Demand Planner, Racquet Sports Cloth

Amer Sports Company•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Demand Planner is responsible for evaluating and consolidating the demand for their respective business unit. In addition, they are responsible for creating, maintaining, and updating the regional demand plan for the US market. The Demand Planner works in collaboration with the Product Line Managers, Commercial/Merchandising Teams, Sales Development Analyst and the Supply Planning Teams to ensure the demand reflects the customer demand to support orders, drive sales, minimize excess inventory and meet financial targets.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business administration or a related field
2-3 years of experience in a supply chain, demand planning, or similar role
Previous experience working with large data sets, high SKU count, a large number of different colors, sizes, etc.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office with an intermediate to advanced level of Excel
Proven ability to analyze data and make updates/recommendations based on analysis
Detail oriented and extremely organized
Excellent verbal and written communication

Nice To Haves

Passion for baseball and/or softball preferred
SAP experience preferred

Responsibilities

Manage Demand Review and Scorecard (Sales, SPA, OTIF) in monthly S&OP cycle
Review the rolling 12-month demand plans and evaluate vs financial targets
Evaluate results of excess inventory sell off identified at previous month Supply Review
Identify and mitigate existing service or financial risks
Confirm new products and those at end-of-life
Work cross-functionally to understand the product range, financial targets, and sales strategies
Develop A/B/C product approach to planning to manage risk and optimize effort
Measure and report on forecast performance
Challenge range efficiency and highlight non-performers to Product Management and Commercial/Merchandising teams
Review in-season sales compared to forecasts/orders and make updates based on trend and sales input
Update forecast tool (GDP/GSPC) with all forecast changes and ASPs by set deadlines
Communicate forecast changes to Planning and Marketing team including context behind changes by set deadlines
Create, run, and manage all reporting to support demand plans