Demand and Supply Planner
About The Position
The Demand and Supply Planner will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing demand forecasts, managing inventory plans to ensure optimal stock levels, and collaborating with various teams to align planning with business objectives. This role involves monitoring inventory performance, supporting new product launches, and participating in review meetings to provide actionable insights. The planner will build forecasts using quantitative and qualitative data, analyze sales performance against forecasts, and drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy through data analysis and tool implementation. They will also partner with Category Management to influence production and launch decisions and present findings to North American stakeholders.
Requirements
- B.S. or M.S. in business-related or quantitative field (Supply Chain Management, Economics, Finance, Math, Engineering, or similar discipline)
- 2+ years of experience in demand forecasting
- 6+ years of experience in business strategy, finance, analytics or sales planning experience with Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience in problem solving individually and, in a group
- Experience of communicating insights gained from data with clarity and impact is an asset
Nice To Haves
- Experience with SAP APO forecasting tools is an asset
- Experience with statistical forecasting methods and forecast accuracy metrics
- Advanced experience with Excel is an asset
- Strategic planning experience in a global organization is an asset
- Experience with S&OP processes is an asset
- Experience in Power BI/visualization tools is as asset
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and analyze demand forecasts based on historical data, market trends, and sales input
- Manage inventory plans to ensure optimal stock levels and prevent overstock or stockouts
- Collaborate with the Sales, Marketing, and Operations teams to align demand planning with business objectives
- Monitor and report on inventory performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement
- Support new product launches by forecasting demand and managing inventory requirements
- Participate in regular demand and inventory review meetings, providing actionable insights
- Partner with sales account managers, category managers, and finance to drive accurate demand planning
- Build bottoms up Sell-Through and Sell-In forecasts utilizing multiple quantitative and qualitative datasets and present cycle over cycle results to business leaders across North America stakeholders
- Forecast and track weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly sales performance
- Own the actuals vs forecast and goal performance analysis, drive identification of root causes and plan mitigation measures for gaps in performance
- Share forecast assumptions and impact of strategic activities to forecast outcomes to broader organization and various stakeholders
- Drive implementation of tools and techniques for continuous forecast accuracy improvement by analyzing large datasets, identifying trends, dependencies, correlations, and creating future outlooks based on that
- Partner with Category Management to impact production and launch decisions
- Present outcomes at reviews with business leaders across North America stakeholders
Benefits
- Healthy balance between the demands and the appreciation of our employees
- Good working environment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
