Associate Manager, Demand Planning

SC Johnson GmbH; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidized health insurance

Generous vacation

Retirement match

Volunteer time

Packaging Olympics events

Discounted company products

Total Rewards package

Job summary

SC Johnson Lifestyle Brands in San Francisco seeks an Associate Manager to own and influence demand forecast across a dynamic portfolio. You will partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Planning to challenge assumptions and drive alignment in S&OP processes.

The role emphasizes leveraging data-driven insights, forecasting accuracy, and cross-functional collaboration to shape long-range demand and support growth initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 5+ years in Customer Supply Chain, Inventory or Demand Planning.
• Experience with advanced planning systems and cross-functional collaboration.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with commercial partners to inform the 24-month forecast.
• Lead demand planning for innovation and lifecycle changes.
• Own the demand narrative in S&OP; articulate forecast drivers and risks.
• Represent short-term changes within long-range plans across horizons.
• Evaluate outputs for volatility and opportunities with supply planning.
• Support scenario evaluation and trade-off discussions with partners.
• Translate growth plans into long-range demand assumptions.
• Champion AI/ML forecasting tools to improve efficiency and quality.

Skills

Demand planning

Forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Kinaxis RapidResponse

Job description

Lifestyle Brands (the LSB) is a growing house of like-minded brands under the SC Johnson umbrella including Method®, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day®, Babyganics® and Ecover®. Headquartered in San Francisco with additional operations in Chicago and throughout Europe, the LSB is home to 650 employees. Together we act as a force for bold, transformative growth with a focus on delivering positive impact for people and the planet. If you’re into pioneering the future and doing good while doing business, come join us. The LSB is part of SC Johnson, a family-owned company and leading manufacturer of household cleaning, home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care products, as well as professional products. Originally founded in 1886 and headquartered in Wisconsin, U.S.A., SC Johnson and the Lifestyle Brands division are at work for a better world.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a highly visible and influential role within SC Johnson Lifestyle Brands, offering the opportunity to directly shape business decisions across a dynamic and growing portfolio. Based in San Francisco and reporting to the Manager, Demand Planning, the Associate Manager will own and influence the demand forecast for an assigned product portfolio, translating business insights, customer trends, and data into a clear and actionable demand signal. As a key partner in the Sales & Operations Planning and Execution (S&OP/S&OE) processes, this individual will collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Planning, and other cross-functional partners to challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and drive alignment around the forecast. The role will also leverage Kinaxis RapidResponse to evaluate forecast quality and ensure demand plans support effective business decisions. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who combines strong analytical thinking with the confidence to influence stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and bring a forward-looking perspective to the business.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate closely with commercial partners, gathering insights into business trends, media, and promotional plans to inform and challenge the demand forecast across a 24-month horizon.
• Lead demand planning for innovation and product lifecycle changes, gather and refine assumptions for new product launches/transitions/discontinuations to reflect appropriately in the long-range demand plan.
• Own the demand story for the assigned portfolio within the S&OP process, clearly articulating key forecast drivers, changes, risks and opportunities and providing recommendations to enable cross-functional decision making.
• Work with key stakeholders to represent short-term forecast changes within long-range plans, ensuring alignment across planning horizons.
• Evaluate forecast outputs by identifying volatility, risks, and opportunities in partnership with supply planning.
• Support scenario evaluation and trade-off discussions to help partners understand demand ranges and potential impacts.
• Partner with Commercial, Finance and Supply Chain to translate the brand's strategic growth plans into long-range demand assumptions, identifying implications from innovation, distribution, marketing investment, portfolio changes and emerging business trends.
• Champion AI/ML forecasting technology and digital planning tools to drive efficiencies, improve forecast quality, and enable faster, higher-quality decisions.
• Maintain demand planning master data and planning system integrity to support reliable forecasting and reporting.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience in Customer Supply Chain, Inventory Management or Demand Planning Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship for full-time employment

PREFERRED EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to present compelling data-based recommendations and influence cross-functional partners.
• Quantitative and qualitative data analysis skills, including the ability to interpret results and connect root causes to KPI improvement.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, growth environment, navigating ambiguity and changing assumptions.
• Experience working with advanced planning systems (e.g., Kinaxis RapidResponse).
• End-to-end supply chain knowledge, with the ability to consider downstream implications of demand decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business strategies and commercial inputs into structured, data-supported forecast assumptions and recommendations.
• Expertise working with evolving digital tools and analytics to support planning and decision-making.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Position is Full-Time, regular business hours, Monday-Friday. Office work environment: San Francisco, CA office. Remote work available once a week after 90-day onboarding period. Domestic relocation is not available for this role. Travel: 10%.

BENEFITS AND PERKS

• Subsidized health insurance benefits package
• Competitive vacation + holiday bundle
• Generous retirement match + pre-tax savings options
• Dedicated volunteer time, to be a force for good
• Pioneering events + experiences that build team connection (...ask us about the Packaging Olympics, Bubble Bash, Ping Pong Tournament + more!)
• Access to discounted/free company products
• The Company's Total Rewards package is at or above industry levels.

The expected base salary range for this position is between 114,903.00 USD - 150,810.00 USD. Job related skills, experience, education, and location will be considered in setting actual starting base salary. In addition to your base salary and depending on job level, eligibility, and performance, a total package may include profit sharing, a short-term incentive and/or long-term incentives. As a family company, benefits are a key piece of our Total Rewards package as well and we’re proud to provide a comprehensive, competitive, and differentiated benefits program that our people and their families value.

INCLUSION & DIVERSITY

We believe that being a team of diverse people with different ideas, views and cultures will help us and our business thrive. We are committed to ensuring everyone who works at the LSB feels that they have a real sense of belonging and that they can show up as who they are, be valued, listened to and supported to do their best possible work. Sure, there’s always more that can be done. But together with our team, partners, customers and community, we can make everyone welcome.

Better Together

At SC Johnson, we believe people achieve their best when they collaborate and work together in person. We value connection to strengthen teamwork, accelerate problem solving, and drive innovation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The policy of the Company is to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, gender identity, gender expression, disability, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in any active or reserve component of the U.S. or state military forces, genetic history or information or any other category protected by law.

Accommodation Requests

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