Demand Planner

Amercareroyal - Exton, PA

Full-time

Exton, PA

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

The Demand Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining forecasting and demand plans that enable the organization to achieve sales and service objectives. This role involves using historical data and projections from the Sales Team to continuously update and improve item-level forecasts, requiring collaboration with supply planning and sales teams to ensure success.

Responsibilities

• Refresh and publish forecast changes on an agreed-upon schedule and communicate significant changes to purchasing.
• Partner with Sales to gather customer information relevant to producing an accurate forecast, including product assortments, new item introductions, timing for discontinued items, and promotional plans.
• Meet regularly with Sales, Operations, and Supply Planning to monitor current forecast status and required actions such as contingency planning.
• Consolidate multiple projections into a by-item shipment projection.
• Reconcile item level forecasts with sales projections and identify reasons for gaps.
• Make recommended adjustments to the forecast based on changes in demand and market trends.
• Actively participate in the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) / Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Process by developing monthly forecasts by product family and key account, communicating changes to aggregate forecasts, and raising S&OP forecast issues for resolution.
• Provide short to medium term project support and analysis to the Demand Planning Manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business operations, Supply Chain Management, or Statistics.
• 3-5 years' experience in demand planning and forecast analysis.
• Experience working in SKU intense business with long lead times and high amount of new product offerings.
• Working knowledge of supply chain process and ERP/MRP systems.
• Knowledge of methods to drive forecast improvements.
• Proficiency with statistical modeling and product demand planning/forecasting methods.
• Strong system and analytical skills required, with the ability to extract and compile data from multiple systems/sources, analyze data, and make recommendations for action.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong organization skills.
• High sense of urgency and attention to detail.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Results oriented and deadline driven.
• Consumer goods industry experience preferred.
• Knowledge/experience participating in an S&OP/IBP process is preferred.