Demand Planner

PrimeSource Building Products • Irving, TX

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About The Position

Reporting to the Director, Demand Planning, the Demand Planner position is
responsible for all forecasting and demand planning activities associated with
customers and products. The Demand Planner creates and maintains forecast
models for assigned product lines and customers, incorporating business
intelligence, and forecast information gathered from sales, marketing, finance,
retailer analytics, and other sources. The Demand Planner is the integration
point into the sales and commercial organization. Basic forecast modeling is
the responsibility of this position. This position leads the monthly consensus
forecasting process and is a key contributor to the monthly SIOP process.

Requirements

• 3 + years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, inventory management, supply chain, or related field
• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting, and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.
• Demonstrated proficiency using root cause analysis to improve forecast accuracy and demand planning processes.
• Ability to independently identify and resolve problems or take advantage of opportunities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, decision-making, and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively interact with all teams, areas, and levels of business affecting the forecasting process.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office skills

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with fasteners and building supplies, preferred.
• Familiarity with wholesale distribution and complex supply chain networks, preferred.
• Knowledge of advanced demand planning software, preferred.
• Proficiency with Tableau or PowerBI reporting tools, desired
• Planning system experience – SAP/IBP, Blue Yonder / JDA, Netstock/ Demandworks, SAP APO, SAP, or SAP Business Objects, preferred

Responsibilities

• Develops an unconstrained forecast driven by statistics, market intelligence, sales programs, and product life cycle, customer POS, customer inventory data, and error analysis techniques.
• Maintains strong relationships and works closely with Sales and Marketing to understand demand drivers, sales plans and strategies, customer trends and buying plans, and incorporate into the demand and operational forecast.
• Facilitates a collaborative planning process with sales, marketing, and finance to achieve a consensus operational demand forecast.
• Collaborates with SIOP, Executive Leadership, Finance, Product Management, Regional and Local Sales Teams, supply planners, inventory planners, and procurement teams to ensure that all demand plans are in alignment from a top-level perspective to a more detailed customer
• Delivers the confirmed unconstrained unit forecast at the appropriate level to the supply planning and purchasing
• Works closely with the supply planning and purchasing teams to understand supply issues and future product availability impacting the sales forecast
• Works with supply planning to develop inventory strategies on existing items, new product, and product phase-outs to ensure effective inventory management and customer service
• Manage and maintain forecasting and demand planning systems and software.
• Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to demand planning process

What This Job Offers

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