Demand Planner

The Demand Planning Manager owns the end-to-end demand and supply planning processes. This includes collecting data from both internal and external sources, completing various statistical analyses, and modeling the data to provide guidance on future demand and potential smoothing requirements. This position will also be responsible for managing manufacturing capacity model(s) and communicating the capabilities for existing and new business opportunities.

Ø Manage and maintain dynamic manufacturing capacity model(s) and provide feedback on unexpected constraints, excess capacity and where additional attention is needed.

Ø Work in collaboration with internal sales team and customers to ensure all incoming information is complete and accurate to maintain the overall integrity of the required demand.

Ø Update forecasts for new products, seasonal products, discounts, promotions.

Ø Collaborate with management, inventory, supply chain and sales teams to execute the demand planning functions.

Ø Investigate areas of the demand planning forecast that were not accurate including potential challenges with incoming customer forecasts.

Ø Propose and implement solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy.

Ø Monitor and report on important changes in sales forecasts, budgets, and business strategies.

Ø Develop routine and ad-hoc demand related reports for management.

v Ideal Requirements

§ Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Statistics or related field.

§ A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a planning/forecasting role in a dynamic seasonal business.

§ Solid understanding of inventory management practices and procedures.

§ Extensive experience building models and utilizing advanced forecasting tools in excel, Powder BI etc.

§ Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

v Supervisory Responsibility

§ This position will have direct supervisory responsibilities and oversight for production analyst(s).

v Travel

§ Less than 10% travel is expected for this position.