Supply Chain Planning Analyst II, Demand Planning

Niagara Bottling • Diamond Bar, CA

6d • $84,062 - $121,890

About The Position

The Supply Chain Planning Analyst II - Demand Planning develops customer forecasts in alignment with Niagara’s organizational objectives and sales and service goals. The role combines input from functional teams—including sales, planning, and customer teams—with statistical models, customer feedback, and marketing information to develop and communicate tactical forecasts for the short term and strategic forecasts representing sales goals.

The analyst works to improve forecast accuracy for assigned customer accounts, maintains forecasting software and account data, coordinates with sales and customer team members to incorporate demand-related information, and facilitates collaborative forecast reviews. The position also reconciles statistical calculations, historical trends, sales feedback, new business information, and market updates for strategic forecasting, while identifying opportunities to improve demand-planning processes.

Travel may be up to 10%. A bachelor's degree in a related field is required; a master's degree and Six Sigma certification are preferred. The stated salary range is $84,061.83–$121,889.66 per year. Niagara offers a benefits package to regular full-time team members, including paid time off, parental and caregiver leaves, medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) with company match, and other benefits.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in the field or a similar manufacturing environment; experience may include a combination of work experience and education.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Travel up to 10%.
• Ability to use forecasting software and work with statistical models, customer feedback, sales inputs, and market information, as described in the role.

Nice To Haves

• 4 years of experience in the field or a similar manufacturing environment.
• 4 years of experience working in the position.
• Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering (Industrial and Systems Engineering), or a related field.
• Six Sigma certification.

Responsibilities

• Work on projects to improve tactical and strategic forecast accuracy; approximately 70% of time is allocated to this work.
• Use and maintain forecasting software as the primary forecasting tool for assigned customer accounts.
• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, and maintain appropriate forecasting models to generate statistical and consensus forecasts for assigned accounts.
• Ensure sales and customer team members communicate non-forecastable inputs, including promotions, advertisements, price changes, and product discontinuances, accurately and on time; communicate variations down the supply chain.
• Maintain open communication with sales and customer team members to reconcile and validate forecasts.
• Facilitate regular collaborative sessions with sales teams and customers to review trends and align on a consensus forecast incorporating statistical and non-statistical demand factors.
• Provide sales teams insight into their performance in predicting non-statistical demand factors for assigned accounts.
• Reconcile statistical calculations, historical trends, sales feedback, new business information, and market updates to produce strategic forecasts for assigned accounts; approximately 20% of time is allocated to this work.
• Develop and maintain accurate attribute fields and pyramid keys at all aggregation levels for assigned accounts in the forecasting software.
• Remove obsolete or defective records that create misleading data in the forecasting pyramid.
• Identify process-enhancement opportunities and drive continuous improvement while maintaining forecast quality; approximately 10% of time is allocated to data maintenance and process improvement.

Benefits

• Paid time off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves.
• Medical coverage, including virtual care options.
• Dental coverage.
• Vision coverage.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Health Savings Account with company match.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits, including free counseling sessions for team members and household family members.
• Family Building Benefits, including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation, plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements.
• Income protection, including Life and AD&D, short- and long-term disability, critical illness, and accident plans.
• Special discount programs, including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft protection, car rental, and airport parking.
• Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan, and scholarship opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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