outdoor apparel and equipment space.
This role is both data driven and collaborative as you are the end-to-end planning owner of a category. You will develop a pre-season forecast, attend and engage in both pre-line and sell-in meetings, aggregate a demand plan culminating in a global SKU level supply plan that balances service, optimizes inventory, and manufacturing capacity.
You will be the planning point of contact for several key accounts and incorporating their feedback into our planning deliverables.
Our goal is to have the right product, at the right time, in the right quantities to maximize our business and deliver an optimal customer experience and growth.
A love of the outdoors and sense of humor and a passion for what you do is key!
Responsibilities :
End-to-end owner of all aspects of planning for a category, managing a portfolio of over 3000 skus across multiple seasons for multiple regions and channels.
Collaborate with cross-functional business partners to gather and understand information including forecast drivers, product attributes, and timelines to fully deliver product on-time.
Closely communicate changes and impacts to key stakeholders while maintaining a culture of transparency and operational rigor.
Monthly touchpoints with sales partners aligning on key metrics such as forecasts and targets. With Retail stores, you will manage order form creation, Square item validation, and purchase order entry.
Continuously improve forecasting technique, method, and approach. Execute demand and supply planning strategies and initiatives focused on process improvement and standardization.
Forecast receipt need at the sku level and identify receipt month need based on historical trend and forward-looking changes.
Manage the size curve and flow execution. Assist in rolling out a new replenishment model. Execute redirect and transfer strategy at a global level to ensure the proper allocation of inventory.
Analyze data and synthesize information to take necessary actions that support company goals and improved fulfillment. Define, measure, and diagnose key performance indicators.
Participates and provides insight in S&OP meetings highlighting risk / opportunity as it pertains to achieving our monthly forecast.
Speak to demand / supply imbalances, supply gaps, and changes that have been made to align to budgets and capacity plans.
Attend cross-functional meetings, and follow-up in a timely manner.
Minimize excess and obsolete. Work with our Sourcing and Production teams to renegotiate minimum order quantities where appropriate.
Special projects and other duties to support continuous improvement, such as planning tool development and implementation and documenting best practices into a training library.
Key Qualifications :
University or four-year college degree or equivalent work experience.
2-3 years of experience in wholesale or retail customer service, order management, inventory planning, or other supply chain management role preferred.
Outdoor and / or apparel industry experience welcomed.
Proficient in Microsoft Access and Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPS, SUMIF). SAP experience a plus.
Comfortable collaborating with a close-knit and highly engaged team.
Analytical skills and the ability to formulate data-driven solutions. Able to clean, analyze, and extrapolate key trends from large data sets.
Must be a detail-oriented self-starter, and comfortable taking initiative. Capable of producing high quality results on a sustainable basis and clearly articulate time-sensitive information that drives decision making across the entire business unit.
Ability to organize work and manage multiple projects and priorities.
Ability to simplify complex issues into actionable insights and communicate next steps.
Demonstrates ability to effectively influence both internal and external customers / relationships.
Finance Analyst
Job Summary :
This role reports to the Senior Finance Manager and will support the finance and brand management team in the new product development process, product profitability analysis, and various types of reporting.
The work completed in this role will influence management decision making by providing timely and accurate financial information.
The applicant should be comfortable working in a fast paced, flexible environment. This role has potential for expanded responsibilities and an opportunity for development and growth within the organization.
Duties Include :
Develop standard reporting and analytics that support business decisions
Assist in modification / creation of models for projects such as new product launches and new market entry
Analyze on a detailed basis and estimate profitability of new projects as well capital investments; responsible for modeling & tracking these new product investments
Drive continuous improvements to processes and management reporting within the finance organization to reduce manual effort, redundant work and improve the quality of financial data
Support annual financial planning and other financial forecasting activities
Analyze large amounts of data and summarizing key takeaways and insights
Ad-hoc reporting, special projects and other department support as needed
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
0-2 years of relevant experience in Accounting / Finance (or applicable internship experience)
Ability to problem solve autonomously
Detail oriented and strong attention to detail
Highly organized and able to work in a fast paced environment
Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and assignments simultaneously
Self-motivated in achieving goals and completing routine tasks
Strong written and oral communication skills
Digital Marketing Manager
Position Title : Digital Marketing Manager, Target
Reports To : Sr. Digital Marketing Manager, Target
Location : Hoboken, NJ or Minneapolis, MN
Position Overview :
The Digital Marketing Team is an integral part of Newell Brands that focuses on acquiring and retaining consumers online across our distribution channels using media strategy and tactical execution to deliver for our iconic portfolio of brands.
As the Digital Marketing Manager, you will lead digital activation from conception to execution. You will be in lock-step with your brand and sales counterparts to understand long term and short term goals to translate into effective digital campaigns across retailers and channels.
You will be responsible for planning, executing, and tracking programs at one of our key online retailers, Target, as well as performance marketing campaigns in the paid search, paid social and affiliate channels.
You will develop and manage A&P budgets and have a clear understanding of how digital spend is moving the business forward.
Primary Responsibilities :
Develop full funnel marketing strategy on / off retail platforms to drive overall brand and eCommerce growth plans, including :
Search & Display
OTT / OLV
Off platform Paid Search and Paid Social
Partner with :
Retail.com Sales teams to build eCommerce activation plans
In-house Creative and Production teams to develop best in class digital assets
Primary media partners (Roundel, Criteo, CitrusAds) to drive growth
Analytics to understand sales lift and performance trends to optimize the media mix
Internal Planning and Brand teams to determine optimal product mix and omnichannel cohesiveness
Leverage state of the art analytics tools to understand customer activation and digital campaign performance and distill data into insights to help drive growth
Lead strategic projects around content development, catalogue improvement, landing page experience, and paid digital media program recap and comparison
Involvement in preparation for key customer and internal planning meetings with cross-functional teams to help achieve aligned priorities and goals
Develop the segmentation of campaigns in alignment with business goals and reporting expectations
Implement budget pacing to track and optimize elements of digital advertising campaigns across a given time period
Determine basic account structures with campaigns, ad groups / ad sets, keywords and creatives
Determine improvements to campaign performance by narrowing or broadening targeting, changing campaign goals or inputs, shifting budget, switching creatives / copy, A / B testing platform features, etc.
A deep understanding of Roundel media platform capabilities and how to leverage to meet business objectives
Qualifications :
Bachelor’s degree in a related field
5+ years of digital marketing and / or eCommerce work experience
Experience in Programmatic Display management
Demonstrated ability to drive improvement of digital KPIs via a strong analytical mindset
Ability to operate independently given direction, and bring ideas and solutions to issues raised
Strong communication skills with an ability to educate and influence cross-functional teams, key stakeholders and external partners regarding the opportunity in this unique channel
Strong problem-solving capabilities with a record of finding feasible solutions to complex problems, especially in a fluid, multi-stakeholder environment with incomplete information and tight timeline
Experience working with retail media networks strongly preferred
Experience working in a consumer-packaged goods (CPG), fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), consumer durables industry, and / or retail strongly preferred