Supply Chain Demand Planner

The Coca-Cola Company - Rosemont, IL

Full-time

Rosemont, IL

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Demand Planner plays a crucial role in managing forecasting activities associated with customers and products. This position is responsible for creating and maintaining forecast models that incorporate business intelligence and forecast information gathered from various sources, including sales, marketing, and finance. The Demand Planner serves as the integration point into the sales and commercial organization and acts as a liaison to supply planning and manufacturing. This role requires leading discussions on a weekly and monthly basis with key teams, including General Managers, sales, marketing, and supply planning, to ensure alignment on demand forecasts and operational strategies. In this position, the Demand Planner will develop demand forecasts and operational forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for various time horizons. This involves reviewing historical sales trends, researching demand drivers, preparing forecast data, and developing statistical forecast models. The Demand Planner will also evaluate forecast results to ensure accuracy and reliability. A collaborative and consensus-driven approach is essential, as the Demand Planner will work closely with sales, marketing, and planning teams to gather current and accurate information for demand forecasts. Additionally, the Demand Planner will utilize and maintain the Demand Planning software as the primary forecasting system tool. This role will provide valuable input to the supply planning organization in developing inventory strategies for existing items, new products, and product phase-outs. Effective communication and coordination with supply planning are critical to maintaining customer action plans and achieving Best in Class forecast accuracy levels while minimizing out-of-stock situations and product loss due to age.

Responsibilities

• Develop demand forecasts and operational forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function.
• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
• Interact with sales, marketing, and finance to understand demand forecast drivers.
• Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with sales, marketing, and planning to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
• Use and maintain the Demand Planning software as the primary forecasting system tool.
• Provide input to the supply planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
• Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning.
• Maintain Best in Class forecast accuracy levels.
• Maintain Best in Class out of stock levels.
• Eliminate breakage, damage, and loss due to product age.
• Other projects or duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Experience in demand planning or a related field.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and develop statistical models.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with various teams.
• Proficiency in demand planning software and tools.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with supply chain management processes.
• Knowledge of inventory management strategies.
• Familiarity with business intelligence tools.