Demand Planner 1

Demand Planner 1

Requirements

• Experience with Power Query and basic understanding of Data modeling expected
• Ability to facilitate consensus review meetings with stakeholders expected

Responsibilities

• Utilizes a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing and Customer Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
• Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
• Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning
• Create statistical forecasts: Gather, analyze and validate data, Execute statistical modeling software, Review resulting statistical forecast model, Apply error analysis techniques to improve forecasting, Summarize/aggregate statistical forecasts
• Review sales plans, customer finance Budget Updates or Latest Estimates and demand drivers: Present, solicit, and assess feedback on the various forecasts from sales, and finance
• Recommend adjustments for operational forecasts
• Review promotional plans with marketing
• Achieve consensus for operational demand forecasts by facilitating a collaborative planning process with sales, marketing and finance personnel: Prepare relevant material to facilitate research and discussion, Provide input to volume planning ( Latest Estimates / annual process), Facilitate and manage demand planning/customer meetings, Achieve consensus with the business side and the demand chain
• Maintain demand planning system and software
• Enter and modify data and ensure the correctness of product hierarchy
• Monitor trends in forecast error
• Identify relevant market-related data and competitive intelligence
• Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to demand planning process

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SQL or Python Coding preferred
• Knowledge for Power BI report development preferred