Demand Planner

BRP•Montreal, QC

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a demand planner, you are responsible for creating, monitoring, analyzing and improving the demand forecast for both the short and long term, various product types and channels. You do this in cooperation with the Market Planning, Supply Planning and Deployment teams and help ensure our regional distribution centers capacity needs are clear to support the regional dealers’ sales. In addition to ensuring a smooth monthly demand forecast process, you are also responsible for monitoring the forecast accuracy and you are constantly looking for solutions and tools to improve the accuracy and the efficiency of the plan. In this position, you’ll have the opportunity to develop yourself within a broad field of the supply chain and operations. The emphasis is on cooperation with various departments, and with colleagues in our different distribution locations. We are looking for a supply chain professional who has experience in a global environment with several regional distribution centers, with an understanding of Master Data, DRP calculations and capacity planning. Strong analytical skill is required to evaluate and ability to identify resource constraints, risks and opportunities. We are looking for an entrepreneurial mindset to bring our demand planning process to the next level. The ideal candidate must have good knowledge of planning for multiple distribution centers. It will be critical for the candidate to have the knowledge and experience of working with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment, and the dynamic range to plan long lead times up to 2 to 3 years out while adapting to material movement or allocation on a week-by-week basis.

Requirements

Strong interpersonal and collaboration abilities
Strong oral and written communication skills
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to gather data and use statistical techniques for analysis
Experience conducting or participating in demand planning meetings
Self-starter with excellent organization and time management skills
Be comfortable working in a project environment
Experience with demand planning/forecasting applications – preferably SAP APO / S/4, Optimiza
Strong Microsoft Office (Microsoft Excel, Access etc.) skills
3 to 5 years experience in Supply Chain Planning in consumer electronics or high-tech or retail industry
Demonstrated understanding of supply chain processes, specifically forecasting and demand planning
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, organizational skills and attention to detail
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Nice To Haves

APICS / CPIM / SCMP / CSCP / IBF certifications are nice to have

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a monthly demand plan in $/units for specific SKUs, channels and/or customers by utilizing various inputs including statistical forecasts, sales projections, point-of-sale data, promotions, product roadmaps, and market intelligence
Develop demand plans for new product introductions and end-of-life products
Monitor regional promotions, events and market conditions to ensure accurate demand plans
Provide analytical support to regional marketing activities
Participate in cross-functional consensus demand planning meetings to align on a Consensus Demand Plan (CDP) and ensure the timely hand-off of CDP to the Supply Planning organization
Support regional S&OP by providing necessary demand-supply analysis reports
Execute corrective actions to update the demand plan and resolve gaps between actual orders and CDP
Work with the Supply Planning team to highlight regional demand priorities and ensure adequate supply to satisfy demand
Work closely with Regional Marketing and BU NPI teams to plan and execute successful product transitions
Participate in regional demand planning process improvement projects
Be a key player in the S&OP process