Demand Planning Analyst

Minor Figures•Portland, OR

2d•$70,000 - $76,000•Remote

About The Position

The Demand Planning Analyst supports the sales, finance and operations teams in demand, sales, trade and revenue forecasting for Minor Figures North American (MF NAM), and enables the team with various sales and operations support. They will input, update, monitor and analyze data that enables the sales team to increase topline revenue, while improving forecast accuracy to improve demand and supply planning. The role actively engages internal team members on initiatives, works with external data-management partners, and will outreach specific distributors as needed to ensure 100% order fulfillment. This role demands incredible attention to detail, an obsession with numbers, the ability to work as part of multiple teams and on one’s own, a desire and ability to learn systems and processes very quickly, initiative to proactively improve systems, strong problem solving skills, a commitment to keep work moving against key deadlines, and the skills to adapt to ever-changing business requirements. This role requires residence in states located in Mountain Standard Time (CST) or Central Standard Time (CST).

Requirements

Experience building bottoms-up forecasts (strongly preferred)
Experience with Modus, SAP IBP, Logility, o9, Blue Yonder, or other demand planning software (strongly preferred)
Strong commercial acumen, preferably in CPG, grocery, or coffee (strongly preferred)
Experience with grocery forecasting and/or trade spend (strongly preferred)
Experience with UNFI and KeHE (preferred)
Experience working with a trade promotion management or trade spend management tool (preferred)
Experience navigating and building reports via SPINS and Nielsen (preferred)
Deep knowledge of Google Sheets: pivot tables and VLOOKUPS are your baseline
Self-motivation to complete required work autonomously while proactively optimizing systems and processes
Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines and deliverables
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to identify issues, determine root cause, and drive solutions
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and engage the right stakeholders to keep work moving
Ability to create ad hoc reporting and demand-planning models
Demonstrated ability to manage a recurring planning calendar, meet deadlines consistently, and proactively follow up to keep deliverables moving.

Responsibilities

Become the internal expert on our demand and trade forecasting tool, Modus, including maintaining and inputting all sales & trade forecasting data, while owning all system updates and outputs to create monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts.
Participate in weekly sales updates to identify revenue gaps and opportunities that need to be reflected in forecasts and addressed by sales teams.
Lead monthly forecast review meetings with each sales lead to amend customer forecasts and identify sales gaps; keeping teams on track and accountable to meeting agendas.
Own the monthly Demand Review process, including preparation of reporting tools, facilitation of forecast review meetings, documentation of agreed forecast changes, and publication of the Rolling Latest Estimate (LE).
Build and distribute Retailer Forecast Performance, Customer DC Forecast Performance, Pipeline Review and Rolling LE reports in support of the monthly S&OP process.
Build and distribute all sales reports, continually seeking system or output improvements that better enable the sales team.
Manage customer and consumption-data portals (ie, SPINS, Nielsen) to update sales reporting files, tools and platforms.
Update pipeline reporting tools via the CRM platform.
Own weekly Modus actuals uploads, invalid connection management, forecast snapshots, and master data monitoring.
Monthly comparisons of On-Premise distributor chargebacks against forecast, making dynamic system updates to improve customer-investment planning accuracy.
Enable the team to better utilize customer-investment budgets by monitoring and tracking distributor spend.
Support PMAT and customer-investment forecasting by ensuring approved investments are accurately reflected within Modus and the demand plan.
Maintain promotion, trade-spend, and customer-investment forecasting inputs within Modus.
Support revenue planning and trade promotion planning by incorporating promotional activity, trade spend and customer investment assumptions into the demand plan.
Participate in regular meetings with our external trade management partner to identify gaps and optimization opportunities within the trade forecast.
Support Sales, Operations and Finance teams through the monthly S&OP process by ensuring forecasts, pipeline reporting, promotional plans and demand assumptions are accurately maintained and communicated.
Serve as the primary administrator for forecasting workflows, reporting files, and forecast governance processes.

Benefits

Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance plans
15 days vacation
14 days paid holiday
Employee share options scheme, available to all full time employees.
1 day paid leave to support a cause of your choice through volunteering or activism
401(k) retirement plan with company match
Paid Parental leave policy
Flexible working to meet the needs of the role
Access to the Calm app
Flexible CoWorking Spaces across the US