Demand Forecasting & S&OP Analyst

MAT Holdings, Inc.; Long Grove (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and dental?

PTO including paid vacation, sick days

401k Retirement Plan + Company Match

Career Advancement Program, training

Wellness Programs, fitness reimburse

HSA and FSA

Life/AD&D

Job summary

MAT Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Demand Planning professional to support the Manager of Demand Planning for the MATI and MIND Divisions.

You will help deliver accurate, on-time demand plans across multiple product lines and collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product Development, and Sourcing to optimize inventory and forecast accuracy. The role requires strong data analysis skills, experience with forecasting systems, and proficiency in SAP and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Able to process large amounts of data, influence others, drive cross-functional alignment, and communicate at various levels within the organization.
• Experience using and interacting with Demand Planning systems.
• Experience with forecasting methodologies, techniques, and approaches (e.g., time series, causal modeling, and ML).
• Advanced MS Office skills (i.e., Excel and PowerPoint) and prior ERP system experience such as SAP.

Responsibilities

• Lead in developing and maintaining monthly forecasts for all finished goods parts using order and shipment history, customer point of sale data, market intelligence, and industry trends to inform the projected demand.
• Work with sales, marketing, and product management to understand product life cycles, demand patterns, and short-, medium-, and long-term forecasts.
• Develop and maintain monthly forecast accuracy and forecast bias metrics by customer, product family, and SKU.
• Ensure proactive communication and delivery of targets for forecast accuracy and bias. Drive action plans for improvement in case of non-compliant KPIs.
• Communicate and summarize forecast changes along with monthly performance and critical variances.
• Schedule, prepare documentation, and moderate bi-monthly revenue call with sales leadership
• Run and maintain statistical forecasts in IBP. Analyze and articulate variances between statistical forecast, history, and customer forecast.
• Develop, maintain, and report out weekly and monthly POS and inventory reports for key customers with sales leadership
• Articulate and present POS, inventory levels, price points, store counts, and rate of sales observations to multiple levels within the organization

Skills

Data processing

Cross-functional alignment

Communication

Forecasting

Education

Undergraduate degree in operations management

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

MAT Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Demand Planning professional to support the Manager of Demand Planning for the MATI and MIND Divisions.

You will help deliver accurate, on-time demand plans across multiple product lines and collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product Development, and Sourcing to optimize inventory and forecast accuracy. The role requires strong data analysis skills, experience with forecasting systems, and proficiency in SAP and MS Office.