Senior Demand Planner

Reynolds Consumer Products•Lake Forest, IL

2d•$85,600 - $120,900•Onsite

About The Position

Join Reynolds Consumer Products …and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We are passionate about achieving results and have fun winning as a team! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive pay and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and fun workplace environment. Are you looking to build a strong career? Then we have an opportunity for you! We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Demand Planner at our Corporate Headquarters in Lake Forest, IL.

Requirements

BA/BS degree in Business, Logistics or related field.
5+ years of related professional and progressive experience in CPG Demand Planning.
JDA Demand Planning experience strongly preferred.
Proficient in MS Office.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organization.
Strong analytical skills as well as organizational skills with high attention to detail.
Ability to translate business objectives into tactical actions and make sound business decisions under time pressure.
Ability to work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines.
Must be team oriented with the ability to work on high collaboration and performance teams.

Nice To Haves

APICS certification a plus.

Responsibilities

Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function.
Use and maintain current demand planning systems to create the best statistical baseline possible, using established processes.
Collect Past/Future demand inputs (distribution gains/losses, price changes, new-discontinued products, promotion plans, etc.) from Sales and Marketing and incorporate into the Demand Plan.
Coordinate monthly key account forecast review meetings with Sales and Marketing.
Attend the monthly business Demand Review meetings, understand drivers, challenge assumptions, and facilitate agreement on the total demand plan.
Generate, validate, and distribute demand planning and review documents in accordance with the monthly planning cycle.
Maintain and validate master data governing the demand history collection process.
Identify root cause of demand variances to highlight areas of opportunity and ensure corrective actions are documented, owned, and followed up.