Lead Demand Planner - Innovation Ventures

Location: El Segundo, California, United States. Hybrid schedule with in-office work Monday–Thursday and work from home on Fridays.

Salary: $104,000–$128,000 annual base pay.

Company

hirify.global is a global toy and family entertainment company developing toys, content, consumer products, digital experiences, and live experiences across a portfolio of owned and licensed brands.

What you will do

• Develop item, assortment, channel, and market demand plans for Innovation Ventures projects with limited historical data.
• Build base, upside, and downside scenarios using consumer testing, analogous products, customer inputs, digital and social signals, point-of-sale data, and shipment trends.
• Translate route-to-market strategies into launch volumes, phasing, inventory positions, and replenishment requirements.
• Monitor early demand signals, sell-through, conversion, and customer performance to update forecasts as new information emerges.
• Connect demand scenarios to revenue, margin, inventory, working capital, and service implications.
• Collaborate with Ventures, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Planning, Customer Fulfillment, Product Development, and external partners while establishing repeatable planning processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of related experience, or an MBA with 3 years of related experience.
• Proven experience in demand planning and forecasting, with a thorough understanding of inventory management.
• Strong understanding of data analysis and statistics.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience gathering and documenting process and tool requirements.
• Strong communication skills, including moderating meetings, delivering presentations or training, and influencing business decisions.

Nice to have

• Experience with JDA, Blue Yonder, or Anaplan.
• Experience with Tableau, Cognos, or ThoughtSpot.
• Experience with VBA or SQL programming.
• Experience supporting new product launches, innovation or venture environments, or businesses with limited historical data.
• Experience using e-commerce, digital, social, or other emerging demand signals in planning and forecasting.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work model combining purposeful in-person collaboration with remote work.
• Collaborative, innovative, and performance-driven working environment.
• Comprehensive benefits and competitive total pay programs.
• Equal opportunity workplace focused on inclusion, belonging, and employee wellbeing.