Demand Planner

Softpath System - Tampa, FL

Full-time - Mid Level

Tampa, FL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Demand Planner will play a crucial role in supporting the generation and assessment of demand forecasts that drive supply chain processes and resource allocation decisions. This position is integral to the Profit Growth Management & Planning team, focusing on creating a consensus forecast and managing integrated business processes to optimize customer service and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support and provide feedback for the development of the statistical demand forecast process based on the defined framework.
• Apply promotional and lifecycle planning modules to create a statistical forecast with a rolling 26-week time horizon.
• Evaluate the results of the statistical forecast at the customer, location, package, and material level against mid-term derived customer forecast from the customer account management team.
• Understand the variances and make the necessary adjustments to reflect the most appropriate demand forecast results.
• Assist with the Sales & Operations execution process that drives consensus forecast with key stakeholders (Sales, Operations, Production, Finance, Planning teams, etc.).
• Proactive forecast quality assessment using trend analysis, forecast vs actual results, and data input of volume by utilizing customer promotional calendars, history, and current information.
• Collaborate with other planners (lifecycle, bottler to bottler, deployment, production, transportation) as needed to enable integrated planning activities and process.
• Support the management of material introduction and deletion for forecast needs including re-alignment requirements of sales history.
• Support all related integrated planning requirements and or other assigned projects.
• Strong attention to detail and business process improvement.
• Strong self-motivation to improve capabilities of self and others through various means of learning methods.
• Able to navigate through complex business processes with understanding of upstream and downstream implications.
• Strong business acumen.
• Proven cross functional team collaboration at all levels.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations Management or Engineering.
• 3 plus years' experience in area of Business Management, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, Procurement, or Operations.
• Strong forecast, supply planning experience.
• Project management experience preferred.
• Experience with SAP APO preferred.
• MS Office experience.