Occupation

Demand Planner

Demand Planners forecast product demand and recommend inventory levels to align supply with sales patterns, using historical data, market trends, and promotional plans to guide procurement and warehouse decisions. The work combines quantitative analysis with cross-functional collaboration across sales, marketing, and supply chain teams, typically involving forecasting software, ERP systems like SAP, and inventory management tools to optimize stock turnover and minimize excess or shortage. The role suits analytically minded professionals who can translate complex data into actionable recommendations and work effectively in fast-paced, data-driven environments.

Duties & responsibilities

Forecast product demand using historical sales data, market trends, and promotional plans
Build and maintain statistical or machine learning forecasting models to improve accuracy
Translate demand forecasts into inventory level recommendations for procurement and warehouse teams
Collaborate across sales, marketing, and supply chain functions to develop consensus forecasts
Analyze large datasets from multiple sources to identify patterns and data quality issues
Document forecast methodology and regularly measure model performance against actual outcomes
Lead or support sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes to align supply with demand

What Demand Planner roles involve, from employers’ own postings.

How much does a Demand Planner make?

Too few Demand Planner postings state pay to publish a median yet: 5 of 12 open roles do, and we wait for 25.

Who is hiring for Demand Planner roles?

12 open Demand Planner roles from 11 employers; the most at Oura, Dollar Shave Club and Juniper Networks.

From employers’ own postings, as of2026-10-27.

Demand Planner in the job market

Last checked October 27, 2026

Open roles: 12
Employers: 11
Median pay: —
Disclose pay: —

Open Demand Planner roles (12)

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Demand Planner

Juniper Networks

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

Listed on Juniper Networks’s careers site · Apply there ↗

Demand Planner

Stanley Black & Decker

Listed on Stanley Black & Decker’s careers site · Apply there ↗

Demand Planner

Smithfield Foods

Smithfield, VA

Listed on Smithfield Foods’s careers site · Apply there ↗

Demand Planner

Simms Fishing Products

Irvine, CA

Listed on Simms Fishing Products’s careers site · Apply there ↗

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Demand Planner

Life Fitness

Rosemont, IL

Listed on Life Fitness’s careers site · Apply there ↗

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Lead Demand Planner

Dollar Shave Club

Full-time · Durham, NC · $100,000 – $110,000

This role leads demand forecasting across Dollar Shave Club and its newly acquired Truly Beauty brand, owning the full process from forecast development through stakeholder consensus. It suits someone with substantial supply chain experience who can manage complex, multi-brand planning while driving operational improvements and leading cross-functional teams.

Listed on Dollar Shave Club’s careers site · Apply there ↗

Customer Planner

Lego USA

This role involves coordinating product availability and inventory for department stores in Mexico by developing demand forecasts and yearly plans with account managers and customers. It suits analytical professionals comfortable with data tools who want to optimize retail operations and drive business growth through strategic planning.

Listed on Lego USA’s careers site · Apply there ↗

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Senior Forecast Analyst Demand Planning

Oura

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $143,000 – $169,000

This role leads the development and implementation of statistical and machine learning-based forecasting methodologies for a consumer hardware company, working across demand planning, supply chain, and data teams to improve forecast accuracy and decision-making. It suits someone with strong quantitative skills and hands-on experience building predictive models in operational business environments who wants to shape forecasting strategy at a growth-stage company.

Listed on Oura’s careers site · Apply there ↗

Demand Planner

Veritiv

Norcross, GA

Listed on Veritiv’s careers site · Apply there ↗

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Infrastructure Capacity Planner, Demand Planning

Menlo Ventures Portfolio

Full-time · New York, NY · $320,000 – $405,000

This role involves building and maintaining demand forecasts across Anthropic's rapidly expanding infrastructure, translating research roadmaps and hardware needs into concrete resource requirements for accelerators, compute, storage, and services. The position suits engineers or operations professionals with hands-on experience forecasting at scale and a knack for turning data into actionable capacity plans.

Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio’s careers site · Apply there ↗

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Employers hiring Demand Planners

11 in total, most open roles first.