Demand Planner

HD Supply - Atlanta, GA

Full-time - Entry Level

Atlanta, GA

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 using sales and operations processes, tools, and methodologies. This role involves providing actionable data analyses to support business cases for demand plans, ensuring accurate forecasting, and collaborating with multiple departments to integrate new products and changes into the demand planning process.

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 and measures, analyzes, and improves forecast accuracy with segment-specific corrective actions.
• Leads a workstream that maintains forecast accuracy for one or more sales verticals.
• Creates statistical forecasts and identifies and quantifies risks using established quantitative methods and application software.
• Collaborates with various departments to incorporate 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, translating complex data sets into presentations and partnering with leadership on ad hoc projects.

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
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline