Demand Planner

About This Role

The Demand Planner improves the accuracy and reliability of the demand plan by projecting the most realistic estimate of customer demand in collaboration with other functions. This role manages expectations to enhance the responsiveness of the organization's supply chain in fulfilling customer demand.

Responsibilities

• Implement monthly S&OP best practices, including highlighting variances versus financial forecast and risks, while maintaining and reporting monthly, quarterly, and fiscal forecast KPIs
• Effectively use the Demand Planning system to enable an exception-based management approach
• Collaborate with Marketing and Sales by providing input on a regular basis regarding product launches, portfolio optimization, rationale of commercial decisions, promotions, and customer behavior
• Use appropriate statistical models and parameters to enrich statistical forecasts and generate accurate baseline demand forecast for an 18-month horizon
• Maintain the system to reflect the lifecycle of products
• Monitor alerts to identify potential inventory problems through all planning horizons and coordinate efforts to resolve
• Create and maintain the appropriate master data in the planning systems, minimizing errors, avoiding duplication and obsolescence

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of successful demand planning experience
• CPG experience preferred
• Advanced proficiency in Excel
• Familiarity with SAP or other ERP tools
• Strong analytical aptitude with a proven ability to analyze/interpret data and build quantitative models of business problems
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and pushbacks as part of building a forecast with cross-functional partners

About the Company

A CPG organization is looking for a Demand Planner to join their team.