Product Supply Demand Planner

CONA Services•Charlotte, NC

About The Position

The Product Supply Demand Planner creates and maintains the operational forecast for more than 600 finished-goods items to produce an accurate delivery forecast for future customer demand and support distribution, manufacturing, materials, and deployment planning. The role plans forecast assumptions for new SKUs to support in-market dates and supports product supply planning optimization for capacity, freight, and capability. It drives forecast accuracy while maintaining demand-system visibility of produced and purchased inventory levels, measured in days of supply across the CCCI system. The planner predicts how marketing activities affect demand for high-profile chain accounts, using historical data, market trends, and promotional strategies to adjust forecasts and ensure product availability. In collaboration with customer teams and commercial departments, the planner develops 13-week launch forecasts for innovation items, monitors performance during the first eight weeks, and helps ensure the statistical model aligns after the transition-generated forecast. The role also analyzes forecast performance, shares forecasts with customers and key partners, resolves complex issues, supports teammates through training and onboarding, and manages cross-functional projects involving innovation, systems, emerging brands, or markets.

Requirements

At least 1 year of relevant work or internship experience.
Experience in Sales and Operations planning.
Ability to perform robust evaluation of forecast performance.
Detail-oriented.
Strong communication skills, including tailoring communication to key partners and situations.
Seeks collaborative solutions to support customer needs.
Self-starter who needs limited direction.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Logistics, Marketing, or another value-chain area.
Experience with a Transportation Management System, Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Planning Software Systems, reporting, and business intelligence.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain the operational forecast for more than 600 finished-goods items to support accurate delivery forecasting and planning for distribution, manufacturing, materials, and deployment.
Plan forecast assumptions for new SKUs to support in-market dates.
Support product supply planning optimization for capacity, freight, and capability.
Drive forecast accuracy and maintain visibility into produced and purchased inventory levels, measured in days of supply across the CCCI system.
Predict the impact of marketing activities on product demand for high-profile chain accounts by analyzing historical data, market trends, and promotional strategies.
Collaborate with customer teams and commercial departments to develop precise 13-week launch forecasts for innovation items, including ongoing and limited-time offers.
Monitor sales performance during the first eight weeks of innovation launches to ensure statistical models align after the transition-generated forecast.
Apply forecasting principles and share forecast information with customers; use price plans and analysis to forecast customer needs for marketing and sales initiatives.
Track forecast accuracy using WMAPE and Bias calculations and adjust for trends.
Share forecasts with key partners, including NAOU, Monster, Fairlife, and Body Armor.
Analyze complex issues to identify root causes and implement solutions that improve visibility and processing across multiple systems.
Serve as a resource for teammates, provide cross-functional training support, and assist with onboarding and shadowing.
Manage cross-functional projects involving innovation, systems, emerging brands, or markets, serving as a subject matter expert in the project topic.