Demand Planning Analyst
About The Position
We are currently hiring a FT Demand Planning Analyst hybrid in Boston, MA. The Demand Planning Analyst owns future depletion, distribution and shipment projections for assigned Brands and Categories. They are responsible for regular and ad hoc reporting in support of demand forecast creation and analysis across all BBC brands. The Analyst will use data gathered from syndicated and internal sources as well as information provided from internal partners (i.e. Brand, Sales, Operations) to generate demand forecast models. The Analyst will work closely with the Sales and Operations teams to ensure proper supply is available to support market demand. A Hybrid position at Boston Beer requires that our coworkers reside within commuting distance to be onsite according to their teams’ weekly schedule.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, mathematics, statistics or quantitative methods preferred.
- Strong understanding of demand planning in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
- Strong analytical abilities
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks while setting priorities simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy in an Analyst function.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and project management skills are necessary.
- Extensive spreadsheet analysis and strong mathematical abilities (advanced excel skills)
- Ability to manipulate large data sets
- High sense of urgency and commitment to task with a strong sense of accountability
- Detail and action-oriented self-starter
Nice To Haves
- 4+ years of analyst experience
- Knowledge of demand management/forecasting tools, forecasting processes in sales, marketing, operations, finance, manufacturing and supply chain issues
- Knowledge of Power BI a plus
Responsibilities
- Develop demand forecasts for assigned BBC brands at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons
- Utilize internal and syndicated sources to gather business performance data
- Use statistical and trend-based models to generate forecasts
- Interact with Sales & Brand teams to understand forecast drivers, risks, and opportunities
- Own monthly Demand Reviews for assigned brands in the BBC S&OP process
- Facilitate alignment between functions on yearly, quarterly and style-level depletions
- Understand inputs and explain variances between multiple demand scenarios
- Summarize key changes in volume projections to an executive level
- Participation in regular S&OP and Commercialization meetings
- Provide support to key business partners (Finance, Operations, Brand, Sales)
- Provide reporting on actual performance vs projection
- Drive alignment between top-down and bottoms-up forecasts
- Monitor and reconcile variances against forecasts
- Identify products performing outside of expected trends and conduct additional analyses to help identify reason(s) for variance
- Work cross-functionally to gather insights from Brand and Sales teams to further explain variances and identify assumptions to include in updated forecasts
- Provide support with PBI reporting and other visuals for S&OP support
- Provide support with integration between Kinaxis, Anaplan and OBO
- Establish bench strength to support Demand Planning activities for all brands
- Provide additional ad hoc analysis and support upon request
- KPI accountability to support operating performance in the following areas: Forecast accuracy, including Weighted MAPE, SKU Accuracy, and Bias, Finished Goods Reserves/Write-off Risk , Customer Satisfaction (Service Level)
- Performance accountability in these areas: Forecast variance vs actuals weekly & monthly, Stat models – maintain and fix models monthly to maximize forecast accuracy
Benefits
- Our people are our most important “ingredient.” We hire the best talent; and we reward, develop, and retain them too.
- In addition to generous healthcare on day one, stock purchase plan, 401k and more, Full Time Boston Beer Coworkers have the following perks available:
- Tuition reimbursement
- Fertility/adoption support
- Free financial coaching
- Health & wellness program and discounts
- Professional development & training
- Free beer!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
