Demand Planner

Hd Supply Management - Atlanta, GA

Full-time - Entry Level

Atlanta, GA

10,001+ employees

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Demand Planning Analyst role at HD Supply focuses on utilizing sales and operations processes, tools, and methodologies to analyze and enhance demand forecasts for various product categories. The position 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 customer-specific requirements 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 and process enhancements.
• Communicates results and actions taken to stakeholders and 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 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 E3 Forecasting, including understanding forecast metrics, creating forecasts, and making sales history adjustments.
• Familiarity with Pro's Demand Planning reporting tools such as the USN-DC Bias report and CDP.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, especially Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP & Pivot Tables).
• Strong data analysis skills and interpersonal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.