Demand Planner

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

• Developing demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for various time horizons as part of a demand planning function.
• Facilitating monthly consensus review process with sales team and executive leadership.
• Reviewing historical sales trends, researching demand drivers, preparing forecast data, developing statistical forecast models, and evaluating forecast results.
• Developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with Sales & Operations, Supply Chain, and Marketing to understand demand forecast drivers.
• Using and maintaining the Demand Planning software as the primary forecasting system tool.
• Providing input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
• Closely coordinating and communicating customer action plans with supply planning.
• Developing and tracking forecasting metrics

QUALIFICATIONS / DESIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Bachelor’s degree or 2 years of related work experience.
• APICS or other forecasting Certification.
• Knowledge of software related to demand planning.
• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.
• Experienced with Microsoft Office (Microsoft Excel, Power BI).
• Strong analytical, organizational, decision making, and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills are also essential to effectively interact with all teams, areas and levels of business affecting the forecast process.
• Good facilitation skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Push, pull, carry, and lift up to 50lbs.
• Walking, stretching, bending, stooping, twisting, reaching, grasping and repetitive movements.
• Talk, hear, read, write, and comprehend English.
• Must be able to work in a non-temperature-controlled environment.

MENTAL DEMANDS

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Think analytically.
• Make decisions.
• Develop options and implement solutions.
• Work with a team.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance (consistent with ADA and/or FMLA).
• Attention to detail.
• Communicate effectively.
• Multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Work with a Sense of Urgency.

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