Sr Manager, Demand Planning-Snacks

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General Summary
The Sr. Manager Demand Planning leads a team to ensure that product demand forecasts are created, reviewed, published and refined across multiple hierarchies to deliver high-quality and consistently improving demand projections to ensure the right product, at the right place, at the right time. This is a leadership role within the Snacks Demand Planning team and leads the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process for several categories and drives alignment with Senior cross-functional partners in Sales, Marketing, Finance, Consumer and Customer Insights (CCID), and commercialization to achieve world class forecast accuracy and bias which supports a coordinated service level and inventory strategy with supply planning. The duties include: coaching and developing Planners, working with Marketing, Sales, and Logistics to understand the drivers of demand and forecasting implications of activities, working with the Supply and Procurement teams to support case fill and inventory objectives, as well as, to bring visibility to long term forecasts for capacity, raw material and commodity procurement, and playing a lead role to develop and execute the strategic direction for objectives in improving forecast accuracy and bias.

Primary Responsibilities
•    Leads the monthly forecasting process for several categories within the multi-billion Snacks division; aimed at delivering high-quality and consistently improving demand visibility to ensure the right product, at the right place, at the right time. Guides the forecasting performance review process by monitoring and publishing forecast metrics and advising adjustments to statistical models and market intelligence accordingly. Collects market intelligence (new items, customer events, pricing actions, competitive insights, discontinued items) from cross functional participants and leverages judgement and influence to improve forecasts accordingly.
•    Leads the Demand Step of the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process as process owner and by delivering monthly consensus forecasts within the business unit s/he supports, as well as, supports the development of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP). Process owner drives governance and compliance with common templates for key stakeholders within the IBP process and continuous improvement of the process for the business unit. Ensures that there is a reasonable and effective plan in place to link all key sources including Marketing, Sales, Supply and Finance stakeholders.
•    Leads, coaches, and develops his/her Demand Planning direct reports. Mentors Demand Planners within Campbell on demand drivers, model tuning and improvement methods, and more broadly towards skill and career development.
•    Coordinates the inter-functional resolution of day to day challenges related to demand and supply discrepancies and plays the lead role in ensuring that there is effective "lessons learned" discipline. Ensures that significant unexpected out of stock situations are reviewed and resolved with participation from key functional areas. Ensures that action plans on key day to day exception situations are communicated to appropriate stakeholders.
•    Creates direction by initiating, prioritizing, leading, and implementing process improvement projects to improve forecast accuracy and bias results, aligned with the team Objectives and Vision. Owns, maintains, and enhances process documentation.

Job Complexity
•    Leads Demand Planning activity for several categories within a complex Americas business with 4-6 direct reports.
•    Coaches team to develop item, location, weekly forecasts for a 24-month rolling horizon for a subset of brands using historical trends, customer intelligence, and other demand drivers which provides a signal for the broader organization.
•    Plays an "influencer" role cross-functionally and with mid-Senior leaders to impact and steer actions of individuals that s/he has no direct authority over.
•    Guide the organization to Best-in-Class IBP process standards; benchmarked against world class companies.
•    Ability to interpret complex data and to provide analysis, projections, and conclusions in a meaningful format.
•    Must be able to address planning/forecasting related issues that the manufacturing plants or stakeholders bring to the table, evaluating the problems, and finding the best course of action.

Minimum Requirements
•    Bachelor's Degree required. MBA preferred.
•    10+ years of related experience in an analytical or planning role required.
•    Excellent Microsoft Office skills (including Excel and Access).
•    Excellent Fiscal & Business Management Skills

Preferred Qualifications:

•    IRI and Demand Planning, SAP, APO, or other Supply Chain planning software experience.

•    Ability to create direction, influence without authority, and establish a vision.
•    Willingness to aggressively and professionally confront challenging situations.
•    Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical skills.
•    Aptitude to quickly learn is imperative.

Working Conditions:
Normal office environment with expected travel less than 10%

Compensation and Benefits:

The target base salary range for this full-time, salaried position is between 

Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. Total pay may include other forms of compensation. In addition, we offer competitive health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package.

The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity for employees and qualified applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, including consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, age, religion, or any other classification protected by law.