Senior Demand Planner

HD Supply•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

The Senior Demand Planner analyzes, improves, and recommends demand forecasts for high-volume and complex product categories. The role uses data-driven methods to provide actionable analyses supporting demand-plan business cases and serves as a mentor to other individual contributors. The position independently handles assignments, develops approaches to solutions, resolves complex problems, and may oversee projects and assignments, including planning, assigning, and reviewing work. It contributes to employees’ professional development but does not have hiring or firing authority. The role develops and executes forecasts for the enterprise sales and operations planning process across business segments and sales verticals. It creates statistical forecasts, assesses risks using quantitative methods and application software, improves forecast accuracy, and collaborates across departments to account for product lifecycle changes, customer requirements, regulatory changes, and promotions. It also works with inventory analytics to understand how forecasts relate to the open-to-buy plan. The work is performed in a comfortable indoor area. Most of the time is spent sitting, with frequent opportunities to move about and rare occasions requiring movement or lifting of light articles. Overnight travel is typically less than 10% of the time.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) in a related discipline and generally 5–8 years of experience in a related field, or a master’s degree (MS/MA) and generally 3–5 years of experience in a related field.
Certification is required in some areas.
Ability to analyze and improve demand forecasts using data-driven methods and quantitative approaches.
Ability to troubleshoot complex problems, make decisions under uncertainty, and independently develop approaches to solutions.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute forecasts supporting enterprise sales and operations planning for high-volume and complex categories across business segments and sales verticals.
Plan demand for assigned product categories, create repeatable processes, develop one-off and recurring demand analytics, and deliver total demand forecasts.
Participate in onboarding and mentoring new associates; conduct check-ins and determine readiness and training needs.
Lead small teams on periodic special projects requiring analytics and strategy.
Measure, analyze, and improve forecast accuracy through segment-specific corrective actions, process enhancements, and JDA system enhancements; communicate results and actions to stakeholders.
Lead a workstream maintaining forecast accuracy for one or more sales verticals.
Create statistical forecasts and identify and quantify risks using established quantitative methods and application software.
Collaborate with departments to incorporate new-product onboarding, product retirements, customer-specific forecast requirements, regulatory changes, and promotions into demand planning.
Work with inventory analytics to understand the relationship between the forecast and the open-to-buy plan.
May plan, assign, monitor, and review project and assignment work and contribute to employees’ professional development.