Demand Planning Specialist

11 hours ago


Itasca, Illinois, United States Robertshaw Full time
Job Title: Demand Analyst

Robertshaw is a global design, engineering, and manufacturing company with over 125 years of experience. We are seeking a skilled Demand Analyst to join our team.

Job Summary

The Demand Analyst will play a crucial role in ensuring that our manufacturing processes are aligned with market demand. This position involves collecting and interpreting data from multiple sources to predict future demand patterns, which will guide production planning, inventory management, and procurement strategies.

Key Responsibilities
  • Create and maintain companywide unconstrained demand forecast reports and analyses, including statistical demand analysis at aggregated tier levels across the short and long-term forecasting horizon.
  • Stay informed about industry trends, market conditions, customer preferences, and competitive activity that may influence demand, providing insights to guide strategic direction.
  • Review historical sales trends & bookings, analyze customer-provided forecasts, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, evaluate forecast results, and develop & adjust/override statistical and customer forecast models while adhering to standardized demand planning procedures.
  • Analyze fundamental customer demand and inventory trends by supporting site-level finished goods demand analysis.
  • Maintain and optimize the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Microsoft Power Apps tool, which generates the unconstrained Demand Plan.
  • Perform error analysis to improve forecasts and promote accountability for forecast accuracy and other key Demand Planning KPIs.
  • Generate reports and analyses that show sales team performance on forecasting versus actual bookings through MAPE (Mean Absolute Percentage Error) calculation.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Statistics, Supply Chain Management, Economics, Mathematics, Marketing, or a related field.
  • 2-5 years of experience as a demand analyst, pricing analyst, sales analyst, or a similar analytical & data management role within a manufacturing or supply chain environment.
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule to work closely with the global team.
  • Meticulous attention to details.
  • Elite problem solver with an analytical mindset and strong mathematical & statistical capabilities.
  • Strong ability to analyze and present data.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and SQL Server.
  • Advanced skills in Excel and familiarity with ERP systems; experience with statistical analysis tools (e.g., R, Python) is a plus.
  • Exceptional verbal/written communication skills and the ability to articulate thoughts and ideas clearly.
  • Must be able to complete various data analysis tasks and build reports to be used for communication with various levels of the organization.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently and within a team environment.
  • Familiar with manufacturing concepts.

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