Sr. Digital Planning Analyst
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)
Department: Global Demand Planning
Reports To: Manager, Demand Planning
About the Role
tarte is seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Sr. Digital Planning Analyst to support forecasting and demand planning across our digital platforms, including tarte.com and TikTok Shop. This role is responsible for managing SKU-level forecasts, driving performance analysis, and collaborating cross-functionally to optimize inventory and support strategic initiatives such as new product launches, promotions, and channel growth.
You’ll play a critical role in shaping how we plan, execute, and scale our DTC and social commerce business. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, is detail oriented and confident working with and summarizing large datasets, and an understanding of digital commerce dynamics.
What You’ll Do
Forecast Ownership & Digital Channel Planning
- Support SKU-level demand planning for tarte.com and TikTok Shop businesses across core, promotional, and newness assortments with direction from the Demand Planner Manager and Merchandising teams
- Monitor sales trends, seasonal shifts, and launch performance to improve forecast accuracy and agility
- Work closely with the cross functional teams to analyze retailer and product performance trends and variances to forecast
Analytics, Reporting & Insights
- Analyze retail, supply chain, and marketing data to identify demand drivers, risks, and gaps.
- Build and maintain dashboards and custom reports to track key performance indicators (KPIs), forecast accuracy, and product performance.
- Conduct post-launch and promotional event analyses to inform future planning strategies.
Inventory Alignment & Risk Mitigation
- Collaborate with operations and supply chain teams to close inventory gaps, reduce overstock risk, and ensure readiness for launches.
- Partner with Allocations to review purchase orders (POs), weeks of supply (WOS), and communicate risk based on sell thru projections.
- Review and approve inventory for allocations and gratis transfers related to newness, campaigns, and retail events.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Lead forecast-related discussions and influence decision-making across internal teams.
- Align assumptions for product demand, marketing cadence, and market-level inventory strategy.
System Ownership & Continuous Improvement
- Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for the Vanguard Demand Planning Tool.
- Identify opportunities to enhance planning processes, improve data flow, and automate reporting tasks.
- Contribute to process documentation and best practice development to scale global digital planning capabilities.
What We’re Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Analytics, Economics, or a related field.
- 2–4 years of experience in demand planning, supply chain, or digital analytics within a high-growth consumer brand or eCommerce environment.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel; experience with demand planning tools (Vanguard a plus) and BI platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
- Experience with direct-to-consumer (DTC) and/or social commerce business models.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to synthesize insights from large datasets.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments and levels.
- Highly organized, self-motivated, and comfortable managing competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
Our Perks:
- Salary range: $65,000-75,000 (compensation will depend on a variety of factors, including but not limited to skill level, relevant work experience & education)
- Medical, dental, vision, 401k plan & access to health and wellness programs
- Paid vacation, holidays, summer Fridays, birthdays off, volunteer time & more!
- Hybrid work policy
- Gratis, employee discount on tarte.com, team give-back initiatives
- Friendly, fun, creative & collaborative work environment
- Tarte is an equal opportunity employer.