Exploding Kittens is a leading game and entertainment company with a mission to inspire people to connect, laugh, and play fun games in the physical world. After initially seeking to raise $10k through Kickstarter, Exploding Kittens’ campaign raised $8.7M in 30 days from 219,000 backers. To date, Exploding Kittens is the #1 most-backed project in Kickstarter history and the company has sold over 11 million games.
Started by former Xbox game designer Elan Lee and The Oatmeal’s founder Matt Inman, Exploding Kittens and its family of games recreates game night for a humorous and fun person-to-person experience. Today, there are seven games available for purchase: Exploding Kittens, Bears vs Babies, You’ve Got Crabs, Throw Throw Burrito, Throw Throw Burrito: Extreme, On a Scale of One to T-Rex, and Poetry for Neanderthals, as well as an Exploding Kittens mobile app that is one of the top 30 premium games on both iOS and Android.
Exploding Kittens is seeking an experienced Account Planning Manager to join our Sales Team. In this role you will create and manage new processes for managing sales and inventory forecasts for a variety of customer accounts. You will ensure that we are monitoring sales and profitability performance and inform our Production & Logistics Team of forward-looking inventory needs for our continuously expanding assortment of games. In addition, you will play a key role in monitoring and setting sales and profitability goals at the account level.
HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE:
- Perform account level sales and profitability forecasts
- Partner with retailers and sales representatives to develop demand planning forecasting methodologies based on Exploding Kittens’ and overall category sales history; create a point of view on seasonality, promotional lift and new account or new item forecasting
- Actively monitor retail inventory levels and predict future inventory needs; communicate findings to the Production & Logistics team to ensure healthy in-stock levels at retail locations and 3PL warehouses
- Interface with other departments such as Marketing and Accounting & Finance on topics such as marketing effectiveness and financial forecasting
WHAT WE NEED:
- Minimum 5 years working in account planning or demand planning for a consumer goods company, or large retailer
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, finance, operations or a related field
- Exceptional analytical and organizational skills, and a problem-solving attitude
- Expert at Microsoft Excel, and competency in other relevant software such as Google Drive, Google Docs and Google Sheets
- High service orientation, hands-on mentality and attention to detail
- Entrepreneurial mindset, with experience working in a fast-paced, agile environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
WHAT WE OFFER:
- Company paid medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
- Flexible spending account options (medical, dependent care, transit)
- 401k with company matching
- Flexible paid vacation
- Monthly wellness benefit + complementary wellness subscriptions
- Complimentary lunches on Fridays (where we play games together!)
Make sure to include a PDF of your current resume along with a cover letter.
