VP, Supply Chain Planning

About the position As the Vice President of Supply Chain Planning you will be the strategic, data-driven, hands-on leader responsible for the end-to-end execution of dynamic demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and supply-side risk mitigation. Tasked with leading a digital and structural transformation, this role will re-organize the Planning Department to support rapid scaling. The primary objective is to synchronize market demand signals with global production schedules, ensuring responsiveness to the "trend-driven" nature of the toy industry characterized by heavy peak seasons and key retail moments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly Forecast alignment process, bridging the gap between "Top-Down" sales targets (by brand/retailer) and "Bottoms-Up" item-level sales forecasts.
• Develop a formal "Actioning" protocol to investigate and resolve discrepancies between both sales forecasts by partnering with Sales Leadership to review latest POS performance, customer on hand (on water, in distribution centers, in store) inventory levels, forecasted ladder planning, safety stock positioning, supply chain, and related inputs to ensure proper Sales and Operating Planning process.
• Manage Global Demand Planners to refine rolling bottoms up forecasts and scenario planning to respond to real-time demand shifts, supply constraints, and retailer commitments.
• Establish and maintain a disciplined planning calendar aligned to development milestones, production lead times, and retail line reviews.
• Collaborate with Asia Production Control Team to convert the reconciled demand plan into actionable production purchase orders (POs), ensuring factory capacity is reserved and utilized efficiently.
• Oversee inventory flow, allocation, replenishment, and approve inventory production requests from Sales and Demand Planners.
• Proactively identify "at-risk" inventory and collaborate with Sales to create exit strategies (promotions/markdowns).
• Minimize excess and obsolescence risk, particularly for licensed, seasonal, and trend-driven assortments.
• Operate as the Demand Planning lead for one of our Big 3 accounts (Walmart, Target, or Amazon) to learn the business and familiarize with existing processes and opportunities.
• Deliver monthly and seasonal performance report highlighting risks and opportunities across sales forecasts alignment, inventory liability, and margin.
• Develop and track KPIs including forecast alignment, accuracy, inventory ROI, and inventory liability risk.
• Action any sales “chase” opportunities identified by the Sales and Business Intelligence Teams.
• Communicate opportunities to Asia team in a format that will allow them to verify production and tooling capacity.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, systems, tools, and analytical capabilities.
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing Demand and Inventory Planning team.

Requirements

• 10–15+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain, or Integrated Business Planning (IBP), with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role (Director or VP level).
• Experience in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), ideally within the toy, fashion, or electronics industries - anywhere characterized by extreme seasonality and short product lifecycles.
• Demonstrated experience in building or restructuring a planning department, including hiring talent, defining workflows, and implementing "best-in-class" planning procedures
• Experience managing high SKU counts (1,000+) and significant annual revenue (e.g., $100M+), particularly with high-volume US retailers like Walmart, Target, and Amazon.
• Deep expertise in Top-Down/Bottoms-Up reconciliation. They must be able to walk into a room of Sales VPs and use data to challenge overly optimistic forecasts without damaging relationships.
• Ability to leverage statistical modeling and predictive analytics to improve baseline item-level forecasts.
• Must be a Hands-on Leader - willing to dive into a pivot table or a factory production schedule on Monday, and present a 3-year strategic roadmap to the C-Suite on Tuesday.
• Exceptional ability to lead teams through process changes, specifically moving from "siloed" planning to "consensus" planning.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Integrated Business Planning, Finance or related field required

Nice-to-haves

• Change management experience a plus.
• MBA or advanced degree is a plus.

Benefits

• Our benefits package includes basic medical insurance that is 100% company-paid for employees and their children, employee basic life and AD&D insurance, a 401(K) retirement program with Jazwares matching up to 4% of pretax or post-tax deferrals, short and long-term disability, and tuition reimbursement.
• Our work environment provides a flexible work schedule that includes a Monday through Thursday on-site, with an optional WFH on Fridays, up to 20 workdays fully remote each year, and Time Off for vacation and sick leave.
• Through Jazwares Cares, you will have the opportunity to volunteer for up to 16 hours a year on community service projects.