Demand Planner

Job Description
Responsible for all forecasting, demand planning, and revenue attainment activities associated with customers and products. The Demand Planner creates and maintains forecast models for their product line andor customers, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, marketing, finance, retailer replenishment analysts, and other sources i.e. Nielsen or other syndicated consumer data. The Demand Planner has the sole ownership of all demand planning activities and is the integration point into the sales and commercial organization. This role will also have accountability of our Excess and Obsolete EO inventory management. The position leads the cadence and dialogue for their respective customers and products with key counterparts in Sales and Marketing. This position will play a meaningful role in improving the accuracy of the demand signals that drive our supply chain activities. Manage the aggregation of the demand planning process across items, product lines, and regions producing a rolling estimate of unconstrained future demand in units. Produce forecasting data with multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function. Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results. Partner with key parties to gather forecast inputs building blocks based on functional expertise. Influence and drive alignment with Marketing, Sales, Customers and Finance to create new product launch forecasts. Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions. Monitor measure performance vs. the forecast throughout the month identifying any key shifts or trends. Maintain develop metrics key performance indicators KPIs. Analyze forecast variationdeviation with the goal to minimize service issues and prevent the build of excess obsolete inv

Skills Required
5+ yrs exp in forecasting, demand planning, sales analysis, or supply chain. Proficiency in forecastMRP software such as Q80 or Atlas. Exp creating and analyzing forecasts. Salesoperations planning SOP exp.

Skills Preferred
Bachelors degree in purchasing, business or related