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Demand Planner

Location: Memphis, TN 

Language: English

Travel: Less than 10%

Mission Statement

 Lead the Memphis manufacturing facility in the safe, sustainable, cost-effective and customer-focused on time/in full delivery of quality manufactured goods to our customers.  Exhibit relentless pursuit of continuous improvement in process safety, occupational safety and health, operational excellence and OEE metrics by developing excellent production process understanding, driving a continuous improvement culture, and identifying and implementing projects and process improvements (for both manufacturing and business processes).  Provide “felt leadership” for the leadership team, developing and supporting the team to enable and empower them to drive continuous improvement in operational excellence in all facets of plant operations and to prepare them for roles of increasing influence and responsibility.

Objective of the Position

The Demand Planner will work with our commercial teams to understand overall customer demands and implement an integrated forecast model to create a singular demand plan for all of Buckman NA. They will work with key stakeholders within the supply chain to maximize customer satisfaction and profitability. The Demand Planner will also be responsible for, but not limited to, creating demand forecasts and master production schedules; maintaining effective levels of finished goods inventory; developing and maintaining KPIs related to forecast efficiencies and customer fulfillment; building relationships with all key supply chain stakeholders; working with large unstructured data sets and providing analytical feedback to teams to make well informed decisions; and support ad-hoc reporting and commercial and supply chain analytical requests. 

Work Results & Essential Actions:

• Prepare, review, and evaluate forecast accuracy and provide feedback to collaborators to understand inventory impacts and future changes required.
• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical models, and evaluate results.
• Craft & develop regional, category, sub-category, and SKU-level unit demand plans side-by-side with key partners that advise decision-making and supply planning.
• Apply a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing, Product, Supply, and Operations.
• Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
• Maintain demand planning system and software, enter, and modify data and ensure the correctness of product hierarchy & functionality.
• Support Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning processes and team meetings.
• Monthly delivery of Sales Forecast and Demand Plan within Demantra at set “snap” deadlines.
• Work closely with Sales and Operations Leadership to build and implement inventory allocation to achieve/exceed service level targets.
• Work with the team to balance sales orders, supply orders, and on-hand inventory to build Available-to-Ship (ATS) reports.
• Bridge with Sales & partner with Operations Leadership to implement replenishment, never out-of-stock programs.
• Document processes and procedures and educate staff.
• Perform demand and supply analytics and provide consistent reporting and tracking performance

Competences:  

Results oriented

Accountability

Commitment

Smart Thinking

Digital mindset & system oriented

Clear communication

Hands on / Proactivity

Requirements:

- Preferred 4 year degree in Business Administration or Engineering and two years demand planning experience; or 2 year degree and 5-8 years experience

- MBA in any Supply Chain related area

- Strong Excel & Office skills

- SAP knowledge & experience

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