Demand Planner

HD Supply - Jacksonville, FL

Full-time - Mid Level

Jacksonville, FL

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Demand Planner at HD Supply is responsible for analyzing and improving demand forecasts for various product categories. This role involves utilizing sales and operations processes, tools, and methodologies to provide actionable data analyses that support business cases for demand plans. The Demand Planner will collaborate with multiple departments to ensure accurate forecasting and will lead initiatives to enhance forecast accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the development and execution of forecasts to support the enterprise sales and operations planning process for all business segments and sales verticals.
• Executes demand planning for specific product categories, including creating repeatable processes and developing one-off and recurring demand analytics.
• Delivers the total demand forecasts.
• Measures, analyzes, and improves forecast accuracy with segment-specific corrective actions, process enhancements, and JDA system enhancements.
• Communicates results and actions taken to stakeholders.
• Leads a workstream that maintains forecast accuracy for one or more sales verticals.
• Creates statistical forecasts.
• Identifies and quantifies risks using established quantitative methods and application software.
• Collaborates with various departments to incorporate the onboarding of new products, retirement of old products, customer-specific forecast requirements, regulatory changes, and promotions into the demand planning process.
• Retrieves, refines, and analyzes data.
• Translates complex data sets into presentations and partners with leadership on ad hoc projects as needed.

Requirements

• 1-2 years of Demand Planning or inventory management experience.
• Experience with a demand or inventory planning system such as E3, Blue Yonder, or SAP.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, especially Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP & Pivot Tables).
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Interpersonal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in a related field.
• Certification in demand planning or inventory management.