Demand and Supply Planner

Paula’s Choice Skincare, a global skincare company. Our mission is to guide women to make the best choices for their skin – so they feel confident in their decisions and in themselves.

Our European headquarters is based in Amersfoort where we currently base 45 employees. Besides that, there are satellite offices in London and Berlin. Warehousing and distribution is provided by a 3PL in the Netherlands and our global headquarter is based in Seattle.

We sell our products primarily via multiple owned webshops. Therefore, we are an organization with a very strong eCommerce focus and drive. Our growth plan to further develop the European market is ambitious and we’re continuously showing further growth.

To expand our business and realize our challenging growth plans we are looking for a Demand & Supply planner

Paula’s Choice Europe Demand & Supply planner will initiate, improve and monitor the demand forecast for Europe following integrated business planning (IBP) for demand.

Within this position you will report directly to our Supply Chain Manager.

Main responsibilities

• Improve forecast for demand and supply captured in an Excel based model.

• Create accurate forecast for our 210 active stock keeping unit (sku) working together with European marketing, finance, B2B partners and the US supply team.

• Stock availability, months stock per sku, out of stock, risks, expiration dates, new product launches & analyses, portfolio, new artwork, repacking, mean absolute percent error, forecast bias, key performance indicators and ABC classification for sku.

• Inbound shipments by ocean and air from the US and the local customs clearance.

• Order management of our twelve B2B partners and three marketplaces in Europe.

• Outbound shipments, packages and pallets leaving our 3PL to D2C, B2B and market places.

• Order packing, receiving, return processes, assemblage orders, general processes and instructions, communication and PCEU order forecast of our 3PL in the Netherlands.

• Purchase of printed matter, stickers and other marketing materials.