Demand Planner

About This Role

Developing and improving demand forecasts that support sales, service, inventory, and supply planning goals is the core of this Demand Planner role. You will partner with Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Sales Strategy, and Marketing through the S&OP process to evaluate customer, market, and business inputs and improve forecast accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Refresh and publish rolling 18-month weekly and monthly forecasts by brand and UPC
• Partner with Sales, Sales Strategy, Marketing, and Supply Planning to align forecasts with customer needs, promotions, new item launches, discontinuations, and market trends
• Lead Pre-S&OP and S&OP meetings, ensuring risks, assumptions, decisions, and follow-up actions are clearly documented
• Track and interpret forecast accuracy metrics, identify root causes of variance, and drive continuous improvement actions
• Use planning systems and reporting tools to identify forecast errors, trends, risks, and corrective actions
• Communicate demand changes, supply risks, and special requests to Supply Chain Planning in a timely manner
• Develop scenario plans for demand shifts, supply constraints, promotions, and new item launches
• Translate customer, channel, promotional, and market insights into clear forecast assumptions

Requirements

• Bachelor
• 5+ years of demand planning or forecast analysis experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn data into actionable recommendations
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Nice to have:

• Experience with demand planning, ERP, reporting, and data visualization tools, such as Blue Yonder/JDA, SAP/APO, Power BI, Excel, or similar systems

Benefits

• Bonus
• Medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid holidays, floating holidays, and vacation days starting in their first year of employment depending on hire date
• 401k retirement plan (with company match and profit-sharing)
• Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Important Details

• Work environment: hybrid, in-person attendance required on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with remote work options on Mondays and Fridays

About the Company

Church & Dwight is a company that genuinely cares about its people, products, consumers and the environment. Its unique, informal culture champions courage, determination and collaboration. United by the belief that when it strives for growth, anything is possible, it believes it can have the biggest impact because: Together We Have the Power to Win.