Summary
Huda Beauty is hiring a Planning Manager, eCommerce, in Dubai to lead forecasting and inventory planning for its global eCommerce business. The role develops driver-based forecasts, manages product lifecycle and inventory health, and works with commercial, finance, marketing, S&OP, and supply chain teams. The successful candidate will have a relevant bachelor’s degree and 5–8 years of experience in demand planning, business planning, or supply chain. Advanced Excel skills are required; ERP, Shopify, and Power BI experience are preferred.
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Who We Are: At Huda Beauty, our Vision is to lead in creating a democratized beauty industry where power is given back to people to define, create, and enjoy beauty for themselves! Launched by award-winning beauty powerhouse Huda Kattan in 2013, Huda Beauty is one of the world’s fastest growing beauty brands. As a company, we are fueled by purpose and not profit, this allows us to approach things differently so that we can create products, content, and a community like no other. A lot has changed since our launch in 2013, but something that will forever remain at the core of Huda Beauty is our focus on business excellence and our unwavering passion for kindness!
Summary: The Planning Manager- eCommerce plays a critical role in driving data-led decision-making across a global ecom business. This role owns forecasting and inventory planning processes while ensuring strong alignment across commercial, finance, marketing, and supply chain teams.
You will go beyond execution - challenging assumptions, identifying risks and opportunities proactively, and influencing business decisions through robust, driver-based planning. Operating as a thought partner to key stakeholders, you will bring strong commercial acumen, agility, and a global mindset to continuously improve forecast accuracy, inventory efficiency, and overall business performance.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Own business forecasting across all time horizons (weekly to annual), with accountability for forecast accuracy as the primary KPI
- Drive adoption and optimisation of planning tools (e.g., FuturMaster), phasing out reliance on manual processes
- Develop and maintain robust, driver-based forecasting models incorporating marketing plans, launch phasing, distribution strategy, product typology, benchmarks, and early sales signals
- Partner cross-functionally (commercial, finance, S&OP, supply chain, operations) to ensure forecasts are aligned with business strategy
- Actively challenge assumptions and inputs to improve forecast integrity and planning quality
- Translate data into clear, actionable recommendations that influence business decisions
- Own and contribute demand inputs into monthly demand review cycles with clear, data-backed inputs
- Apply strong commercial awareness, including stock provisions, excess risk, and P&L impact
- Manage end-to-end product lifecycle planning, including new launches, assortment updates, and discontinuations
- Align planning outputs with promotional strategy, marketing calendar, GWP/sampling, and bundling initiatives
- Monitor launch and campaign performance and dynamically reforecast based on early signals (within ~4–8 weeks)
- Identify risks early (stock-outs, overstock, slow movers) and drive timely mitigation actions
- Manage inventory health across markets, ensuring optimal availability while minimising excess and ageing stock
- Continuously refine forecasts based on real-time performance and structured feedback loops
- Ensure strong alignment between launch performance and future planning assumptions
- Identify inefficiencies and drive automation and process improvements across planning workflows
- Improve tools, dashboards, and planning frameworks to enhance decision-making speed and quality
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Analytics, or a related field
- 5–8 years’ experience in demand planning, business planning, or supply chain
- Strong analytical capability including retail mathematics and large dataset analysis
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP, Shopify, and Power BI preferred
- Proven ability to take ownership and drive outcomes independently
- Ability to identify issues, think critically, and act with a solution-oriented mindset
- Strong collaboration skills with ability to work cross-functionally
- Clear communication skills with ability to present insights in a structured manner
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, international environment
- Experience in beauty, fashion, or lifestyle industries preferred
Benefits
- Monthly “Self Love Days” – at company discretion
- Premium Medical/Dental/Vision coverage for employee plus dependents
- Monthly coaching sessions with our in-house Success Coach
- Employee discounts on all Huda Beauty products
- Quarterly product gifting
Huda Beauty is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams and upholding an equal employment workplace that is free from discrimination. We hire stellar individuals regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical conditions, disability, or veteran status. If you need reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.