Manager, Trade Sales Planning

Location: Santa Monica, United States

Salary: $92,000–$138,000 base salary per year plus cash incentives

Company

hirify.global North America manages the production, distribution, and sale of hirify.global products across retail and trade channels.

What you will do

• Manage the trade sales demand planning process and national sales forecasts across banners, channels, and SKUs.
• Build and analyze bottom-up forecasts using sales inputs, statistical models, consumer scan data, trade sales, and inventory quantities.
• Develop SKU-level projections for new products, launches, limited-time offerings, and delisted SKUs.
• Create scalable reporting, systems, and automation to improve forecasting accuracy and simplify planning workflows.
• Present forecasting reviews and recommendations to sales leadership, Finance, Operations, and executive stakeholders.
• Coordinate distributor allocations and support enhancements to hirify.global's CPM forecasting tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Business, Quantitative Science, or a related field.
• At least 4 years of professional experience; consumer goods or retail experience is preferred.
• Expert Excel skills, including pivot tables, Power Pivot, lookups, and advanced formulas.
• Expert data visualization skills with Power BI or Tableau.
• Strong experience in data analytics, forecasting, planning, projections, estimates, and statistical methods.
• Strong communication and stakeholder consulting skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with SAP Spring or other sales data systems.
• Experience with statistical modeling software such as R or Python.
• Consumer goods or retail industry experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, benefits-eligible position.
• Travel requirement of 0–10%.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k) match, family leave, paid time off, and paid holidays.
• Pet, legal, and life insurance, plus tuition reimbursement.