Manager, Demand Planning
About The Position
Accountable for the demand plan associated with the domestic facet of the Crayola business for the assigned customer segment. This key supply chain leader coaches a team of demand planners to provide consistent and accurate item ship-point level forecasts to the organization. The manager leads and facilitates consensus and merchandising meetings to effectively communicate the results of times series, barometric, and Delphi forecasting methods thereby achieving buy-in from sales, marketing, and finance collaborators. Finally, the position is responsible for ensuring that all master data within the demand planning software and reporting tools (IBP and Orbit) is up-to-date and accurate.
Requirements
- College degree in Business, Mathematics, Applied Statistics, Economics/Econometrics, Quantitative Methods, or Supply Chain with Statistical Methods.
- Minimum 5 years of experience working in a manufacturing environment, supply chain planning or capacity planning role
- Proficient with MS Office Suite including MS Visio
- Strong and effective written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong Attention to Detail
Nice To Haves
- APICS certification desirable
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the domestic (non CPFR item/distribution center) level forecast accuracy and bias to achieve desired levels/tolerance of forecast bias, customer service, and inventory
- Leads and coaches a team of demand planners by providing coaching in statistical forecasting methods, data mining approaches, and collaboration methods
- Interprets and conveys the results of times series, regression, barometric, and Delphi modeling methods
- Collaborates cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and finance, to capture requirements as inputs to statistical models to increase forecast accuracy
- Facilitates demand planning pre-consensus and merchandising meetings with the merchandising, sales, and finance teams to convey the results of the monthly forecasting process and achieve buy-in to the demand plan
- Responsible and accountable for accurate and timely master data (customer, product, sales BOM, etc.) within IBP and reflective reporting systems
Benefits
- Free Admission to Crayola Experience for Employees
- Community Volunteerism Opportunities
- Annual Bonus Potential for all Full-Time Employees
- Company Matched 401k & Employee Value Sharing Plan
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits for Eligible Employees
- Education Assistance Program
- Wellness Programs
- Employee Resource Groups
- Generous Product Discounts Onsite & Online
- Company Sponsored Employee Events
- Discounts on a wide variety of products and services – automotive, electronics, fitness, travel and entertainment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
