Senior Demand Planner

1 La-Z-Boy Incorporated - Monroe, LA

Full-time - Mid Level

Monroe, LA

5,001-10,000 employees

About the position

The Demand Planning Manager at La-Z-Boy is responsible for managing the demand forecast for a subsection of the business. This role involves generating statistical forecasts based on Point-of-Sale data, adjusting forecasts according to marketing intelligence, and collaborating with various teams to ensure accurate inventory replenishment. The position plays a crucial role in the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, impacting overall alignment within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Generates rolling 12-month statistical baseline forecasts weekly at the SKU-Location level based on point-of-sale data.
• Adjusts forecasts based on marketing intelligence and promotional plans.
• Identifies trends and adjusts forecasts accordingly.
• Analyzes outliers and follows up with Retail Sales, Marketing, and Merchandising to understand root causes.
• Manages two large Retail Merchandising changes each year, creating forecasts that integrate cannibalization of existing products, discontinuations, and new product offerings.
• Provides unconstrained demand plan to the inventory team for generating weekly replenishment orders.
• Collaborates on generating the inventory replenishment plan with the inventory team.
• Measures forecast error using standard MAPE, APE, and bias, and uses these calculations to improve forecast accuracy.
• Understands financial impacts of forecast errors and quantifies them for senior leadership.
• Acts as the liaison between Retail planning and Operations teams, communicating demand plans with the broader operations team.
• Understands impacts of Retail Merchandising plans on manufacturing plants and purchasing teams.
• Maintains master data for planning parameters within the system.
• Troubleshoots technical issues with the IT department.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Economics, Business or related field.
• 6-8 years of relevant work experience.
• 4+ years of Demand Planning Experience.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.

Nice-to-haves

• CPIM or CPF (IBF) Certification
• Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF) from the Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning (IBF)
• Background in Statistics or Retail Planning.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion
• Reasonable accommodations for disabilities