Demand and Supply Planning ManagerAbout Ugaoo:

Ugaoo is one of India's leading D2C brands in the home gardening space, focused on making gardening simple, accessible, and enjoyable for every household. With a strong digital-first approach, a growing retail footprint, marketplace presence, corporate gifting, and landscaping & maintenance services, Ugaoo serves a diverse customer base across the country.

Our portfolio spans live plants, seeds, gardening inputs, planters, and green lifestyle products. Given the perishable nature of a significant part of our inventory and the complexity of managing a high-SKU product portfolio, our supply chain plays a critical role in delivering a seamless customer experience. Backed by a technology-driven and customer-centric approach, Ugaoo operates through multiple fulfillment hubs, managing a high-velocity supply chain that includes procurement, inventory planning, warehousing, last-mile delivery, and reverse logistics.

As we continue to scale, we are building a future-ready, highly efficient, and tech-enabled supply chain ecosystem powered by innovation, operational excellence, and passionate people who are excited to redefine the gardening experience in India.

Role Summary:

We are looking for a highly analytical and execution-focused Demand & Supply Planning Manager to drive end-to-end demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory optimization, and replenishment across all sales channels. The ideal candidate should have strong experience with fast-moving and perishable products.

The role requires balancing customer demand with supply constraints while ensuring high product availability, optimum inventory, and minimal wastage across our omnichannel business.





Location: Baner & Talegaon MIDCFormat: On-site, Monday - Saturday

Key Responsibilities:

Demand Planning & Forecasting

- Develop accurate demand forecasts using historical sales, seasonality, promotions, new product launches, and market trends.
- Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Category, Procurement, and Finance teams to build consensus forecasts.
- Monitor forecast accuracy and continuously improve forecasting models.
- Analyze demand fluctuations and proactively recommend corrective actions.

Supply Planning

- Develop supply plans aligned with demand forecasts, production capacities, procurement timelines, and vendor capabilities.
- Ensure timely replenishment across warehouses, retail stores, and quick commerce dark stores.
- Balance inventory levels while minimizing stock-outs, excess inventory, and product expiry.
- Plan inventory movement across hubs based on demand patterns.

Inventory Management

- Drive inventory optimization across multiple product categories.
- Monitor inventory ageing, slow-moving inventory, and shelf-life risks.
- Recommend liquidation or promotional plans to reduce inventory losses.
- Maintain target inventory norms across all channels.

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP;)

- Participate in monthly S&OP; meetings and prepare planning dashboards.




- Highlight risks related to demand, supply, procurement, or capacity.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to resolve supply gaps.

Cross-functional Collaboration

- Coordinate with Procurement for raw material and finished goods availability.
- Partner with Operations and Warehouse teams to ensure seamless inventory flow.
- Work with Category and Commercial teams during product launches, seasonal campaigns, and promotional events

Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Statistics, or related discipline. MBA/PGDM in Supply Chain or Operations preferred.
- 36 years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, or Supply Chain Planning.
- Mandatory experience in FMCG companies handling rapid-moving and perishable products such as food, beverages, dairy, fresh produce, or similar categories.
- Experience in omnichannel planning (D2C, Retail, E-commerce, Quick Commerce) will be preferred.
- Exposure to large SKU portfolios is highly desirable.

Good to Have:

- Exposure to AI/ML-based demand forecasting tools.
- Experience with planning softwares
- SQL knowledge for data analysis.
- Experience managing seasonal businesses and promotional demand spikes.

Why Join Ugaoo?

- Be part of one of India's fastest-growing D2C lifestyle brands.
- Drive planning and forecasting across retail, e-commerce, marketplaces, and quick commerce channels.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize inventory, improve product availability, and enhance customer experience.
- Play a key role in building scalable planning processes and driving measurable business impact.

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