Demand Planning Manager

Business Unit Overview
Here's what all the hype is about Premier Nutrition Company, LLC (PNC) is a clear leader in the convenient nutrition category and makes great-tasting food products under the brand names Premier Protein, Dymatize, and PowerBar, and is part of publicly-traded BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR). With its people-first culture, PNC empowers its people to create the best work of their lives alongside some truly astounding colleagues.
PNC treats its people like adults with respect and trust. One of our five core values is to Connect & Belong because we bring our diverse backgrounds, life experiences, and ways of thinking to each challenge grounded in our belief that everyone should have a seat at the table and be listened to deeply. Whever makes you, you - you belong here.
We strive to avoid many of the outdated processes of conventional workplaces. We don't have performance reviews we have quarterly conversations. We don't have management we have inspiring leaders to coach and mentor. We don't have a casual dress code we simply don't have a dress code; wear what you like. And we have a lot of fun.
Bringing dogs to work, company-wide give-back days, philanthropy and sustainability programs, in-office massages, walking meetings, and free daily exercise classes on-site and at the adjacent gym are just a few ways we make work feel less like work. And the results of our great culture speak for itself: we were certified as a Great Place to Work™ for the seventh year-running in 2023 and ranked in the top 12 on Fortune Magazine's Best Workplaces in our category for the past four years.
So, what's it like to work here? If you're local, you'll walk into our Emeryville office each Monday morning and find 100 of your colleagues sitting on sofas, beanbag chairs, or the floor excitedly talking through the week ahead and watching one of their colleagues tell their personal life and career journey. Picture a casual and collaborative environment of a start-up, the innovative mindset of a tech company, and the stability of a company with revenue last year of over $1.3 billion, and you'll find us in the sweet spot where world-class culture meets robust business results.
PNC seeks individuals who will thrive in this work environment and will help us build our culture and this high-growth company for the next phase in our amazing journey. Does this sound like you? Then read on. #LI-hybrid
Responsibilities
The Role...
The Demanding Planning Manager role is responsible for delivering a monthly Premier portfolio demand forecast for the 0-18 month horizon for the at the brand, customer, sku level. This role will focus on:

1. Leading and building a cross functional informed, assumption based, statistical driven, 0-18 month forecast for all products within the Premier brand portfolio ~$1.5B GR annually
2. Acts as a trusted partner to their cross functional stakeholders and provides an unbiased view in an effort to most accurately call the future forecast, based on analytics and root cause analysis
3. Leads special projects and reporting, and is main planner liaison to the Operational Excellence team

The position will be based out of our 60,000 sq. foot, modern Emeryville, California office. WE ARE A CULTURE OF PERSONAL CONNECTON, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE CHOSEN A PERMANENT HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT WITH NORMS THAT EQUATE TO 2-3 DAYS MID-WEEK IN THE OFFICE FOR EMPLOYEES BASED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. The expected pay scale for this role is 120k to $140k, which may vary based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic area (if applicable), and internal equity for the role.
You're excited about this opportunity because your time will be filled with...
People - Partnership with Customer-SKU focused Demand Planner and Cross Functional IBP Partners (20%)

• Provide dotted line leadership, mentorship, and support to the customer and sku focused Premier Demand Planner
• Foster a "Builder" culture of continuous learning and improvement, sharing learnings and leading in the senior most planner role within the Demand Planning team
• Lead by example

Process/Tool - Integrated Business Planning (25%)

• Own the "top down" brand forecast for the Premier Protein portfolio for a 0-18 month horizon
• Attend the monthly Sales Business Unit (SBU) meetings and work with "bottoms up" Demand Planner to gather inputs/understanding of assumptions impacting the demand call
• Key contributor/lead in the monthly Pre-Consensus meeting with P&L Owners Financial Co-Pilots and Sales Planning teams
• Collaborate with key stakeholders (Mktg, Sales, Finance) to understand demand assumptions including things such as upcoming promotions, distribution gains/losses, media impacts and product launches
• Attend Demand Review to represent Premier Protein demand assumptions

Process/Tool- Continuous Improvement and KPI Performance (25%)

• Utilize historical data, market trends, and customer insights to validate the team's demand forecasts
• Track key performance indicators (KPIs) for forecasted brands/sub-brands and provide root causing against KPI results
• Continuously monitor forecast accuracy and propose process adjustments as needed to improve forecasting precision
• Use data-driven insights to identify areas of improvement and drive efficiency in the Demand Planning process
• Team lead in demand projects working in partnership with the Operational Excellence team

Tool - o9 (20%)

• Execute demand forecast changes in o9 in conjunction with short term S&OE processes (at a future date) and for long term IBP process
• Maintain statistical models within o9 with support of data scientist as part of the Operational Excellence team
• Utilize o9 to develop reporting required to conduct Demand Review forums
• Support Operational Excellence team on statistical model selection

Others - The daily stuff that everyone does but few quantify (10%)

• Attending industry conferences to learn new best in class capability, process, and tools
• Participating in company-wide activities and events galore
• Impromptu conversations with colleagues
• Administrative work such as calendaring and expense reports, and other non-value-added work

Qualifications
What are we looking for?
Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Experience:

• 5+ years' experience in multiple supply chain disciplines with demonstrated End to End understanding of Supply Chain interdependencies
• 4+ years' experience in Demand Planning

Skills:

• Learning and growth mindset
• Creativity, exploration, and innovativeness
• Problem solving
• Bring people along - customer oriented and team player
• Seek diverse perspectives
• Demonstrated excellent verbal/written communication skills
• Ability to work with ambiguity - can effectively cope with change, risk, and uncertainty
• Ability to prioritize and demonstrate excellent time management
• Ability to work independently and form business and technical solutions
• High attention to detail and meticulous

So, if after reading through this long list you're thinking-I'm not sure I meet 100% of these requirements, should I still apply? YES-if you embody a growth mindset, see challenges as opportunities to develop, and find innovative ways to get the real work that matters done, you sound like our kind of candidate!
Key Capabilities & Traits Important to Add to and Diversify your Current Team:

1. Enterprise-wide savvy and view
2. Radical Candor (i.e., care personally and challenge directly)
3. Be a builder
4. Bring people along
5. Influence and inspire

You will thrive here and may just do the best work of your life if...

• You want to be an integral part of shaping and nurturing an amazing work culture
• You can be flexible in your approach to people challenges and abandon past practices if they don't make sense or would lead to a poor outcome
• You are comfortable being natural, casual, open, and even a bit playful at work
• You don't have a big ego and hate siloed thinking
• You like to get sh*t, I mean-stuff done
• You can be friendly, vulnerable, and self-deprecating in one moment, and deal with a challenging, delicate people-related matter as a professional in the next
• You can do periods of focused, deep work on projects that drive the needle

This may not be your ideal next career move if...

• You like a lot of structure, rules, and uniformity
• You like hierarchy, command and control management
• Dealing with ambiguity or experimentation is not your jam
• You try to resolve challenging interpersonal situations over instant messaging or passive aggression
• You revel in the details and ineffable beauty of a finely-wrought, fully-baked new HR program
• You enjoy writing stuffy job descriptions (smiley face)
• You like managing from your house with your camera off and demonstrating excellence through email
• You tend to chase whatever shiny object presents itself during the day instead of real results

If we haven't convinced you to apply already, here are some of our favorite perks and benefits:

• Friday afternoons off year-round (and of course a hefty PTO package plus 11 holidays)
• 6% 401K match. Literally free money
• Hybrid work with an average of 2-3 days a week in the office for local folks
• All jobs are bonus-eligible
• Work-out time during work
• Free custom lunch twice a week. Plus, plenty of snacks and shakes.
• 2 weeks of work from anywhere time to move your Big Rocks
• Quarterly team building events/happy hours (city-wide scavenger hunt, bowling, ropes course, putt-putt)
• Bring your dog to work (3 days/week)
• Extended paid parental leave regardless of gender or familial make-up