Demand Planner

Job Description

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the SIOP process by generating the reporting and key findings to facilitate monthly forecast reviews and align on the forecast revision that will ultimately go to Consensus.
• Generate market and SKU-level findings regarding forecast trends, variances, and risks/opportunities to Sales leadership.
• Drive forecast accuracy and bias improvement initiatives using KPIs such as forecast accuracy, MAPE, and BIAS.
• Manage lifecycle planning for products: new product introductions, discontinuations, phase-outs.
• Work closely with Inventory Planning to ensure supply alignment and manage exceptions.
• Maintain reporting on proposed forecast adjustments vs. the Gross Sales Plan to ensure alignment with FP&A
• Provide the Marketing with reporting on ground up forecasts historical plan performance
• Maintenance of our planning tool of record: Netstock
• Maintain forecast parameters across all planning instances
• Ensure all item supersessions are loaded for product transitions to maintain statistical forecasts for newly transitioned/reformulated products
• Execute a product forecast transition process monthly to ensure demand points to the correct items out in time.
• Work with Global Sales and Marketing to secure GWP forecasts for SIOP
• Engage in a monthly forecast review process specific to Marketing Collateral to align on global forecast quantities

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management or related field
• 5+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or related supply chain functions

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong proficiency in ERP systems preferably in NetSuite.
• A working knowledge of IBP tools (Anaplan, Logility, Just Enough etc.). Netstock knowledge preferred
• Experience with S&OP/IBP processes.
• Advanced Excel skills with a working knowledge of Power BI – SQL is a plus
• Strong communication and presentation abilities to influence cross-functional teams.
• Able to build decks to facilitate presentations
• Knowledge of inventory management principles and supply chain KPIs.