Demand Planner

The posting, as Sunco Lighting wrote it

This role is based at our headquarters in Valencia, California, and requires an on-site schedule Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Who We Are

Sunco is one of the largest and fastest-growing online lighting retailers in the U.S.—and we’re just getting started. Headquartered in sunny Valencia, CA, we’re powered by an amazing team of people who bring passion, purpose, and innovation to everything they do.

What We Do

We light up the world—literally

Millions of customers have trusted Sunco for our energy-efficient LED lighting and our commitment to quality, value, and customer care. Whether it’s a home renovation or a large-scale commercial project, our mission is to deliver top-tier lighting solutions with unbeatable service and eco-conscious impact.

At Sunco, we don’t just sell lights—we help our customers see things in a whole new light.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Demand Planner to drive forecasting and inventory planning across a growing multi-channel business. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining demand forecasts across e-commerce, Amazon (FBA/FBM), retail, wholesale, marketplace, and direct-to-consumer channels. You will leverage data, market trends, and business insights to create accurate forecasts that support inventory availability, operational efficiency, and business growth. The ideal candidate has experience building and managing forecast models, translating complex data into actionable recommendations, and collaborating cross-functionally to align demand plans with sales, supply chain, purchasing, and operational objectives. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting new product launches, channel expansion, inventory strategy, and continuous improvement within a fast-paced and growing organization.

What You’ll Do

• Create and maintain demand forecasts across Amazon, e-commerce, retail, wholesale, marketplace, and direct-to-consumer channels.
• Analyze sales trends, seasonality, inventory levels, promotions, and market activity to improve forecast accuracy and inventory planning.
• Review system-generated forecasts, apply demand adjustments, and maintain planning assumptions based on business needs and market changes.
• Monitor inventory health and recommend replenishment actions to reduce stockouts, excess inventory, and allocation issues.
• Partner with Sales, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance teams to align demand plans, inventory strategies, and business priorities.
• Track forecast accuracy and key planning metrics while supporting continuous improvements in forecasting processes, tools, and reporting.
• Manage demand planning systems, forecast inputs, planning parameters, and item-level assumptions to generate accurate demand forecasts.
• Analyze sales history, seasonality, promotions, pricing changes, inventory levels, market trends, and competitive activity to improve forecast accuracy.

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any match to help you save for retirement.

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs): Take advantage of FSAs to manage out-of-pocket healthcare and dependent care expenses efficiently.
• Time Off Policy : We believe in the importance of work-life balance and provide a generous time off policy, including paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access confidential counseling and support services for personal and professional challenges.
• Team Building Activities: Engage in weekly challenges, weekly Wellness Walks, regular team-building activities, and quarterly company outings to foster a strong sense of community.

Job Type: Full-time , Exempt
Compensation: $120,000/Annually

DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to accurately reflect the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.
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