Production and Demand Planner, Fragrance Manufacturing

Who we are at Osmo:

Osmo is a digital olfaction company, on a mission to give computers a sense of smell to improve the health and wellbeing of human life. Why? Our sense of smell both enriches and saves lives, and has a deep and direct connection to our emotions and memory. This foundational understanding of smell's impact has directly informed the development of our latest innovation: Generation.

Generation is a new kind of fragrance house powered by Olfactory Intelligence (OI) to blend AI with world-class perfumery. It will help brands create emotionally resonant scents faster, more accessibly, and with greater creative clarity. Our technology allows us to explore vast scent possibilities, discover novel ingredients, and design fragrances informed by both data and artistry.

Beyond fragrance, Olfactory Intelligence has applications across industries including manufacturing, security, medicine, and more. We believe in the power of automation and thoughtfully applied AI/ML to solve problems beyond the reach of human intuition alone. Osmo is headquartered in New York, NY, with a new facility in New Jersey, and offices in Somerville, MA.

Osmo is seeking a Production and Demand Planner who will be a pivotal link between our commercial and manufacturing execution. The individual will be responsible for developing forecasts to drive strategic inventory decisions and for creating detailed production schedules to optimize manufacturing resources. This role requires a strong analytical mindset, excellent communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

Demand Planning:

• Forecasting: Develop and manage statistical demand forecasts at various levels of aggregation (product family, SKU, etc.) by analyzing historical sales data, market trends, and business intelligence. In some cases, the development can be based on statistical analysis and/or trend analysis.

• Collaboration: Partner with the Sales and Commercial teams to gather market intelligence, promotional plans, and new product launch information to refine forecasts and ensure accuracy.

• S&OP Process: Facilitate and lead the demand review portion of the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process, collaborating with internal stakeholders to reach a consensus forecast.

• Performance Analysis: Monitor and report on key demand planning metrics, such as forecast accuracy and bias, and identify root causes for forecast errors to drive continuous improvement.

Production Planning:

• Scheduling: Create and manage a detailed production schedule for manufacturing operations, including compounding, filling, and packaging lines, to meet the consensus demand plan.

• Capacity Optimization: Optimize production capacity by considering equipment availability, raw material lead times, and labor resources to ensure on-time delivery of fragrance bulk products and fragrance bottled products.

• Materials Planning (MRP): Work with procurement to generate and manage Material Requirements Planning (MRP) for raw materials and components, ensuring adequate inventory to support the production schedule without excessive stock.

• Inventory Management: Monitor and manage finished goods inventory levels, working to minimize excess and obsolete stock while maintaining service level targets.

• Problem Resolution: Proactively identify and resolve production bottlenecks, material shortages, and other issues that could impact the production schedule.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a Production Planning, Demand Planning, or a similar Supply Chain role, preferably within a fragrance, flavors, CPG, cosmetics, or manufacturing environment.

• Experienced with statistical forecasting methods and demand planning software.

• Experience in ERP/MRP systems and standard Google/Microsoft Office Applications (especially spreadsheets).

• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and make informed decisions.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across multiple departments.

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and more.

If this role inspires you we’d encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought, background, and approaches. All employment decisions and responsibilities are determined based on current ability and your ability to grow, without regard to race, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Osmo does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Osmo or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by the Osmo Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Osmo and Osmo will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.