Sr. Demand Planning Analyst

Shearer's Foods • Massillon, OH

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About The Position

Shearer's is a leading contract manufacturer and private label supplier in the snack industry in North America. Headquartered in Massillon, Ohio, Shearer's has 17 state-of-the-art, geographically diverse manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Iowa, Ontario and Alberta, Canada, including one of the industry's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum LEED certified facilities in Massillon, Ohio. The Company is known for producing the highest quality snacks in assorted flavors and sizes, including kettle cooked potato chips, traditional potato chips, tortilla chips, cheese curls and other extruded snacks, and corn chips, as well as cookies, crackers, and wafers. A Senior Demand Planning Analyst is responsible for developing a monthly consensus forecast for specific sales segments. Key responsibilities include developing a baseline statistical forecast, understanding and adjusting historical outliers, incorporating market knowledge such as promotions or other events that would impact demand, and addressing forecast errors. Cross functional communication and alignment of the forecast is critical. This will include working with product development, sales, customer service, and scheduling. This position reports to the Demand Planning Supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Operations / Supply Chain Management or related business discipline is preferred.
• An Associate’s degree with relevant experience will be considered.
• 2 to 4 years’ experience working as a Forecast Analyst and looking for the opportunity to build and grow within Supply Chain.
• Proficient in Excel based data analysis.
• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics and/or forecasting methodologies with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Experience working within a forecasting software program.
• Current residence in Ohio strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage the collaborative monthly forecast process as a key part of the S&OP process for a defined portion of the business.
• Facilitate meetings and discussions to build consensus on demand forecasts and ensure alignment from all the parties involved.
• Partner with sales and marketing to integrate promotional calendar and new product introduction into forecast plan.
• Maintain and improve the forecast models (by product, customer and plant).
• Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Product management and Operations to incorporate causal events into the forecast and align them with supply chain planning to meet customer service expectations.
• Interact with customer supply planning teams.
• Adhere to strict deadlines for deliverables in the S&OP system.
• Monitor and improve key performance metrics.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• Flexible Spending Account
• Retirement Savings Plan with Match
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Group Critical Accident Insurance
• Group Critical Illness Insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Numerous opportunities to volunteer in the communities in which we operate.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees