Merama Looking for Demand Planning Analyst at Área metropolitana de Ciudad de México Full Time

Merama’s mission is to become the best and largest online group of brands in Latin America. Our business model consists on acquiring consumer goods brands across Latin America and accelerate growth on e-commerce and marketplaces together with the leading merchants. We’re a young company with more than 20 brands and 300 people around LATAM (with focus on Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and Chile) and USA with different nationalities. Merama ran 2 investment rounds, and before completing the first year of operations, Merama became a Unicorn Company.

Why would you love working at Merama?

We are a company committed to our people, we strongly believe in giving the best customer experience, not only for our external clients but our internal clients too, we care about them and their wellbeing. Also, we are an inclusive company where everybody can feel safe and heard.

We are a fast-paced environment moved by collaboration and data-driven mindset that encourages everyone to participate, to create and build our future together.

Merama is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. We don’t make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy.

If you want to learn more about Merama please visit: Merama.io | Instagram: @merama.io | LinkedIn

About the team:

The demand planning team is responsible for the forecasting & inventory optimization of our merchants. We create and implement tools and processes to help merchants reduce the risk of out of stock while optimizing inventory position & investment. We are an analytical and strategical team that focuses on ensuring harmony between quick impact and long-term value by developing solutions that impact multiple teams (commercial, planning, finance, purchasing) within our merchants.

About the role:

This role is for you if you are passionate about establishing new processes & optimizing existing ones, have great communication and analytical skills, and love to work as part of a team. You enjoy coordinating multiple teams and presenting new ideas with impact beyond your core responsibilities. You are avid to work in a fast-paced startup with multiple growth & learning opportunities. You are structured, organized and have a results-oriented mindset. You enjoy getting intimate knowledge of multiple processes, identifying improvement opportunities and implementing solutions.

Main Responsibilities:

• Assist and own demand planning, replenishment & channel fulfillment processes and tools for some Merama brands
• Adapt and implement forecasting and replenishment processes for Merama brands based on each partner specific needs
• Help optimize the capital needed to achieve sales & growth goals based on inventory planning optimization
• Track measurable goals that demonstrate improvements in demand planning, replenishment & product availability efforts within Merama partners
• Help review current processes, identify business opportunities and propose & develop projects to materialize those opportunities
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams with projects beyond demand planning (e.g.,Pricing, International expansion, event planning, marketing optimization, etc.) as part of different groups
• Support tool creation and optimization (excel, SQL, etc.) to be levered by demand planning & replenishment processes across Merama
• Efficiently communicate with other teams to align goals and efforts

We are looking for someone who has:

• 2 + years of experience in highly analytical roles
• Experience with demand planning processes, either from production or distribution parties, either owning the process or participating on it
• Skills: Analytical, data-driven, proactive, results oriented, effective communication
• Ability and will to work as part of a team
• Ability to dig through data, draw conclusions and make recommendations
• Ease to manipulate & integrate data coming from different sources
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel / Strongly numerate, and comfortable manipulating large data sets
• A highly analytical self-starter who can manage multiple projects and figure out complex problems without a lot of oversight
• Advanced working knowledge of Spanish and intermediate English at minimum

Desirable qualifications:

• Have experience in E-commerce or retail inventory planning, either managing a brand or a marketplace
• Have experience in other retail or E-commerce areas
• Are motivated to work in a fast-paced environment close to outstanding professionals with deep human qualities
• Are focused on the good on the team and company, and just want to build something massive
• Have experience in SQL
• Have experience in S&OP processes

What we offer to you (benefits):

• Benefits of law.
• Flex Vacation Days.
• English or Portuguese Classes.
• Health Insurance.
• Annual Bonus.
• Extended Maternity and Paternity leave.
• Stock Options.

We want to find people who believe in our mission and feel inspired enough to grow with the company. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t have all the requirements 🙂

We want to find people who believe in our mission and feel inspired enough to grow with the company. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t have all the requirements 🙂