Demand Planner

Produce Careers - Glassboro, NJ

Full-time

Remote - Glassboro, NJ

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

The Demand Planner at Produce Careers is responsible for analyzing and communicating supply issues within their assigned category. This role involves preparing inventory, production projections, and sales forecasts to support allocations and maximize order fulfillment. The Demand Planner will lead weekly discussions with key counterparts in Production, Operations, QA, Sales, and Marketing, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across departments.

Responsibilities

• Develop, update and maintain demand planning models for the assigned category.
• Assist in the development of business cases, supply strategies, measures and action items.
• Organize, compile and archive critical plan data and documents (i.e. Supplier Agreements and Contracts).
• Create a Supply Plan for different time frames in the future.
• Work closely with Regional Production teams in decision making as plans continue to evolve/change.
• Track plan/execution performance and communicate relevant variances on a weekly basis to Sales, Marketing, and Finance.
• Develop and maintain Purchasing relationships with Company network of growers and third parties.
• Consult/inform the rest of the organization about our plans, and assure good hand-offs and communication.
• Interact with sales, marketing, and customer finance to understand demand forecast drivers.
• Use and maintain the Demand Planning software as the primary forecasting system tool.
• Closely coordinate and communicate daily production and action plans with Operations and Logistics.
• Follow Company policies and practices while representing it in an ethical and business-like manner in all interactions with employees, governmental agencies, growers, customers, etc.
• Ensure the security of company's confidential and proprietary information and materials.
• Maintain sufficient inventory quantities across all locations to ensure constant production and maximize order fulfillment.
• Determine and maintain Min/Max values in Inventory as required on a weekly basis and adjust for seasonality.
• Issue Inventory Updates per location, and work with Sales in Sales promotions and production allocations.
• Maintain DP Tools Daily to ensure proper decision making and inventory allocation.
• Determine and issue POs for vendors as needed.
• Assist Sales in the development of the Sales Forecast for the assigned category.
• Establish economic re-order points for all Raw Materials in your category.
• Communicate with Growers Network and Third Party suppliers regarding quantities and quality issues.
• BOM (Bill of Materials) Input.

Requirements

• BA/BS college degree or equivalent experience
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• 2-3 years' experience in the produce industry preferred