Sr. Demand Planner (Remote Eligible)

General Mills•Golden Valley, MN

2d•Remote

About The Position

The Sr Demand Planner facilitates demand review through the PEAK process, developing and communicating an accurate demand plan for both financial and operational purposes. This position is responsible for executing demand planning activities based on strategies set by the US. The Sr Demand Planner will need to demonstrate strong leadership with cross-functional teams to execute and communicate the demand plan.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Science, or Predictive Analytics
5+ years of relevant industry experience
Strong executive communication with internal and external stakeholders
Ability to influence without authority and network cross-functionally
Experience with planning
Experience in analyzing complex data and presenting recommendations/statistical models or predictive analytics with an executive presence and influencing across multiple functions
Ability to act in a fast-paced environment and rapidly prioritize while responding to change
Strong curiosity/tenacity with critical thinking skills to problem solve

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree
CPG / fast-moving consumer forecasting experience
Demand Planning Experience

Responsibilities

Lead the Demand Review PEAK process, including monthly review of forecast accuracy and bias, identifying key misses, root causes, and learnings.
Translate findings from retrospectives into clear insights and propose forecast enrichments, adjustments, or structural changes.
Consolidate and support the development of the demand forecast for the Business Unit, incorporating Business Unit leadership feedback and overrides.
Oversee assessing and pressure testing of key forecast drivers, understanding demand forecast driver attribution and their influence on the forecast, risks, and opportunities.
Construct the Business Unit Latest Estimate narrative, proactively identifying key forecast changes, tradeoffs, and decisions needed for discussion in the Business Unit Demand Review Meeting.
Analyze demand forecast impact of different risks/opportunities embedded in the estimate, communicating these within the context of the broader US strategy.
Demonstrate forward-looking strategic thinking by synthesizing disparate data into coherent, forward-looking business strategy and tactics.
Utilize strong data science/analytical skillsets to analyze and diagnose core forecast drivers and understand their impact on the forecast.
Demonstrate high fluency/dexterity in working with data and recognize trends to translate them into a forecast narrative.
Demonstrate proficiency in using OMP or similar demand planning tools.
Work closely with SFAs and DAs to ensure tool robustness and data availability and granularity.
Conduct proactive cross-functional outreach to understand forecast and key drivers, extract business insights, and explain model outputs.
Review and validate inputs, holding input owners accountable for delivery.
Actively foster and contribute to a community of like practitioners.
Identify and drive continuous improvement on systemic planning issues (process, data, parameters, tools).
Coach and support other planners through mentoring and standard work.
Gain a deep understanding of customer operations and supply chain network management and operations.
Utilize strong financial acumen.