SR Manager - Demand Planning

Blue Diamond Growers • Sacramento, CA

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About The Position

The Senior Demand Planning Manager is a critical enterprise role responsible for owning Demand Planning capability and leading Demand as a core pillar of Integrated Business Planning (IBP). This role goes beyond forecast generation and serves as the single point of accountability for demand signal quality, demand driven decision making, and cross functional alignment with Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Supply, and Operations. The role leads the monthly Demand Review within IBP, ensures an unbiased and transparent demand plan, and elevates demand discussions from volume review to decision oriented trade offs, risks, and opportunities. The Senior Demand Planning Manager is expected to operate as an enterprise leader, influencing senior stakeholders and embedding IBP discipline across the organization

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5 years of related industry experience
• Total minimum number of years of experience required in lieu of degree 7 -10years
• Consumer Packaged Goods Experience

Nice To Haves

• APICS or other Forecasting certification preferred
• Technical & Business Skills Strong expertise in demand forecasting, lifecycle planning, and scenario modeling.
• Hands‑on experience with SAP IBP or comparable advanced planning systems.
• Solid understanding of commercial planning, promotions, innovation launches, and financial implications.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear, executive‑ready insights and recommendations.
• Leadership & Behavioral Expectations Enterprise mindset with ability to influence without authority.
• Comfortable challenging assumptions and driving fact‑based decisions.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Operates with discipline, transparency, and a bias toward proactive risk management.

Responsibilities

• IBP & Demand Review Leadership Own and lead IBP Step: Demand Review, ensuring high‑quality inputs, transparent assumptions, and decision‑ready outputs that seamlessly feed Supply Review, Integrated Reconciliation, and MBR.
• Translate commercial strategy, innovation and lifecycle plans, promotions, distribution changes, and customer/channel dynamics into an integrated, unconstrained demand plan aligned to the end‑to‑end IBP horizon.
• Proactively surface demand risks, opportunities, and bias, framing clear scenarios and trade‑offs for cross‑functional alignment and escalation across the IBP 5‑step cadence.
• Partner closely with Finance to ensure demand plans are financially validated and aligned ahead of Integrated Reconciliation, enabling clear margin, inventory, and service implications for executive decision‑making.
• Ensure Demand Review outputs are fully integrated into Supply Review IBP Step and Management Business Review Step , supporting enterprise‑level decisions with one aligned demand signal.
• Demand Planning Excellence Develop, maintain, and continuously improve a rolling 18‑month demand plan using SAP IBP or equivalent advanced planning tools.
• Establish demand planning standards, governance, and best practices aligned to IBP principles and “one source of truth.”
• Lead demand accuracy, bias, and performance management, including root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Ensure disciplined handling of lifecycle events (innovation, transitions, discontinuations, and exits) to minimize service risk and inventory exposure.
• Cross‑Functional Partnership Act as the primary integration point between Demand Planning and Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Supply Planning, and Operations.
• Influence Sales and Marketing leaders to align assumptions, tradeoffs, and commitments.
• Collaborate with Supply Planning to proactively identify supply‑demand imbalances, constraints, and mitigation actions.
• Support Annual Operating Plan (AOP), rolling forecasts, and scenario planning within the IBP framework.
• Team Leadership & Capability Building Lead, coach, and develop the Demand Planning team, build strong business acumen, analytical rigor, and IBP mindset.
• Drive clarity in roles, planning ownership, and handoffs across planners and categories.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and enterprise thinking.
• Systems, Data & Continuous Improvement Champion adoption and effective use of SAP IBP and demand planning analytics.
• Partner with Data, IT, and Finance COE teams to improve data quality, automation, and reporting.
• Eliminate manual workarounds and ensure scalable, auditable demand planning processes.

Benefits

• In addition to working at the world’s largest, state-of-the-art almond manufacturer, we offer a safe and collaborative team environment, with numerous opportunities for free training and career advancement.
• Check out the BDG Benefits, Health & Wellness Guide HERE .

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level