Demand Planner

Kinetico Incorporated•Newbury Township, OH

27d•Onsite

About The Position

The Demand Planner analyzes sales forecasts, historical sales trends, consumer market opportunities and constraints, marketing campaign expectations, and the product lifecycle to prepare a recurring forecast for the demand of products for a segment of the customer base.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain or other relevant fields with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a demand planning/forecasting role.
3 – 5 years’ experience with demand planning, forecasting models and applications.
Solid understanding of inventory management practices and procedures.
Knowledge of MRP processes.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Must be detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Conducts all activities with the highest of integrity.
Good computer skills including word processing and spreadsheet proficiency.

Nice To Haves

Experience with JD Edwards software a plus.

Responsibilities

Collects and analyzes sales expectations, historical trends, and market potential to derive a sales forecast for the customer segment.
Identifies customer volume patterns and works to develop consensus on monthly forecast accuracy target.
Produces forecast models that generate multiple demand scenarios, identifying and raising visibility to risks and opportunities.
Improves forecast accuracy by identifying key root causes for forecast errors and implements initiatives to improve future forecast accuracy.
Reconciles significant variances through cross functional research and refines the forecast to reflect updated assumptions.
Maintains a promotional campaign calendar to align short term campaign expectations with forecast variances.
Collaborates with sales team to capture changes by customer and communicates volume adjustments throughout supply chain channels.
Monitors inventory levels to ensure inventories meet short-term forecast demand changes.
Utilizes available systems (ERP, CRM) to develop reports that monitor sales and delivery activity necessary to measure the effectiveness of forecast modeling.
Participates in and may lead Sales and Operations Planning meetings providing insight into customer segment ordering trends or variances.
Collaborates with Demand Planning team to incorporate new products and transition out obsolete products from the forecast cycle.