Demand Planner (12 month contract)

Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC; Hanover; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading personal care company in Ontario is seeking a Demand Planner to manage forecasting and collaborate with sales and marketing teams. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in demand planning, a strong background in data software, and excellent interpersonal skills. This role emphasizes accuracy and strategic insight in demand forecasting while promoting best practices across the organization.

Benefits

Diverse and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Demand Planning or Forecasting.
• Technical aptitude and experience with forecasting and data software.
• CPG experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage Sales and Marketing forecast inputs to develop the monthly forecast.
• Collaborate with marketing on consumption trends and competitive activity.
• Lead Demand Consensus meeting including deck preparation.

Skills

Demand Planning

Forecasting

Business Acumen

Strategic Thinking

Influencing Others

Building Relationships

Education

BA / BS in Supply Chain, Engineering, Mathematics, Business

Tools

jda Demand / Manugistics

SAP

PowerBI

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Edgewell is not just a company, but a vibrant global community of 6,800 visionaries, doers, and makers. Our family of over 25 personal care brands serves people in more than 50 countries. We are dedicated to infusing joyfulness into every aspect of our work. Our pledge goes beyond our products, with our fundamental value of People First guiding us to foster a diverse, inclusive, and respectful environment where every team member can flourish and celebrate our shared achievements.

Position Summary :

The Demand Planner is responsible for the total Canada forecast within their respective customers and focused on sales and marketing forecast assumptions. This role will build relationships with sales and marketing partners to collaborate and align on marketing and commercial intelligence and apply promotional, distribution, cannibalization and competitive forecast impacts to the Demand Consensus forecast. The individual will gather key input from cross functional partners and challenge assumptions to drive improved forecast accuracy. The Demand Planner represents demand planning and promotes its good practice and strategy with key business stakeholders. This role will own and lead the demand meetings in order to support the NA S&OP and subsequently the Global S&OP.

Responsibilities

• Own the process to manage and review Sales and Marketing forecast inputs and projections to develop the monthly forecast.
• Collaborate on input from marketing on consumption trends, seasonality, and competitive activity for forecast impact assumptions.
• Collaborate on input from sales on promotional forecasts on finish goods and displays, distribution gains and losses, POG changes, and new product launches.
• Develop and manage event-based data that impacts the forecast including historical data, new product projections, promotion lifts, specific customer / channel trends, etc.
• Report forecast accuracy and root cause on promotional forecasts and new product introductions and drive actions for improvement to hit accuracy targets.

Collaboration with Base Forecaster

• Own entry of commercial intelligence into jda Demand / Manugistics and collaborate with Base Forecasting team on impacts to statistical forecast.
• Focus on forecast detail for fiscal year. Apply strategic assumptions in 12 months beyond fiscal year to align with company strategy.
• Support Base Forecasting team in analysis of forecasts and forecast error reports to improve forecast accuracy, bias, out of stocks, SLOBs, inventory issues.
• Collaborate with Base Forecasting team: historical impacts, new product set up and forecast, cannibalization assumptions, competitive activity and forecast impact, promo analysis, distribution changes, like item assignments, risks and opportunities, and product allocation in case of capacity constraints.

Collaboration with Stakeholders

• Serve as the single contact between Sales and Marketing and Fulfillment.
• Participate in all appropriate brand and commercial team meetings and serve as the key liaison for assigned brands between Sales / Marketing and Fulfillment.
• Validate and challenge and align on Sales and Marketing assumptions.
• Support customer service by providing demand information for CS pro-actively to support delivery to customers.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing on SLOBs inventory goals and liquidation of inventory.
• Focus and report on forecast gaps to Plan, Risks and Ops to Plan, key drivers and gap closing actions.

CoE / S&OP

• Own and Lead Demand Consensus meeting (S&OP) including deck preparation, key drivers for changes through appropriate waterfalls, gaps to plan, risks and ops, action items, demand group alignment.
• Ensure consensus with Sales and Marketing and sign-off of demand forecast as output of Demand Consensus meeting and elevation to Regional S&OP meeting for VP sign-off.
• Support Demand CoE roadmap projects for forecast improvement, delivering required strategic improvements and maintaining aligned demand processes.

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Demand Planning or Forecasting
• BA / BS required (Supply Chain, Engineering, Mathematics, Business)
• Technical aptitude and Forecasting and data software experience required (i.e. jda demand / Manugistics, SAP, PowerBI, Syndicated data / Nielsen etc.)
• CPG experience a plus
• Key competencies: Business Acumen, Strategic Thinking, Influencing Others, Building Relationships
• Intermediate to advanced skills working in Excel and Powerpoint (Microsoft Office)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• MBA or MS a plus
• Professional Certifications a plus (APICS, IBF, SCOR etc.)

Environmental, Health and Safety Responsibilities

• Be aware of and follow the Environmental Policy and EH&S work instructions / procedures that apply to the job.
• Perform every job safely, for the benefit of self, co-workers, contractors, and for the protection of facilities. This includes the use of required personal protective equipment and use of safety equipment as well as safe work practices.
• Immediately report every job-related injury or illness, regardless of severity, to a supervisor.
• Assist in investigating incidents as directed by your supervisor.
• Take necessary actions to correct or stop any unsafe conditions or practices.
• Actively participate in safety meetings and training.
• Review Material Data Sheet instructions before working with any chemical product.

Quality Assurance Responsibilities

• Colleagues are responsible for their own quality and that of colleagues within their span of control.
• Colleagues are responsible to follow all established Quality procedures and instructions.
• Notify supervision for corrective action if and when defects are found and / or parts / processes do not conform to specifications.

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Edgewell is an equal opportunity employer. We do all we can to create a collaborative and diverse global team, where good ideas can thrive, and our colleagues can learn and lead. We prohibit discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We listen deeply and speak directly to create an environment that’s open to difference. We aim to bring joy to not only the products we create and the people we serve, but our colleagues across the globe too.