Demand Planner

Church & Dwight • Ewing, NJ

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Church & Dwight is seeking a Demand Planner to join their team. This role is responsible for developing and improving demand forecasts that support sales, service, inventory, and supply planning goals. The Demand Planner will partner with Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Sales Strategy, and Marketing through the S&OP process to evaluate customer, market, and business inputs and improve forecast accuracy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Business Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of demand planning or forecast analysis experience required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn data into actionable recommendations.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with demand planning, ERP, reporting, and data visualization tools preferred, such as Blue Yonder/JDA, SAP/APO, Power BI, Excel, or similar systems.

Responsibilities

• Refresh and publish rolling 18-month weekly and monthly forecasts by brand and UPC.
• Partner with Sales, Sales Strategy, Marketing, and Supply Planning to align forecasts with customer needs, promotions, new item launches, discontinuations, and market trends.
• Lead Pre-S&OP and S&OP meetings, ensuring risks, assumptions, decisions, and follow-up actions are clearly documented.
• Track and interpret forecast accuracy metrics, identify root causes of variance, and drive continuous improvement actions.
• Use planning systems and reporting tools to identify forecast errors, trends, risks, and corrective actions.
• Communicate demand changes, supply risks, and special requests to Supply Chain Planning in a timely manner.
• Develop scenario plans for demand shifts, supply constraints, promotions, and new item launches.
• Translate customer, channel, promotional, and market insights into clear forecast assumptions.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• basic life insurance
• paid vacation and sick time
• Paid Parental Leave
• paid holidays
• floating holidays
• vacation days
• 401k retirement plan (with company match and profit-sharing)
• Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level