Supply Chain Planning Analyst II, Demand Planning

Niagara Water•Diamond Bar, CA

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 functional teams—including sales, planning, and customer teams—along with statistical models, customer feedback, and marketing information to develop and communicate tactical forecasts (short-term) and strategic forecasts (sales goals) across the company. The role focuses primarily on improving tactical and strategic forecast accuracy, maintaining forecasting software for assigned customer accounts, researching sales trends and demand drivers, and coordinating forecast inputs and validation with sales and customer teams. It also produces strategic sales forecasts and maintains forecast data and processes to support continuous improvement. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least two years of experience in the field or a similar manufacturing environment. Travel may be required up to 10%.

Requirements

At least 2 years of experience in the field or a similar manufacturing environment.
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or another related field.
Ability to travel up to 10%.
Experience requirements may include a combination of work experience and education.

Nice To Haves

At least 4 years of experience in the field or a similar manufacturing environment.
At least 4 years of experience working in the position.
Master’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or Industrial and Systems Engineering, or another related field.
Six Sigma certification.

Responsibilities

Work on projects to improve tactical and strategic forecast accuracy.
Use and maintain forecasting software as the primary forecasting system 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, advertisements, price changes, and product discontinuances, properly and on time; communicate these 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 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 customer accounts.
Reconcile statistical calculations, historic trends, sales feedback, new business information, and market updates to generate strategic sales forecasts for assigned customer accounts.
Develop and maintain accurate attribute fields and pyramid keys at all aggregation levels for assigned customer accounts in the forecasting software.
Remove obsolete or defective records that could create misleading data in the forecasting pyramid.
Identify opportunities to enhance processes and drive continuous improvement while maintaining a high-quality forecast.

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 protection, car rental, and airport parking.
Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan, and scholarship opportunities.
Competitive compensation and benefits packages.