Job Description
The Demand Planner is responsible for all forecasting, demand planning, and revenue attainment activities associated with customers and products.
Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
$75,000-$85,000/year + Benefits
Responsibilities:
- Create and maintain forecast models for their product line and/or customers, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, marketing, finance, retailer replenishment analysts, and other sources.
- Have sole ownership of all demand planning activities and is the integration point into the sales and commercial organization.
- Lead the cadence and dialogue for their respective customers and products with key counterparts in Sales and Marketing.
- 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 (KPI’s)
- Analyze forecast variation/deviation with the goal to minimize service issues and prevent the build of excess & obsolete inventory.
- Data integration from forecasting software to MRP software
- Use and maintain the Demand Planning software as the primary forecasting system tool.
- Maintain planning parameters within MRP software.
- Provide operational support for order allocation & fulfillment during key fiscal deadlines: period, quarter, and year-end.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of supply chain experience in manufacturing or retail
- Proficiency in forecast/MRP software such as Q80 or Atlas
- Experience creating and analyzing forecasts
- Sales/operations planning (S&OP) experience
- Strong Excel skills
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $75,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Ability to Relocate:
- Oxnard, CA 93033: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
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