Demand Planner

$65,000 - $72,000/Yr

Mcc - West Henrietta, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

West Henrietta, NY

Primary Metal Manufacturing

About the position

As the global leader of premium labels, MCC is dedicated to helping brands stand out in competitive markets and inspire positive consumer experiences. With over a century of printing experience, MCC is focused on the future by developing consumer-driven innovations and sustainable packaging solutions. In this role, you will take ownership of all demand planning analytics activities, ensuring that the demand planning process delivers a reliable statistical forecast that serves as a key input for stakeholders such as supply planning, finance, and procurement. Your primary focus will be on leading content creation to support the monthly Demand Review as part of the S&OP/IBP process. This includes presenting results based on data analytics and establishing a path for continuous improvement by leveraging data science expertise. You will also be responsible for developing and fine-tuning statistical models to produce demand-based quantity and revenue plans, which will be compared against annual business plans and financial forecast updates. Collaboration with the Demand team will be essential to gain alignment on these processes. Additionally, you will develop and monitor process metrics and a demand reporting package to drive process performance, problem-solving, and improvement. Identifying quantified risks within the demand plan, reviewing gaps with Customer and Trade teams, and developing appropriate countermeasures for resolution will also be part of your responsibilities. As a user data expert for Excel, Blue Yonder, JDA, and BI systems, you will deliver optimal modeling of the business and improve planner productivity by maximizing systems functionality.

Responsibilities

• Manage, analyze and generate statistical forecasts across the planning horizon by utilizing customer prior shipments, POS data, knowledge of business unit trends, and upcoming promotions to guide decision making process.
• Responsible for data quality management and process improvements which includes realignments, outliers correction and forecast overwrites.
• Execute and maintain class assignment mapping to support a differentiated forecast strategy addressing ambiguity, develop approaches to new conditions, bias and deliver accurate, unconstrained forecasts.
• Create and/or maintain statistical forecast models for each item at each stocking location and for every customer within designated product lines to achieve established forecast accuracy goals.
• Manage S&OP control tower to review KPI performance, Alerts and Even through the Demand Planning Organization.
• Manage demand history to realign forecasts based on item version changes, customer entity changes, etc.
• Responsible for master data flows between the different systems and between functions to support the automation of the multi-view forecast input process.
• Problem solves the highest causes of error by researching error, determining root cause and driving for improvement.
• Partner with IT to recommend, develop and enhance systems solutions aligned with business goals and company objectives.
• Document business processes and standard work, assist to develop system solutions and validate system designs through rigorous testing of solutions.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Analytics, or related technical field.
• Proficiency in systems and analytics either OR: Blue Yonder, JDA, SQL, Python or SAP.
• Strong Analytical/Problem Solving/Presentation Skills/Statistical Modeling required.
• Ability to work in a high volume/fast paced environment.
• Must be able to process large amounts of data (90k+ SKUs), influence others and drive cross-functional alignment and be able to communicate at various levels within the Organization.
• Good communication (written, verbal and presentation) and organizational skills.
• Strong results orientation and work ethic; Able to work independently.
• Proficiency with Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and other MS office tools is essential.

Benefits

• Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and 401(k)
• Paid Holidays: New Years, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, plus two floating Holidays.