Demand Planner

Stefanini Group • East Hanover, NJ

18h • Onsite

About The Position

Stefanini Group is hiring! Stefanini is looking for a Customer Demand Planning Manager in East Hanover, NJ For quick apply, please reach out to Johvie Cuan Call: 248-582-6508 / Email: [email protected] Location: 100 Deforest Ave., East Hanover, NJ 07936 Shift: Monday-Friday, 9 AM - 5 PM Responsibilities: This is a key role in our Customer Demand Planning team and is crucial in supporting customer and location level forecasting, short term demand and horizon alignment, new item distribution and assortment forecasting, forecast reconciliation and cross functional demand representation.

Requirements

• Entry Level Manager (5+ Years or work-related equivalent)
• Demand & Forecasting Experience (Must Have)
• APO System Functional knowledge preferred
• Strong analytical skills with advanced MS Excel
• Proven ability to analyze forecast accuracy, bias, and error trends
• Ability to identify gaps between plan vs actuals and quantify Root causing
• Relationship & Influence
• Must have comfort in influence without authority
• Analytical & Forecasting Expertise (Must Have)
• Experience in having owned customer-level shipment forecasts in CPG, Foodservice or Omni Channel environment
• Strong understanding of demand drivers
• Proven ability to analyze forecast accuracy, bias, and error trends
• Ability to identify gaps between plan vs actuals and quantify Root causing
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, variance analysis)
• Root Cause & Insight Integration
• Ability to diagnose forecast variance across multiple dimensions Customer behavior change, promotional execution gaps, supply / deployment constraints, timing, etc.
• Experience partnering with Sales to gather field intelligence
• Translate qualitative inputs into fact based forecast adjustments
• Continuously refine assumptions
• Comfortable documenting and communicating clear 'what changed, why, so what' narratives
• Story Telling & Executive Presence
• Lead customer and cross functional demand discussions
• Influence without authority
• Connect insights to business outcomes (Service, revenue, inventory)
• Demonstrated ability to challenge inputs constructively
• Sales Partnership & Relationship Management
• Proven track record of building trust with sales team - thought partner
• Comfortable navigating tension
• Operating Style
• Highly organized, fast paced environment, strong ownership mindset, balances urgency in a high-pressure, short-term horizon

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience with APO planning system and Sales Force

Responsibilities

• Customer & Location Level Forecasting: support customer level Bottoms-Up demand forecasts for key customers (Food Service & E-comm), including regional and location-level oversight to ensure accuracy and alignment.
• Short Term Demand & Horizon Alignment: Manage near-term executional forecasts (0-13 Weeks) and support alignment to Lag 2 Month and Lag 5 Week forecasts across planning horizon
• New Item, Distribution & Assortment Forecasting: Maintain forecasts for new item launches, customer-specific distribution changes, resets, and assortment updates including timing and volume assumptions.
• Forecast Reconciliation & Performance Management: Lead reconciliation between Bottoms-Up and Brand / IBP forecasts, monitor sales vs forecast, investigate variances, and track forecast accuracy and bias.
• Cross Functional Demand Representation: Represent Customer Demand in S&OE and DMS forums, supporting demand insights, promotion & event forecasting, and root cause analysis tied to service and CFR impacts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed