Sales Planning Manager

Salem, NH, 03079

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Type: Direct Placement

Reference ID: 32866516

Date Posted: 08/25/2026



Apply now: Sales Planning Manager , location is Hybrid. The start date is ASAP for this full-time position.

Job Title: Sales Planning Manager
Location-Type: Hybrid
Start Date Is: ASAP
Duration: Full-time / Permanent
Compensation Range: 120-150k

Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship .

Position Overview

We are seeking a Sales Planning Manager to serve as a key partner to the Sales organization and C-suite leadership within a global consumer brand.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and manage the 12–18 month rolling sales forecast for the wholesale business.

  • Collect, analyze, and challenge forecast inputs from Sales leaders and account teams.

  • Partner directly with Sales leadership to understand business trends, risks, opportunities, and forecast assumptions.

  • Lead recurring forecast and business review meetings, including preparing presentations and communicating performance against expectations.

  • Hold Sales leaders accountable to forecast commitments and business targets.

  • Develop and manage annual wholesale budgets incorporating customers, margins, returns, discounts, and other commercial assumptions.

  • Partner with Inventory and Demand Planning teams to ensure sales forecasts align with inventory requirements and business needs.

  • Analyze wholesale trends, customer performance, sell-in, sell-through, order books, margins, returns, and discounts.

  • Support retail reporting and aggregate retail selling data across key accounts.

  • Explain the "why " behind the numbers, identifying the business drivers impacting performance.

  • Build and maintain reporting and forecasting tools, primarily using advanced Excel while leveraging Power BI and other analytics platforms.

  • Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, reporting, and data accuracy.

  • Respond effectively to ad hoc business requests and analysis.

  • Serve as a trusted business partner and subject matter expert for the wholesale organization.

  • Eventually manage and develop a direct report supporting the planning function.

Required Qualifications

  • 5 years of experience in Sales Planning, Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, Business Planning, or a related function.

  • Strong experience with sales forecasting, ideally owning a 12–18 month rolling forecast.

  • Experience working directly with Sales leadership and account teams.

  • Strong inventory and demand planning knowledge.

  • Experience within retail, wholesale, footwear, apparel, or consumer goods.

  • Understanding of sell-in, sell-through, margins, returns, discounts, and order books.

  • Advanced Excel skills.

  • Strong Power BI / data analytics experience.

  • Experience working with merchandising and/or demand planning teams.

  • Strong communication and presentation skills.

  • Comfortable challenging assumptions and holding senior Sales stakeholders accountable.

  • Ability to interpret complex data and communicate clear business recommendations.

  • Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to work cross-functionally.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Background with a major footwear, apparel, sporting goods, or consumer brand.

  • Experience supporting major wholesale/retail accounts such as Nordstrom, Dillard's, Amazon, or similar retailers.

  • Experience running forecast, demand consensus, or business review meetings.

  • Experience with retail reporting and sell-through analytics.

  • Footwear industry experience is strongly preferred; soft goods/apparel or related consumer products experience will also be considered.

  • Experience working in environments where data and reporting processes are evolving.

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