Senior Demand Planner

Senior Demand Planner – REMOTE – WA State

Seattle, WA (REMOTE, but Washington State only)

6 months contract w/ possibility of extension

Pay: $32-$34/hour

Work for the largest coffee retail company in the country! This multinational chain is seeking a Senior Demand Planner with strong Excel skills to join their team. If supply chain is your passion, and you're looking for that opportunity to grow your career and experience, then this could be the role for you!

Our client is looking for a Senior Demand Planner to create an accurate demand plan to support customer service targets while balancing fiscal responsibilities of inventory in the supply chain. The ideal candidate should have at least three years of experience in demand planning and forecasting within the supply chain.

Senior Demand Planner Responsibilities:

• Develop statistical forecast models using demand planning tools based on order history.
• Support the creation of a demand plan by adjusting the plan to support promotions or events, new product introductions, phase-outs, and supply chain strategies, using demand planning tool parameters and functionality.
• Compare demand plans to business and financial plans to determine and resolve gaps through Demand Reviews in the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process.
• Understands and facilitates S&OP within the enterprise.
• Reports forecast accuracy of demand plans.
• Identify root causes and recommend actions to improve accuracy.
• Without sales or category input, provide a demand plan to support supply chain planning requirements and customer service levels.
• Use sales and finance marketing information, sometimes confidential, to drive demand plans.
• Recommends supply chain processes for improvement in areas impacting customer service and inventory levels.
• Recommends and creates demand models that drive customer and/or product mix changes.
• Adjust consensus plans to consider the consumption of forecasts, backlog, and supply constraints.

Demand Planner Qualifications:

• 3+ years of supply chain, demand planning, and forecasting experience.
• Strong Excel skills and experience in Demand Forecasting software such as Tableau, Sigma, Legality, SAP, Oracle etc..
• Retail experience preferred.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills required.