Demand Planning Manager

2 weeks ago


Napa, United States Wilson Daniels Full time

WHO IS WILSON DANIELS?

Founded in 1978, Wilson Daniels is a fully integrated, family-owned marketing and sales company representing a highly selective portfolio of the world’s most distinctive wines. Wilson Daniels continues to pursue and elevate the standards of excellence set by founders Win Wilson and Jack Daniels through developing long-term, strategic partnerships with luxury producers that possess profound respect for terroir and are benchmarks in their region.

COME WORK WITH US

We inspire and promote a passion for wine from the most distinguished properties and terroirs around the world through exceptional marketing, education, and brand-building. We develop mutually rewarding, long-term relationships with our employees and winery and trade partners, while striving to be globally recognized as the leader of fine wines, setting the standard for integrity, quality, and excellence.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.


ABOUT THE JOB

Wilson Daniels is seeking a highly motivated Demand Planning Manager that has experience working with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure the right end to end Operations planning strategies, processes, sales and inventory are in place to support business and customer needs. This position is also accountable to drive comprehensive operations business metrics and ensures alignment of operation strategies with regional business strategies.


The Demand Planning Manager is accountable for end-to-end operations excellence, inventory and service levels and setting priorities & direction for Wilson Daniels’ distribution network. The Demand Planning Manager will report and work with the Director of Operations to investigate out-of-stocks, analyze sales trends, and prepare reports for inventory reviews. The role will develop relationships with Sales management, suppliers and other outside vendors.



THE DAY-TO DAY

  • Develop accurate and timely demand forecast while reducing inventory/working capital and minimizing forecast variability for distributor partners.
  • Understand and resolve known supply constraints or excess inventory risks and communicate to teams in the distributor demand planning channel.
  • Ensure consistency of distributor forecast assumptions across entire wholesale groups including base business trends, promotional plans, cannibalization of new launches, seasonal volume.
  • historical sales data and future plans.
  • cross-functionality to achieve continuous improvement in demand forecast accuracy
  • overall demand plan on behalf of distributor network.
  • Prepare written analyses, documentation, reports or other data using Microsoft Suite and Power BI and/or other systems
  • Work with internal operations team members to resolve supply issues or develop alternate sourcing strategies.
  • for developing Distributor Inventory Strategy Process, ensuring the establishment of target inventory levels by SKU and mix to achieve management objectives for service levels, backorder incidence/duration and inventory.
  • closely with distribution team to optimize inventory levels based on warehousing capacity and cost.
  • distributor aging and hold inventory by working closely with the distributor’s logistics and quality teams. Management of Slow Moving and Obsolete (SLOB) inventory.
  • and maintain KPIs, including forecast variance, forecast bias, Back Order, OTIF, Inventory, and Forecast Accuracy, on behalf of distributor
  • communicate potential supply issues with the product supply with appropriate brand planning, demand planner and internal operations team members while leading issue resolution.
  • new product introductions to business units as required.
  • the process for reporting information, such as dashboards and ensuring that the right level of information is available to key stakeholders
  • business continuity for the projects that require planning preparation (e.g. seasonal build ups, contingencies associated to demand volatility and unforeseen conditions, etc.)
  • actively drive, and champion adoption of newly implemented systems, procedures and tools
  • and ensure continuity of the entire procurement process from initiating purchase orders until receipt (start to finish), expediting orders with internal and external partners to ensure on time delivery and defined inventory safety stock levels
  • the logistics of deliveries, ensuring smooth flow from order to receiving.
  • and manage purchase orders with distributor partners.
  • Analyze inventory levels and identify slow-moving items. You'll be the partner the sales team needs to adapt to current trends.


AM I THE RIGHT FIT?

Education/Licenses/Certifications:

  • BA/BS degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related field
  • APICS/CPIM certifications a plus


Experience:

  • 3-5 years of relevant business experience within Supply Chain Planning
  • Industry experience a plus


Skills/Traits:

  • High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and MS Outlook.
  • Demonstrated success in Supply, Demand, and Inventory Planning is required
  • Strong knowledge of ERP inventory, planning, purchasing and cost systems and implementation of such in a global environment - Microsoft Business Central preferred.
  • Knowledge and experience of managing transportation and logistics is a plus.
  • Strong demonstrated history of problem solving using analytical techniques.
  • Lean Six Sigma exposure is a plus.
  • Possess well-developed communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills to be able to build strong work relationships with all levels of the organization.
  • Have the ability to synthesize information and create a clear synopsis of key issues.
  • Possess strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize, handle multiple tasks, and work independently.
  • Ensure attention to detail.
  • Demonstrate professional judgment and sound decision-making skills.
  • Demonstrate success in persuasion, influence and negotiation skills.
  • Demonstrate success in leading and developing a team of individual contributors and leaders.
  • Ability to manage in complex situations often needing to deliver innovative results.



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