Demand Planning Analyst - Werkstudent / Working Student
unybrands was established in 2020 by a group of partners united by a shared vision: to build the leading next-generation e-commerce platform for micro-brands. Headquartered in Miami, the company has a global presence with teams in Berlin, London, New York, and China.
unybrands acquires e-commerce businesses that sell both on and off Amazon. Once acquired, these brands are integrated into unybrands' platform, where operations are optimized, business performance is enhanced, and expansion into new product lines and markets is driven. Currently we have acquired 30 brands including Pet Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Supplements, Baby & Juvenile, Garden & Outdoor, Sports & Fitness, and Home, Lifestyle Culinary & Arts. Through expert management and robust infrastructure, unybrands empowers e-commerce brands to scale and thrive.
We are seeking a meticulous and highly organized Demand Planning Analyst to join our team. The successful candidate will play a critical role in supporting our demand planning processes, generating insightful reports, and ensuring smooth operational execution. This role involves working closely with various BI tools, Excel, and other software to produce accurate data analysis and presentations for both executive and operational audiences.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive demand insights by supporting weekly demand reviews — generating out-of-stock reports, identifying demand outliers, and analyzing forecast accuracy to enable smarter decisions
- Generate Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) reporting packages, preparing and presenting performance KPIs to different Stakeholders.
- Create comprehensive S&OP decks using BI tools and PowerPoint, integrating various data visualizations.
- Collaborate and influence during weekly and monthly operations and business meetings, updating action items and ensuring ongoing process improvements.
-Review inventory management reports, Purchase Order pipeline, inventory health and excess inventory levels.
Overall Tasks:
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating flexibility, adaptability, and strong prioritization skills across multiple projects and stakeholders
- Collect and consolidate data from various portals and store them in designated folders.
- Prepare detailed decks for executive reviews and operational alignment meetings.
- Periodically refresh data pipelines in Excel to ensure up-to-date information.
- Navigate BI systems (Tableau, Power BI, Looker...) to extract and snapshot key outcomes.
- Manage demand spike alerts and coordinate with internal stakeholders for prompt resolution.
- Track and update action items from operations planning meetings.
Qualifications:
- You have at least 1 year of work experience (including internships) to guide you. We welcome people from all backgrounds.
- Current enrollment at a German university (required for Werkstudent status).
- Availability of 20 hours/week
- Fluent English in a professional setting.
- Advanced Excel skills and BI, data visualization tools. Knowledge of SQL and ODBC connections, as well as Big Query experience, is a plus
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
-Eagerness to get hands-on with real world data- cleaning, structuring and transforming into useful information, ready to be used by Stakeholders
-Proven ability to work independently from end to end as part of a team.
unybrands is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without any regard to race, skin color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, and age. Nor are applicants discriminated against based on disability or protected classes.