Senior Demand Planning Specialist

The role

This person will be responsible for the accuracy and reliability of the Demand Plan for the departments. They will implement performance standards, deploy demand planning tools, and maintain the demand forecast for the business unit.

What you will do

• Creates and maintains Master Data in planning systems.
• Generates and maintains a Demand Plan for the business unit.
• Improves Demand Plan Accuracy and drives out systematic forecast bias.
• Utilizes Demand Planning system functionalities for exception based management.
• Contributes to cross-functional planning activities.
• Makes recommendations on the baseline forecast and defends changes to the Consensus Demand Plan.
• Analyzes forecast assumptions such as Marketing and Sales events and product launches.
• Analyzes actual sales data to identify unforecasted activities.
• Presents outcomes for the Monthly Business Planning process to leadership.
• Partners with supply for discontinuations and reformulations.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 3-5 years of business experience in one of the functions: Demand & Supply Planning; Supply Chain Development; Procurement; Physical Logistics; Customer Service; Sales & Marketing; Finance.
• Planning experience in the area of Demand or Supply Planning.

Nice to have

• Proven ability to influence others.
• Demand Planning and statistical forecasting techniques. Preferable DTC and/or ecommerce.
• Experience of implementing processes and systems to improve organization and working methods.
• Strong analytical aptitude with a proven ability to analyze/interpret data and build quantitative models of business problems.
• Excellent oral and written skills, organizational and time-management abilities, effective inter-personal skills, and the ability to work with personnel at all organizational levels.
• Flexibility and adaptability to the demands and requirements of a fast-paced environment with multiple demands and priorities.
• Creative thinking skills with emphasis on developing innovative solutions to complex problems.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability insurance

Before you apply

• candidates must be located in the United States

About the company

FuseGlobal is a partnership of people and brand-leading companies. They have worked with this Fortune 100 Food & Beverage Manufacturing company for 20 years.