Sr. Sales Planning & Forecast Manager

NETGEAR
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 114,000 - 156,000 annuallyFunction: SalesExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Cross-functional leadership","Stakeholder management","Analytical thinking","Communication","Attention to detail"]

Own and lead sales forecasting across retail and e-commerce partners, building weekly through longer-range forecasts using historical sales, POS data, trends, seasonality, promotions, and business inputs. Partner with Sales leadership and align with Finance, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, and Marketing to improve accuracy, bias, and variance KPIs. Deliver forecast reporting, insights, and scenario analysis, while building and automating forecasting tools and processes using Excel, BI, and AI-enabled capabilities.

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Sr. Sales Planning & Forecast Manager

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Job Summary

Own and lead sales forecasting across retail and e-commerce partners, building weekly through longer-range forecasts using historical sales, POS data, trends, seasonality, promotions, and business inputs. Partner with Sales leadership and align with Finance, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, and Marketing to improve accuracy, bias, and variance KPIs. Deliver forecast reporting, insights, and scenario analysis, while building and automating forecasting tools and processes using Excel, BI, and AI-enabled capabilities.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Sales
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and lead the sales forecasting process across retail and e-commerce channels, customers, and products.
  • •Develop and manage forecasts (weekly, monthly, quarterly, and longer-range) using historical sales, POS data, trends, seasonality, promotions, and business inputs.
  • •Drive cross-functional forecast alignment across Sales, Finance, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, and Marketing, incorporating customer insights and changing market conditions.
  • •Analyze actuals vs. forecast to identify key drivers of variance and improve forecast accuracy, bias, and KPIs through continuous process enhancements.
  • •Build and improve forecasting processes, tools, and reporting—using Excel, BI, AI, planning platforms—and perform scenario/sensitivity analysis for key business events.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 114,000 - 156,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •5–8+ years of experience in sales forecasting, demand planning, sales analytics, or a related analytical role.
  • •Proven ability to own or lead a forecasting process and drive forecasting performance.
  • •Strong analytical skills working with large, complex datasets and performing forecast accuracy, bias, and variance analysis.
  • •Advanced Excel skills (pivots, formulas, lookups, data modeling) and experience analyzing historical sales, POS, inventory, and demand data.
  • •Experience using AI tools to accelerate analysis, automate workflows, or improve forecasting, plus strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder management.
Experience:5+ years
Skills:Cross-functional leadershipStakeholder managementAnalytical thinkingCommunicationAttention to detail
Tech Stack:ExcelBIAITableauPower BIPOS dataMachine learningGenerative AI

Company Brief

NETGEAR
NETGEAR designs and sells networking hardware and services for consumers, small/medium businesses, and service providers, including routers, switches, Wi‑Fi systems, network storage, and security solutions.
Industry: Networking Equipment
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1996
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