Demand Planning Analyst

C&S Wholesale Grocers•Keene, NH

4d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Demand Planning Analyst, you will be responsible for a section of the business for a large customer, as well as possible stand-alone accounts for smaller customers. In this role, you will be accountable for managing the customer relationship from all aspects of ad and turn demand planning, as well as working with senior and other internal partners, such as Procurement, to ensure that service and inventory targets are met.

Requirements

Knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate Excel skills.
Analytical and math-based skills; working knowledge of statistics.

Nice To Haves

Wholesale experience in a retail environment a plus.

Responsibilities

Responsible for proactive end-to-end promotional ad management, including forecasting at the SKU level for assigned customer groups for promotional and turn activities on a weekly basis.
Manage a process of distributions, ad changes, and additions from the time that C&S receives the information to the time of booking expiration.
Maintain, analyze, and make adjustments to the turn forecast.
Perform real time promotional analysis of ad items to ensure the highest service levels utilizing the least amount of inventory.
Run and review reports analyzing the quantity of product allocated to promotional activity as it relates to turn forecasts regarding C&S as a whole.
Maintain all communications between internal C&S procurement teams as needed.
Prepare for and participate in weekly ad conference calls with assigned customer grouping(s) to review future promotional activities.
Participate in the daily customer service level review.
Optimize C&S Demand Planning tools to help achieve a proactive and adaptable approach to forecasting assigned customer groups as each organization evolves.
Weekend coverage 4-5 weekends per year; support holiday actions or troubleshooting activities.
Other tasks as needed.