Demand Planner

$110,000 - $110,000/Yr

Genexa - Atlanta, GA

Full-time - Mid Level

Atlanta, GA

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

The Demand Planner at Genexa is responsible for maintaining the sales forecast for the company's retail and eCommerce business, ensuring that demand translates into adequate product supply. This role involves facilitating Sales and Operations Planning meetings, reporting on key performance indicators, and maintaining cross-functional communication with various teams. The position is integral to the company's mission of providing clean medicine and requires a mindset of continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation and maintenance of the demand forecast and ensure that the sales forecast translates into an adequate supply of product.
• Regularly communicate cross-functionally on demand forecast, production plans and material requirements.
• Translate sales forecast into required inventory and production needs.
• Successfully communicate forecast and inventory projections to executive leadership team.
• Lead collaborative planning with internal Sales team and external broker counterparts.
• Evaluate consumption and category trends, marketing investments, internal owned inventories, and retail trade inventory positions.
• Provide forecast inputs at a base (consensus) level + multiple sensitivities and levels (SKU, channel/customer, location, month).
• Track forecasts for key promotional and marketing events and new item launches.
• Lead demand inputs to Innovation / Stage Gate processes.
• Track and report on KPIs (like forecast accuracy, variances in shipments vs forecast, in stock, fill rate, promo sell-through).
• Facilitate S&OP meetings and update supply/demand plan based on velocity trends, seasonality, and distribution channel shifts.
• Highlight risks and opportunities in demand plan, using documented assumptions in the plan.
• Create a cadence to review and update material master data on a regular basis to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
• Establish inventory targets.
• Review, scrub and analyze the forecast through scrutiny of variances, historical sales trends including rolling averages, year over year data, research of demand drivers, and other customer and market related changes.
• Identify opportunities to improve forecast accuracy, streamline work processes, etc.
• Propose and implement solutions for continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, or related field
• 5 years of Supply Chain & Demand Planning experience
• APICS Certification (preferred)
• Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Experience
• Hands-on experience with ERP and supply chain management software (NetSuite knowledge preferred)
• Expertise in Microsoft Excel and Power BI
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; comfortable partnering with leadership and executive teams
• Ability to think 'outside the box' in a fast paced, growth environment with sense of urgency
• Excellent knowledge of demand planning processes with strong attention to detail.

Benefits

• Generous medical, dental and vision plans
• Life & disability insurance
• 401(k) Plan with a match
• Unlimited Vacation Time
• Wide variety of organic snacks & treats
• Team lunches weekly
• Paid parental leave
• Access to Wellness coaches, counseling, financial advice
• Shopping discounts via our employee portal
• Smart casual dress environment
• Collaborative, mission-driven work environment