Retail Sales Forecasting & Planning Manager

Job Description
About SimpliSafe
We're a high-tech home security company that's passionate about protecting the life you've built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. And we've created a culture here that cares just as deeply about the career you're building. We're embracing a hybrid work model that enables our teams to split their time between office and home. Hybrid for us means we expect our teams to come together in our state-of-the-art office on two core days, typically Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday – working together in person and choosing where they work for the remainder of the week.

What You'll Do
We're looking for a Retail Sales Forecasting & Planning Manager on the Sales Operations team to drive forecast This role sits side-by-side with our Retail account managers as their dedicated planning partner — jointly building promotional plans, forecasting units, and shaping account strategy for SimpliSafe's national retail accounts. You'll be the analytical engine behind each account manager, turning data into the plans they take to their retail partners, accuracy, sales performance reporting, and planning rigor across SimpliSafe's national retail accounts.

In this role you will sit at the intersection of data, strategy, and execution — translating complex business trends into clear plans that support the retail sales organization and executive leadership. Primary Responsibilities
Forecasting & Demand Planning
Own weekly annual operating plan and quarterly reforecast across national retail club accounts; manage sell-in/sell-through planning to minimize excess returns. Co-own account forecasts, promo planning, collaborate with account managers for buyer meetings with emphasis on sku-level accuracy and then reporting.

Partner on activation forecasting to support the go-to-market planning cycle and contribute to cross-functional scenario modeling with Finance and Direct-to-Consumer Forecasting teams. Sales Reporting & GTM Visibility
Manage weekly sales reporting for timely delivery to internal stakeholders; maintain recurring KPI reporting and surface trends, risks, and opportunities. Support migration of sales reporting into a self-serve business intelligence platform and contribute to activation and attrition reporting to monitor customer lifecycle performance.

Planning, Inventory & Tools
Collaborate with Sales and Supply Chain on retail channel inventory allocation and manage retailer inventory allocation as needed. Maintain retailer sell-through and sell-in sales forecast and communicate forecast, risks, and opportunities to the supply chain demand and/or supply planning team. Own data integrity, product cost and pricing accuracy, and platform adoption across sales planning tools; Build custom dashboards and reporting tools that deliver actionable insights, and apply AI tools to drive efficiencies across forecasting and planning workflows.

Build strong relationships across Sales, Finance, Direct-to-Consumer, Supply Chain, and Marketing; translate planning outputs into concise, executive-ready communications.

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) required.
~5+ years of experience in forecasting,planning, sales operations, finance, or a similar analytical role.
~ Advanced Excel proficiency; experience with BI tools such as Hex, Tableau, or Power BI.
~ Experience with retail and sales planning platforms; Strong communicator with the ability to translate complex data for both sales partners and executive leadership.
~ Customer Obsessed - Building deep empathy for our customers, putting them at the core of our work, and developing strong, long-term relationships with them.

Lift As We Climb - Investing in developing others and helping others around us succeed. A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their families (For more information on our total rewards please click here )
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor and develop, and advocate for change. The target annual base pay range for this role is $112,000 to $148,000
This target annual base pay range represents our good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this role.

We use a market-based compensation approach to set our target annual base pay ranges and make adjustments annually. Beyond base pay, we offer a Total Rewards package that may include participation in our annual bonus program, equity, and other forms of compensation, in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and lifestyle benefits. We're committed to fair and equitable pay practices, as well as pay transparency. We wholeheartedly embrace and actively seek applications from all individuals, no matter how they identify.

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