Senior Demand Planner

General Overview :

Manage in all demand planning duties, including optimizing future product demand forecasts by SKU. Optimize Sales planning to serve consumers, drive profitable growth, and deliver revenue targets.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities :

• Own all aspects of demand planning for the most impactful Customer Accounts, with the largest revenue and growth velocity, and high complexity (new locations, new businesses, incremental strategies)
• Be a leader amongst their peers and take responsibility for coaching and training other planners.
• Initiate and advise planners through re-occurring processes and procedures.
• Key support in Anaplan to help with development, new processes and training needed within the tool.
• Collaborate with Sales Leads and Product Managers to develop strategic long range revenue plans by account and category and provide direction to the Supply Chain Team as they develop capacity plans with the suppliers.
• Achieve consensus for demand forecasts by facilitating a collaborative planning process with Sales Leads, Finance and Supply Chain Teams
• Monitor and analyze industry trends and market changes to build, monitor and update SKU level forecasts.
• Focus on exceeding key KPIs, including forecast accuracy, customer fill rates, order request dates, inventory plans and more.
• Prepare for and participate in cross functional meetings to present sales analysis, forecast changes and recommended actions, also to ensure key strategies are being executed.
• Analyze Customer data, including relevant market-related data, Point of Sales data, sell-through targets, margin goals, competitive intelligence, and other key metrics to maximize sales and profitability while limiting RTV and MD exposure.
• Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning.
• Facilitate and manage demand planning customer meetings.
• Maintain demand plans and strategy in Anaplan (Demand Planning Software)
• Monitor short-term and long-term trends in forecast error and adjust future forecasts.
• Analyze and manage risk assessments and mitigation activities.
• Propose and implements solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy.
• Address demand-related issues in a timely and effective manner.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field
• 5+ years Sales forecasting or inventory management experience at CPG company or Retail Company
• Advanced Analytical skills - ability to brainstorm, gather data, detect outliers or trends, interpret data, and make decisions based on multiple different data points.
• Expert Forecasting Skills utilize multiple different forecasting metrics (% variance, turn, WOS, % to total, trend analysis) to determine a strategic and accurate forecast.
• Strong knowledge of retail math and ability to read trends in sales and inventory and utilize to make decisions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office with high-level capabilities in Excel
• Experience with ERP / MRP software systems, JD Edwards knowledge is desired.
• Experience with Demand Planning software systems, Anaplan knowledge is desired.
• Positive, solution-focused attitude with a team-oriented growth mindset
• Focus on continuous improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including influencing skills.
• Passion for Sports and Drive to Succeed (Preferred)
• Solid understanding of demand planning systems (ideally Anaplan) used to complete all demand planning requirements required.
• In-depth knowledge of advanced mathematical, statistical, and forecasting policies is required.
30+ days ago