Demand Planner - Home & Distribution

(eligibility depends on start date), and military leave benefits.

You must submit an online application to be considered for the position. The Company will accept applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Accountable for leading the Offer and Demand review process for the business unit, managing the Collaborative Sales forecast process, and delivering a consistent and aligned demand plan for the next 24 months. The Demand Planning process is fully embedded in the SIOP. Key aspect of job is to understand impact & consequences of any given demand plan on the subsequent delivering supply chain through collaborative End to End simulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Statistical Forecast Baseline

• Prepare the data and clean the sales order history.

• Analyze and validate the statistical forecast baseline and trends with data scientists.

• Get the right connection to integrate the macroeconomic indicators in the statistical forecast baseline.

• Collaboration

• Interact with marketing, finance, and LoB to understand demand forecast drivers.

• Achieve consensus for forecasts at product family level

• Understand strategic growth initiatives

• Enrichments

• Integrate any event in the demand plan, that can be customers projects, launches or phase-out projects.

• Monitor and drive improvement in Forecast value add.

• Adjustments

• Coordinate demand plan alignment with Marketing, Finance & LoB

• Communication

• Prepare and lead the Offer and Demand Review.

• Communicate the forecast and assumptions.

• Highlight new products, and product phase-outs which are at risk and define actions to mitigate the risks. (OCP Discussions)

• Communicate main changes in forecast versus previous months

• Provide input to the Supply & Inventory Planners to assess the impact on inventory and capacity.

• Work closely with Supply & Inventory planner on simulations and impact to the rest of the Supply Chain

• Continuous Improvement

Qualifications

Competencies

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities as well as attention to detail

• Proven ability to work in a team environment between the functions of Sales, Marketing, Finance, Manufacturing plants and Supply Chain Planning.

• Leadership skills

Qualifications/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree OR 7+ years of experience in Supply Planning. Additional experience in Supply & Inventory Planning, Production Planning and Vendor Forecasting would be appreciated.

• Experience with Kinaxis, SAP is PLUS.

Schedule: Full-time
Req: 0095O7