Demand Planning Manager

The role

The Demand Planning Manager leads the demand planning process across cannabis portfolio markets. This person translates commercial strategy and market trends into an actionable demand plan while linking Commercial, Marketing, Supply Planning, and Operations.

What you will do

• Own the demand planning process and maintain the rolling demand forecast.
• Develop and maintain a rolling 12-month demand plan.
• Translate sales, POS trends, inventory, pricing, and other inputs into a demand forecast.
• Develop forecasting methodologies by product or category.
• Facilitate demand review meetings and resolve gaps between forecasts and operating plans.
• Identify changes in demand trends and communicate risks and opportunities.
• Manage new product forecasting including launch curves and cannibalization.
• Identify demand/supply gaps and quantify implications.
• Establish methodologies for managing promotions, price changes, and market expansions.
• Manage exit plans for products being wound down.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, supply chain planning, S&OP, or related discipline.
• Experience managing forecasts across multiple products, locations, markets, or channels.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Demonstrated experience with forecasting methodologies, inventory planning, and S&OP / IBP processes.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience working with ERP, planning, and business intelligence systems.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, highly dynamic environment with incomplete or changing information.
• Experience in the cannabis, CPG, consumer products, retail, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated industry.
• Must pass any and all required background checks.
• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age.

Nice to have

• Experience and comfortability using AI.

Before you apply

• Must pass any and all required background checks.
• Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry.
• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age.

About the company

Green Thumb Industries is a multi-state cannabis business.