Demand Planner

ARDAGH GROUP•Indianapolis, IN

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Demand Planner will create, maintain, and analyze statistical forecasts as well as all activities related to forecasting. This position is responsible for improving forecast accuracy and bias, optimizing service, and costs, and ensuring inventory levels and administrative efficiency. This position collaborates between commercial and production planning to ensure consensus throughout the whole organization. The Demand Planner provides leadership and credibility as the thought leader on demand scenarios that enable constructive conversations both to the company's commercial leadership team as well as to customers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business administration, economics, supply chain management, or a related field
Three (3) years of strategic experience in a leading commercial or demand planning role involving deep immersion in customer businesses and supply-side operations (planning, manufacturing, logistics)
Demonstrated ability to perform and lead in a cross-functional team environment
Effective analytical skills with proven ability to identify and solve problems
Knowledge of forecasting approaches, measurement systems, and risk evaluation
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
Ability to travel up to 20%

Nice To Haves

Advanced proficiency with MS Excel (Formulas, Pivots, VLOOKUPS)
Prior experience with Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
Prior experience with Blue Yonder
Knowledge of forecasting processes, forecasting systems, and statistical models and analysis

Responsibilities

Support the Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), and Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) process
Create monthly statistical baseline demand plan: zero to thirty-six months, periodically to five years
Understand changes, insights, and assumptions in the demand plan
Perform gap-closing measures in the plan in consideration of volume
Engage with the account manager and customer account coordinator in commercial developments
Capture key insights and trends from all segments/markets every month
Agree on variation from baseline demand plan to maximize forecast accuracy
Ensure the demand plan is the best view of future demand at all levels of the business
Work with Demand Planning Manager to drive transformation by leveraging technology to be best in class
Analyze customer and sales forecast versus baseline statistical forecast and reconcile to one consensus forecast
Facilitate forecast reviews and alignment with sales leadership
Provide guidance to the Sales Teams on customer collaboration projects
Review and update long-term and short-term planning continuous improvement initiatives
Hold accountability for short-term planning quality, validity checks, and effectiveness score