Demand Planner

YOKOHAMA OFF-HIGHWAY TIRES AMERICA INC•Charlotte, NC

18d•Onsite

About The Position

The Demand Planner is responsible for developing, monitoring and managing the seasonal and long range product demand plans. You will use statistical analysis to support fact based decision making that incorporates historical and trend analysis. The Demand Planner will collaborate with key associates in sales, marketing, and operations throughout the demand and supply planning process to help support revenue growth and profitability through improved line planning, forecast accuracy and reduced supply chain costs. The Demand Planner will work together with these groups to drive to a consensus demand plan which will be used to drive critical downstream business processes. This position will provide timely information and recommendations to executive management, sales teams, and marketing regarding assortments, SKU productivity, and revenue projections. You'll lead planning strategies and processes that result in high forecast accuracy and on-time order fulfillment. You'll drive long range, annual and seasonal categorical and product-type opportunity analysis and demand forecast strategies

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Statistics or related field required
3 to 5 years of relevant forecasting, demand planning, or supply chain management experience required
Demonstrated analytic and problem solving capabilities. Able to draw conclusions and provide business insight from working with multiple sets of data.
Experience working with both internal and external sources of supply.
Proficient in the Microsoft Office suite of products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Exemplary communication skills (verbal, written, interpersonal).

Nice To Haves

MBA/MS in Supply Chain Management, Statistics, Engineering or related field preferred
Experience working with ERP systems preferred
Global supply chain experience a plus
Professional certifications preferred (e.g., APICS, ISM).

Responsibilities

Develop and manage sales budget and by-item forecast by SKU, brand, and channel for North America markets
Analyze market/product trends and their impact on long term marketing/brand and channel strategy. Communicate the trends and strategy recommendations to management.
Assist key stakeholders and management in determining reasons for budget and forecast variations. Develop and implement countermeasures to reduce or eliminate these variations.
Responsible for reporting and tracking forecasting trends and their impact on marketing and company – wide objectives.
Develop and manage tactical forecasting strategies as they relate to production, distribution, and inventory planning.
Continue to enhance supply chain strategies by evaluating industry “Best Practices” in forecasting as well as understanding technological advances throughout industry and how these advances impact the company.
Assist the Supply Manager to plan, coordinate, and execute monthly ordering process for all brands to ensure key performance targets are met related to macro inventory plan (FMS), sourcing strategies, on-time delivery of goods
Analyze long-term impact on inventory quality based on mid-term plans and by-item forecasts.
Develop and support continuous improvement strategies by focusing on streamlining forecast and inventory processes while optimizing the supply chain network.
Participate in Sales and Operations Planning process execution and presenting to management for obtaining consensus on sales/purchase/inventory plans to achieve working capital targets
Develop and support execution of plans to reduce and eliminate excess and slow/non-moving inventory