Analyst, IBP

Kraft Heinz•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Analyst, Demand Planning Capabilities plays a critical role in supporting the evolution of demand planning processes, tools, and systems across the organization. This individual will work at the intersection of data, technology, and supply chain to help build, maintain, and improve the capabilities that drive accurate demand forecasting and business decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Logistics, or related field.
1–3 years’ experience in logistics, demand planning/forecasting, supply planning, or related areas, within CPG preferred.
Proficient in Excel and general knowledge of other MS Office applications
Strong analytics skills (Excel; Power BI/Tableau and SQL a plus).
Problem-solving mindset, with a passion for analyzing large data sets and translating insights into action
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with planning tools (e.g. o9, SAP IBP/APO, Kinaxis, Anaplan)

Responsibilities

Support weekly/monthly demand planning processes by preparing accurate data, reports, and analysis in a timely manner.
Support Demand Planners by troubleshooting reports, system, and data issues; documenting risks and enhancement requests; and driving timely resolution.
Maintain dashboards, reports, and ad hoc analyses that track forecast accuracy, bias, autonomous/touchless forecasting, and other key planning metrics.
Analyze forecast performance to identify trends, root causes, data quality gaps, and improvement opportunities.
Support the design, testing, release, deployment, and adoption of demand planning capabilities (system enhancements, tools, and process improvements).
Maintain business requirements, process workflows, standard operating procedures, training materials, playbooks, and other capability documentation.
Partner with Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Digital, IT, and other cross-functional teams to support planning effectiveness, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.