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Our Customer’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through their family of apps and services, they are building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together.

We are seeking a Demand Forecasting & Planning Analyst on a contract basis to help support our customer’s ongoing needs. This role role can either be fully remote for PST based candidates or hybrid (3x/week on-site) for candidates in the Burlingame, CA area.

The Business Analyst will own demand forecasting for their VR headset and wearables product lines. You'll build and maintain sell-through and sell-in forecasts, partner with sales and channel operations teams, and present performance insights to business leaders.

This is a hands-on, execution-focused role ideal for someone who thrives on data-driven planning in consumer hardware.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales account managers, category managers, data analysts and business unit marketing teams to drive accurate demand planning and identify growth initiatives based on robust forecast models
• Build bottoms up Sell-Through and Sell-In forecasts utilizing multiple quantitative and qualitative datasets and present cycle over cycle results to business leaders across the team
• Forecast and track weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly sales performance of hero and accessories hardware products in AR/VR
• Own the actuals vs forecast and goal performance analysis, drive identification of root causes and plan mitigation measures for gaps in performance
• Share forecast assumptions and impact of strategic activities to forecast outcomes to broader organization and various stakeholders
• Drive implementation of tools and techniques for continuous forecast accuracy improvement by analyzing large datasets, identifying trends, dependencies, correlations, and creating future outlooks based on that
• Partner with Channel Operation teams to impact production and launch decisions
• Present outcomes at reviews with business leaders across the organization
  
  

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience of hardware products (including accessories) demand forecasting
• 6+ years of experience in business strategy, finance, analytics or sales planning experience
• Cross-functional collaboration and presentation experience
• Technical proficiency (Google Sheets, Excel, etc.)
• Ability to dive in and do the work
  
  

Nice To Haves

• Physical consumer goods experience
• Forecasting systems experience (e.g., O9
• Ability to independently manage business
  
  

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

• Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, FSA.
• Accrued PTO: Up to 15 days per 12 months on assignment
  
  

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.