Senior Demand Planner

Harvey Performance Company•Rowley, MA

7d•$85,000 - $100,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Demand Planner owns the finished goods demand forecast at Harvey Performance Company. This is a newly created role with a clear mandate: build a real demand planning function where one doesn't yet exist, and serve as the primary demand signal for purchasing and production planning across the business. The role sits within a small planning team and partners closely with Sales, Finance, and Operations. Rowley, MA preferred with one day per week onsite. Remote across New England considered.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on demand planning or forecasting experience in a manufacturing or distribution environment.
Item-level forecasting experience at meaningful scale (75,000+ SKUs preferred).
Working knowledge of statistical forecasting methods and how to choose between them based on demand patterns.
Advanced Excel and comfort working in data-heavy planning environments.
ERP experience (Epicor Prophet 21, SAP, or Global Shop preferred, but any ERP works).

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with a modern demand planning system (Kinaxis, o9, Logility, Blue Yonder, OMP, SAP IBP, RELEX, ToolsGroup, or similar).
SQL fluency for partnering directly with analytics resources.
Experience standing up a demand planning function or transforming one that wasn't working.
Multi-brand or multi-entity forecasting experience.
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Economics, Statistics, Analytics, Engineering, or Finance.

Responsibilities

Build and own the finished goods demand forecast using historical shipment data, statistical models, sales input, customer signals, and seasonality assumptions.
Set the methodology for forecast accuracy and bias measurement, then run root-cause analysis when the numbers slip.
Publish the item-level demand plan that production planning and purchasing consume as their primary signal.
Document and communicate demand assumptions, risks, and areas of uncertainty so stakeholders know where the forecast is solid and where it isn't.
Partner with Sales to incorporate customer intelligence, promotions, and pipeline visibility into the forecast.
Work with Production Planning and Purchasing to ensure the demand signal is understood and consumed correctly.
Contribute to the rollout of a new demand planning system, including the demand module configuration and adoption across brands.
Own demand planning KPIs (forecast accuracy, bias, demand volatility) in partnership with the Planning Analytics Lead.