Demand Planning Analyst

Swire Coca-Cola • Tacoma, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Demand Analyst ensures a market forecast is developed, reviewed, published, and adjusted as needed by partnering with sales, marketing, finance, and supply chain. The Demand Analyst will manage a portfolio of SKUs and will develop a forecast by using insights such as promotional plans, distribution changes, shipment history, competitor activities and marketing plans. This position is a key driver in creating and managing the true consumer demand signals by which to align the rest of the supply chain.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required in business related area required or High School Diploma (or GED) accepted, with additional experience (see below) required
• 1+ years of Analyst experience required
• 4+ years of equivalent work experience in operations, sales, planning and/or supply chain will be considered in place of a Bachelor's degree required
• Familiar with SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO)
• Supply chain knowledge & Inventory Control knowledge
• Advanced MS Office Suite Products
• Analytical/quantitative skills required
• Project management skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Build collaborative relationships
• Good organizational skills
• Analytical Thinking in terms of problem solving
• Can work independently
• Customer focused
• Must perform well under stress and maintain composure

Nice To Haves

• APICS certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Analyze historical and future demand inputs such as distribution changes, new products launches, and calculate their impacts on demand
• Work with statistical forecast to ensure statistical models are creating sensible baseline forecasts; help maintain clean history in Demand Tool
• Work with cross-functional partners on projects such as new product launches, obsolescence, and transitions to evaluate assumptions– new product forecast, pipeline fill, and cannibalization
• Collaborate with Commercialization, Marketing, Sales, and Finance on promotional plans and evaluate against performance from similar historical activities
• Mentors and trains team members on systems and processes. Trains partners and groups in other business units or departments
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health coverage (3 medical options, dental and vision)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan w/company match
• Health Savings Accounts w/company match
• FREE virtual primary care, acute care and physical therapy
• FREE Employee Assistance Program
• Company paid (vacation, holidays, sick time, bereavement, jury duty, maternity/parental, disability leave and volunteer time)
• Discounted & free product
• Tuition reimbursement
• Opportunities for career advancement
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Pharmacy
• Medical FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Life Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Telehealth
• Virtual Mental Health Counseling
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 120 hours of Paid Vacation
• 1 hour of Paid Sick Leave for every 40 hours worked (unless otherwise subject to a more generous local requirement)
• 7 Paid Holidays
• 3 Paid Floating Holidays
• 8 hours of Paid Volunteer Leave
• up to 8 weeks of Maternity Disability Paid Leave (based on eligibility)
• up to 2 weeks of Parental Paid Leave (based on eligibility)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree