Associate Manager, Demand Planning

Lifestyle Brands (the LSB) is a growing house of like-minded brands under the SC Johnson umbrella including Method, Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day, Babyganics and Ecover. Headquartered in San Francisco with additional operations in Chicago and throughout Europe, the LSB is home to 650 employees. Together we act as a force for bold, transformative growth with a focus on delivering positive impact for people and the planet. If you're into pioneering the future and doing good while doing business, come join us.

The LSB is part of SC Johnson, a family-owned company and leading manufacturer of household cleaning, home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care products, as well as professional products. Originally founded in 1886 and headquartered in Wisconsin, U.S.A., SC Johnson and the Lifestyle Brands division are at work for a better world.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join the team powering SC Johnson's Lifestyle brands! Based in San Francisco and reporting to the Manager, Demand Planning, the Associate Manager will play a pivotal role in shaping the demand strategy for a dynamic portfolio of products.

In this highly visible role, you'll own the development, evaluation, and management of the demand forecast-turning data into meaningful insights that drive business decisions. You'll be at the center of our Sales & Operations Planning and Execution cycles, communicating forecast trends, influencing crossfunctional partners, and ensuring the organization is equipped with an accurate, actionable demand signal.

You'll also serve as a key steward of our Kinaxis RapidResponse system-maintaining inputs, improving data quality, and leveraging the tool to better anticipate risks, opportunities, and shifts in the marketplace.

Success in this role requires strong partnership across Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Finance, as well as a growing ability to interpret forecast outputs to support decisionmaking in an increasingly dynamic and fastmoving environment. If you're energized by solving complex planning challenges, influencing strategy, and supporting iconic lifestyle brands, this is the place to make an impact.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate closely with field sales partners, gathering insights into customer trends, promotional plans, and new distribution to inform and challenge the demand forecast.

• Work with key stakeholders to represent shortterm forecast changes within longrange plans, ensuring alignment across planning horizons.

• Communicate and present forecast changes with clear data drivers, assumptions, and implications, gaining collective buyin from crossfunctional partners through a consensus process.

• Evaluate forecast outputsby identifying volatility, risks, and opportunities in partnership with supply planning.

• Conduct rootcause analysis of forecast error and bias, linking insights to corrective actions and continuous improvement.

• Support scenario evaluation and tradeoff discussionsto help partners understand demand ranges and potential impacts.

• Champion AI/ML forecasting technology and digital planning tools to drive efficiencies, improve forecast quality, and enable faster, higherquality decisions.

• Maintain demand planning master data and planning system integrity to support reliable forecasting and reporting.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Customer Supply Chain, or Inventory Management, or a master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship for full-time employment

PREFERRED EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to present databased recommendations and influence crossfunctional partners.

• Quantitative and qualitative data analysis skills, including the ability to interpret results and connect root causes to KPI improvement.

• Ability to operate effectively in a fastpaced, growth environment, navigating ambiguity and changing assumptions

• Experience working with advanced planning systems (e.g., Kinaxis RapidResponse).

• Endtoend supply chain knowledge, with the ability to consider downstream implications of demand decisions.

• Comfort working with evolving digital tools and analytics to support planning and decisionmaking.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Position is Full-Time, regular business hours, Monday-Friday

• Office work environment: San Francisco, CA office

• Remote work available once a week after 90-day onboarding period

• Travel requirement: 10%

• Domestic relocation assistance is not available for this position

BENEFITS AND PERKS

At Lifestyle Brands, we handle our team members with careand provide a variety of benefit offerings to build a supportive environment at work and beyond.

• Subsidized health insurance benefits package

• Competitive vacation + holiday bundle

• Generous retirement match + pre-tax savings options

• Dedicated volunteer time, to be a force for good

• Pioneering events + experiences that build team connection (...ask us about the Packaging Olympics, Bubble Bash, Ping Pong Tournament + more!)

• Access to discounted/free products

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that being a team of diverse people with different ideas, views and cultures will help us and our business thrive. We are committed to ensuring everyone who works at the LSB feels that they have a real sense of belonging and that they can show up as who they are, be valued, listened to and supported to do their best possible work.

Sure, there's always more that can be done. But together with our team, partners, customers and community, we can make everyone welcome.

Better Together

At SC Johnson, we strive to create a positive, inclusive and unique workplace. We strongly believe SCJ people are able to achieve their best when they can collaborate and work together in person.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The policy of the Company is to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, gender identity, gender expression, disability, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in any active or reserve component of the U.S. or state military forces, genetic history or information or any other category protected by law.

Accommodation Requests

If you are an individual with a disability and you need an accommodation or other assistance during the application process, please call our Human Resources department at 262-260-3343 or email your request to SCJHR@scj.com. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. Download the EEO Know Your Rights posterfor more information.