Supply Planning Analyst

Suntory Global Spirits • Chicago, IL

1d • $65,000 - $87,000

About The Position

The Supply Planning Analyst owns the connection between demand signals and inventory replenishment for the Control States business. The role translates state- and SKU-level promotional activity, depletion trends, commercial inputs, inventory positions, and other demand drivers into actionable forecasts and replenishment decisions that support service, inventory, and cost objectives.

A central focus is creating visibility and accountability for promotional activity at the Control State and SKU level. Promotions, price changes, programming, new items, and other commercial events must be reflected in forecasts early enough to guide inventory and replenishment responses. The role balances demand and supply planning and partners with Commercial, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Operations, Logistics, Finance, GBS, state warehouses, 3PLs, distributors, and Control State stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline; equivalent experience is considered.
• Approximately 2–5 years of experience in demand planning, supply planning, replenishment, CPFR, commercial analytics, or a related role.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to shape and interpret data, identify root causes, and translate findings into clear business actions.
• Experience working with forecasts, inventory, promotions, customer/state data, and ERP/MRP systems.
• Strong Excel and reporting/data visualization capability, including comfort creating exception-based reporting and KPI tracking.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders and drive actions to completion.
• Highly organized and comfortable making recommendations with incomplete information and course correcting as new information becomes available.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, changing environment while managing multiple priorities accurately and on time.

Nice To Haves

• Beverage alcohol or Control State experience.
• SAP experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain a rolling Control State demand view at the state and SKU level, incorporating depletions, historical consumption, seasonality, inventory, commercial inputs, and known market events.
• Capture, validate, and maintain state- and SKU-level promotional activity, including timing, expected lift, displays or programming, price changes, and other material commercial assumptions.
• Partner with Commercial and state/customer stakeholders to establish a consistent promotional planning cadence and ensure upcoming activity is represented in the forecast and planning horizon.
• Compare promotional assumptions and forecasts with actual depletion results, identify variances and root causes, and apply learnings to improve future promotional forecasts.
• Review state/distributor market-level forecasts and forecast changes at appropriate lags to identify risks and opportunities affecting consensus demand and production plans.
• Develop and maintain forecast exception reporting that highlights material state/SKU changes, promotional lifts, forecast bias, unusual consumption patterns, and potential out-of-stock or excess inventory risks.
• Monitor new product launches and initial product positioning, compare forecast assumptions with actual depletions, and escalate risks or opportunities.
• Bring key programming and promotional opportunities, particularly those in the near-term planning horizon, into S&OE and planning discussions as a liaison between Commercial and Supply Chain.
• Use multiple data sets to develop insights and recommendations that improve forecast quality, replenishment decisions, and sales objectives while respecting Control State requirements.
• Manage Control State/bailment inventory levels by translating demand forecasts into replenishment requirements, considering promotions, price changes, seasonality, effective dates, inventory targets, lead times, and supply constraints.
• Monitor state/SKU inventory against targets and consumption patterns; identify stock deficiencies, excess inventory, and replenishment risks; recommend and execute corrective actions.
• Review and action slow-moving, delisted, discontinued, aged, return, VAP, package-conversion, and other at-risk inventory, including transfers or disposition as appropriate.
• Manage and maintain warehouse- and SKU-specific planning data in SAP/MRP systems to support accurate replenishment planning and execution.
• Coordinate allocated products, VAPs, innovations, SKU substitutions, plant outages, delays, and special customer requirements; revise orders or replenishment plans to maximize service and minimize market impact.
• Research inventory and reconciliation discrepancies, determine root causes, coordinate timely corrections, and implement actions to reduce recurring issues.
• Collaborate with state warehouses, 3PLs, distributors, Logistics, Operations, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, GBS, Finance, and Commercial to improve the end-to-end replenishment process.
• Track and publish planning and inventory KPIs, including service, inventory health, forecast/promotional performance, and root-cause/corrective-action reporting.
• Support physical inventory counts, billing/service receipt activities, SOP maintenance, and other Control State operational requirements as needed.

Benefits

• Annual bonus
• 401K match
• Profit sharing
• Medical benefits
• Wellness benefits
• Relocation, immigration, and/or tax compliance assistance may be offered to successful candidates depending on role requirements and company guidelines.

What This Job Offers

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