Demand Planner

KeHE Distributors, LLC•Naperville, IL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

At KeHE, we’re obsessed with creating solutions, unboxing potential, and serving others – and it all starts with you. As an employee-owned distributor of natural and organic, specialty, and fresh products, we’re committed to making a positive impact and scaling our success together. With a culture that fosters development and opportunity, you’ll be embarking on a career that’s moving forward. When you join KeHE, you’re becoming part of a team that is a force for good.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Engineering or related field
1-3 years of forecasting/planning experience in a high SKU, slow movement environment
Utilizing advanced planning systems such as BlueYonder, SAP/APO, Logility, Oracle Demantra, Manhattan DFIO, etc.
Solid understanding of applicable statistical concepts needed to appropriately “tune” forecasts.
Outstanding analytical skills with demonstrated success organizing, analyzing and accurately interpreting large amounts of data.
Outstanding communication (both verbal and written) and relationship management skills.
Capable of influencing & educating organization on supply chain and forecasting success factors.
Ability to prioritize workload to have the most significant impact on customer satisfaction and performance to KPI’s.
Intermediate to advanced excel capabilities, including V-lookups, Pivot tables, etc.
Willingness to collaborate and continuous improvement mindset.
Adaptability/change management.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in food industry and/or code sensitive product environment preferred.

Responsibilities

Managing forecasts and demand planning activities at multiple levels of hierarchy within their assigned area.
Supporting demand planning responsibilities for the S&OP process.
Managing overall relationships between the KeHE supply chain organization, DC Operations, and the independent and regional account teams to facilitate seamless integration between customer and KeHE order management processes & systems.
Driving results towards company and demand specific KPIs (Forecast Accuracy, Bias outbound fill rate, promotional execution, inventory turnover, and spoils).
Seasonal Planning and profile maintenance for key holidays and repeatable events.
On-going forecast maintenance (base and total) and exception management within Manhattan DFIO.
Partnering with the appropriate Supply Chain Solutions Lead/Acct Team to integrate key account/channel demand into the overall DC/item forecasted need.
Collaborating with both internal and external business partners to ensure alignment between forecast and execution.
Utilizing internal data to quickly recognize changes in sales trends to drive a proactive response across the supply chain.
Acting as a Subject Matter Expert for demand contributing to regularly scheduled meetings with business partners to review performance against expectations, KPI’s and areas of opportunity.
Providing data-driven insight and actionable feedback to all internal and external partners regarding quality/accuracy of event-based sales projections.
Supporting projects as needed.