Supply Chain Planning Analyst II, Demand Planning

Niagara Bottling•Diamond Bar, CA

1d•$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 analyst uses input from sales, planning, and customer teams, statistical models, customer feedback, and marketing information to develop and communicate tactical short-term forecasts and strategic sales-goal forecasts across the company. The role focuses on improving forecast accuracy, maintaining the forecasting software and customer data, facilitating collaboration with sales teams and customers, and supporting continuous improvement in demand planning. Travel may be up to 10%.

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%.

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.
Use and maintain the 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.
Ensure sales and customer team members communicate non-forecastable inputs, such as promotions, advertising, price changes, and product discontinuances, accurately and on time; communicate these variations through 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 consensus forecasts incorporating statistical and non-statistical demand factors.
Provide sales teams with 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 estimate each round of the strategic forecast.
Develop and maintain accurate attribute fields and pyramid keys at all aggregation levels for assigned customer accounts in the forecasting software.
Maintain a clean database by removing obsolete or defective records that create misleading data in the forecasting pyramid.
Identify process-enhancement opportunities and drive continuous improvement while maintaining forecast quality.

Benefits

Paid time off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
Paid parental and caregiver leaves.
Medical coverage, including virtual care options.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
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, prepaid legal services, identity theft, car rental, and airport parking.
Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan, and scholarship opportunities.