Demand Planner

Doka Group • McKinney, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Demand Planner supports Branch Operations by analyzing, procuring, and planning material demands, optimizing stock levels, and identifying inefficiencies in order processing. This role involves expertise in purchasing, product strategy, documentation, logistics, and forecasting, ensuring compliance with company guidelines and regulations.

Requirements

• High school diploma required.
• Excellent communication skills including an excellent command of English (speaking, reading, writing).
• Qualitative abilities including strong analytical skills possess strong numeric aptitude, technical proficiency and effective problem solving skills.
• Proficient using Microsoft Office applications; advanced Excel required.
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
• Willing and able to learn new computer systems, products, concepts and techniques.
• Candidates must be authorized to work for any employer in the USA.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in business or Logistics preferred.
• Proven experience in administration, operations or logistics preferred.
• Facilitates projects and effectively manages multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Manage regional material demands and logistics processes.
• Optimize stock levels and plan demand at the branch level, as well as review and update quarterly safety stock levels in the in-house software.
• Ensure material requests align with the company product strategy and regularly update delivery and planned return dates.
• Track and maintain inventory levels using the in-house order processing system.
• Monitor physical inventory counts and address discrepancies.
• Guarantee customer orders are fulfilled and maintain optimal equipment non-utilization rates.
• Develop methods in line with strategic directions.
• Implement group-wide logistic standards and support product policy execution.
• Manage material outflow to accommodate new products.
• Participate in company committees and teams.
• Ensure safe working practices and environment.
• Adhere to corporate policies and business practices.
• Report inventory discrepancies to the Operations team promptly.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• Flexible Spending Account
• company paid life insurance
• supplemental voluntary term life insurance
• 401k retirement plan (Roth and Non-Roth)
• short-term disability
• AFLAC policies
• paid time off (sick/personal, vacation, floating holiday and company paid holidays)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED